Anoushka Shankar is an Indian sitar player and composer. Her creativity is deeply connected with Indian classical music that she studied with her father, the world-famous sitarist Ravi Shankar. As a composer she combines a lot of different genres including flamenco, electronica, jazz and Western classical music. Twice-nominated for a Grammy Awards Anoushka is one of the leading figures in world music today.
Background
Anoushka Shankar was born on the 9th of June, 1981 in London into a Bengali Hindu family. She was raised between London, New Delhi and California. She made her debut performance in 1995 in New Delhi accompanying her father at his concerts. In 1996 Anoushka signed her first contract. After finishing her schooling she decided to concentrate on her solo career.