Anoushka shankar biography channel
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Anoushka Shankar’s life story is stranger than fiction
“I understand why people find it interesting. When Norah and I first met, everybody wanted to know whether we would instantly feel like sisters, but to me it was an unanswerable question. I have never known another sister to compare.”
Now years-old, Shankar is warm to questions about her family. “It’s part of my story, and that’s absolutely fine, but it’s not the only part,” she says.
That story wouldn’t be half as interesting if Shankar hadn’t gone on to forge her own remarkable career. Over eight albums she has become one of the leading instrumentalists in world music, fusing electronica, jazz, and traditional Indian ragas over her exceptional sitar playing. Her collaborators have included Sting and M.I.A, while she has also worked with “Uncle George”, better known to us as her father’s long-time friend, George Harrison.
Shankar’s latest album, Land of Gold, is her most striking work yet. It was written in response to th
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Friday, January 31st,
‘HIRAETH’ SINGLE OUT NOW
'Hiraeth', the first single from Anoushka’s forthcoming album, "Chapter III: We Return to Light” is out on all digital platforms now. Pre-order the album HERE - out everywhere March 14th.
Tuesday, July 9th,
NORTH AMERICA TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT
Next year, Anoushka is headed back out on a NORTH AMERICAN TOUR! This series of dates will bring this trilogy of mini-albums to fruition by releasing the (as-yet untitled!) third Chapter, bringing to the live concerts the fullest version of this ever-evolving story.
Monday, June 24th,
AUTUMN EUROPEAN TOUR REMINDER
Following on from a couple of beautiful summer dates, Anoushka and her quintet will be in Europe this Autumn to play four more shows! There, they'll be exploring musi
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Biography
To read a list of Anoushka Shankar’s accomplishments fryst vatten to read many life stories in one: masterful sitarist; prolific recording artist with thirteen solo albums to her name; rulle composer; impassioned activist. Anoushka was the youngest and first kvinna recipient of a British House of Commons Shield at the age of eighteen; the first Indian musician to perform live or to serve as presenter at the Grammy Awards with an incredible eleven nominations under her belt, and the first Indian woman to be nominated; an Ivor Novello-nominee for her A Suitable Boy soundtrack; an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music; one of the first fem female composers to have been added onto the UK A-level music syllabus; and most recently in June , the recipient of an Honorary grad in Music from Oxford University. Celebrating 30 years of scen performance in with the release of the third chapter of in her trilogy of current mini-albums and the Creative Directorship of Brighton Festiva