Her environment certainly hastened her passion. For many, Ravi Shankar, who died in 2012, was a spiritual leader as much as a musician. Anouska Shankar describes the musicians who would stay at the ...

Walking into Grammy-nominated sitarist Anoushka Shankar’s performance on Sunday, I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect – a ...

Growing up as the daughter and prized student of Ravi Shankar, the world’s most famous Indian classical musician, provides unique challenges and opportunities.

Anoushka Shankar is used to giving life her all. Since making her gutsy live debut as a sitarist three decades ago, aged 13, performing to a New Delhi concert hall packed with 2000 devotees of her ...

A recent trilogy of albums brings Shankar and her band to Tallahassee to make her debut at Opening Nights in Ruby Diamond ...

To the casual observer, Anoushka Shankar is the poster child of the sitar, the classical Indian instrument made famous by her late father, Ravi Shankar. Yet what makes her music so distinct is the ...

Chapter III, however, is resolutely not buried in the traditional Indian sounds which were first brought to the attention of Western audiences by Anoushka’s father ... Throughout this purely ...

Anoushka Shankar’s live performances have enchanted audiences worldwide, transforming legendary venues and festivals into intimate experiences. Her Eisemann Center debut will showcase not only ...

Alongside sarod and percussion, the sitarist and composer—daughter of virtuoso Ravi Shankar—closes out her suite of ...

Dive into the world of renowned sitar player Anoushka Shankar to witness her artistry as she plays the sitar and showcases her unique style. Blending classical traditions with contemporary sounds ...

The COVID pandemic and lockdown walloped sitar player Anoushka Shankar hard. The isolation. The unknown. The fear of the future. “I needed a place to put some vulnerable feelings, not to get too ...