Anoushka Shankar

Biography

Anoushka Hemangini Shankar (born June 9, 1981) is a British-American sitar player and musician of Indian descent, as well as occasional writer and actor. She performs across multiple genres and styles—classical and contemporary, acoustic and electronic. She has received nine Grammy Awards nominations and was the first musician of Indian origin to perform live and to serve as a presenter at the ceremony. Daughter of Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar and half-sister of award-winning singer-songwriter and pianist Norah Jones, she has released 7 solo studio albums since 1998.

Known For

Concert for George

as Self

Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God

as Self - Sitar

Anoushka Shankar: Traveller

as Sitar

Yehudi Menuhin: Who Was Yehudi?

as Self

Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds

as Sitar

Dance Like a Man

as Lata Parekh

Oye! It's Friday!

as Herself

BBC Young Musician

as Judge

The Beatles Revolution

as Self

Gaia Symphony

as Self