Anoushka Shankar
Anoushka Hemangini Shankar (born 9 June 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. In addition to releasing seven solo studio albums beginning with ''
Anoushka'' (1998), she has also worked alongside a wide variety of musicians, including
Karsh Kale on the full-length collaboration ''
Breathing Under Water'' (2007) and her father
Ravi Shankar. 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. She was the youngest and first woman to receive a
British House of Commons Shield.
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