Anoushka Shankar

Quick Facts

Full Name	Anoushka Shankar
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Jun 9, 1981(1981-06-09)
Age	43
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Gemini

Anoushka Shankar Biography

Anoushka Shankar is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on June 9, 1981 in London, England, United Kingdom. An internationally acclaimed musician with a father who was Indian sitarist Acclaimed musician whose father was the Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. Her fourth album “RISE” from 2005 garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary World Music.. She released her fourth record “RISE” from 2005 garnered an Grammy nomination for the Best Contemporary World Music.

The paternal half-sister of her father Her paternal half-sister Norah Jones also garnered great fame as a musician and appeared on her album “Breathing Under Water” in 2007. was also a star as a singer and appeared on the record “Breathing Under Water” in 2007.

Anoushka was born in London and her childhood was divided between London and Delhi. She is the daughter of Sukanya Shankar and Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, who was 61 when she was born. Through her father, she is also the half-sister of American singer Norah Jones (born Geetali Norah Shankar), and Shubhendra “Shubho” Shankar, who died in 1992.

Anoushka began training on the sitar with her father Ravi at the age of seven. As part of her training, she began accompanying him on the tanpura at his performances from the age of ten, soaking up the music and becoming acclimated to the stage. Anoushka gave her first public sitar performance on 27 February 1995 at the age of 13, at Siri Fort in New Delhi as part of her father’s 75th birthday celebration concert. For this solo debut, she was accompanied by tabla maestro Zakir Hussain. Her first experience in the recording studio came that same year when Angel Records released a special four-CD box set called In Celebration, to mark her father’s birthday. By the age of fourteen, she was accompanying her father at concerts around the world. At fifteen, she assisted her father on the landmark album Chants of India, produced by George Harrison. Under both their guidance, she was in charge of notation and eventually of conducting the performers who took part in the record. After this experience, the heads of Angel Records came to her parents’ home to ask to sign her, and Anoushka signed her first exclusive recording contract with Angel/EMI when she was sixteen.

She was married to British filmmaker She married British director Joe Wright , with whom she had her first child in 2011. , with whom she was the mother of her first child in 2011.

Anoushka Shankar Net Worth

Anoushka Shankar is one of the richest Composer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Anoushka Shankar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

When she was 13, she began performing publicly for the first times and she was 16 in the year she came to Angel Records.

She was the author of her 2002 novel “Bapi: The Love of My Life,” an autobiography about her father. autobiography about her father.

Anoushka Shankar (Bengali : অনুষ্কা শঙ্কর) (born 9 June 1981) is a Bengali sitar player and composer. Her father is Ravi Shankar, her mother is Sukanya Rajan. She is the half-sister of Norah Jones.

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Who is Anoushka Shankar Dating?

According to our records, Anoushka Shankar married to Joe Wright. As of December 1, 2023, Anoushka Shankar’s is not dating anyone.

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Shankar, in collaboration with Karsh Kale, released Breathing Under Water on 28 August 2007. It is a mix of classical sitar and electronica beats and melodies. Notable guest vocals included her paternal half-sister Norah Jones, Sting, and her father, who performed a sitar duet with her.

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Anoushka Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Anoushka Shankar celebrates birthday on June 9 of every year.

Duets with artists such as violinist Joshua Bell, in a sitar-cello duet with Mstislav Rostropovich, and with flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal, playing both sitar and piano, Shankar has championed her father’s compositions. Shankar is also the sole performer of Ravi Shankar’s 1st and 2nd Concertos for Sitar and Orchestra, performing multiple times under legendary conductors such as Zubin Mehta. In January 2009 she was the sitar soloist alongside the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra premiering her father’s 3rd Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra, and in July 2010 she premiered Ravi Shankar’s first symphony for sitar and orchestra with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

Are Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones friends?

They now share a close bond. They have pursued successful, musical careers — Norah as a jazz pianist and vocalist while Anoushka, having trained with her father, has become a renowned sitar player in her own right, gaining two Grammy Award nominations.

Who is Anoushka Shankar's husband?

Joe Wright

Is Anoushka Shankar nominated for Grammy?

Sitar Master and San Dieguito Academy alum Anoushka Shankar has been nominated for Best Global Music Album category during Grammy 2021 nominations. As a surprise to fans, the Recording Academy recently announced the nominations for the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards on 24 November 2020.

How much does Anoushka Shankar charge?

Typically, Anoushka Shankar tickets can be found for as low as $52.00, with an average price of $85.00.

Did Norah Jones have a relationship with Ravi Shankar?

In the course of his touring, Shankar had a relationship with concert promoter Sue Jones. The couple, in 1979, had a daughter, Geethali Nora Jones Shankar, better known as Norah Jones. Shankar never married Sue Jones and the affair was short-lived.