Anoushka Shankar (b. June 9, 1981) is a sitar player and composer in
the United Kingdom. She is the daughter of Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar
player, and Sukanya Rajan. Through her father, she is the half-sister
of Grammy winner Norah Jones.
Shankar was born in London. When she was nine years old, her father
began training her in the sitar. She gave a public performance at the
age of thirteen; since then she has become a world famous sitar artist.
After her mother reunited with Mr Shankar, from age seven on she lived
in Encinitas, CA, USA where she gave several charity performances as a
teenager and graduated from the local public high school.
In an hour-long special on the US public TV network PBS she once
explained that this is how she picked up her American accent, which
according to her, her Indian fans find "cute".
In 1998, Shankar played at a gala dinnner for guests including British
Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, in recognition of which she was presented
with a House of Commons Shield. In February 2000, Shankar became the
first woman to perform at The Ramakrishna Centre in Calcutta. The
Indian Television Academy, Asmi, and India Times chose her as one of
four Women of the Year in India in 2003. In 2004 she was chosen as one
of twenty Asian Heroes by the Asia edition of Time magazine.
Her album Rise was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Contemporary
World Music category. This was Shankar's second Grammy nomination. She
also became the first Indian woman to perform at the Grammy Awards when
she performed during the pre-telecast ceremony of the 48th awards.
The name "Anoushka" was inspired by a very good friend of the family -
Dr Anne Pennington - and the Russian version came because of the
then-popularity of the actress Anoushka Hempel.
She played sitar at the concert for George Harrison called "Concert for
George", held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on November 29 2002 as
a memorial to George Harrison on the first anniversary of his death.
Shankar is a supporter of animal rights and People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals (PETA). She and her father appeared in a
thirty-second public-service announcement against animal suffering. from mog.com/music/Anoushka_Shankar/biography
the United Kingdom. She is the daughter of Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar
player, and Sukanya Rajan. Through her father, she is the half-sister
of Grammy winner Norah Jones.
Shankar was born in London. When she was nine years old, her father
began training her in the sitar. She gave a public performance at the
age of thirteen; since then she has become a world famous sitar artist.
After her mother reunited with Mr Shankar, from age seven on she lived
in Encinitas, CA, USA where she gave several charity performances as a
teenager and graduated from the local public high school.
In an hour-long special on the US public TV network PBS she once
explained that this is how she picked up her American accent, which
according to her, her Indian fans find "cute".
In 1998, Shankar played at a gala dinnner for guests including British
Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, in recognition of which she was presented
with a House of Commons Shield. In February 2000, Shankar became the
first woman to perform at The Ramakrishna Centre in Calcutta. The
Indian Television Academy, Asmi, and India Times chose her as one of
four Women of the Year in India in 2003. In 2004 she was chosen as one
of twenty Asian Heroes by the Asia edition of Time magazine.
Her album Rise was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Contemporary
World Music category. This was Shankar's second Grammy nomination. She
also became the first Indian woman to perform at the Grammy Awards when
she performed during the pre-telecast ceremony of the 48th awards.
The name "Anoushka" was inspired by a very good friend of the family -
Dr Anne Pennington - and the Russian version came because of the
then-popularity of the actress Anoushka Hempel.
She played sitar at the concert for George Harrison called "Concert for
George", held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on November 29 2002 as
a memorial to George Harrison on the first anniversary of his death.
Shankar is a supporter of animal rights and People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals (PETA). She and her father appeared in a
thirty-second public-service announcement against animal suffering. from mog.com/music/Anoushka_Shankar/biography
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