Anoushka Shankar Biography
Anoushka Shankar is a sitarist, producer, film composer, and activist of British-American origin. She was the youngest and first woman to receive a British House of Commons Shield; she was nominated for seven Grammy Awards; and she was the first musician of Indian origin to perform live and serve as a presenter at the ceremony.
How old is Anoushka Shankar?- Age
She is 41 years old as of June 2022. Shankar was born on 9 June 1981 in London, England.
Anoushka Shankar Height
She stands at a height of 5’6″ (168 cm) tall.
Anoushka Shankar Father – Mother
Shankar was born in London, England on June 9, 1981. Her father was the internationally renowned Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, and her mother is Sukanya Shankar. Anoushka has a half-sister, Norah Jones, through her father, and a half-brother, Shubhendra Shankar, who died in 1992.
Is Anoushka Shankar married?-Husband- Daughter
In 2010, Anoushka Shankar married British film director Joe Wright. Zubin Shankar Wright and Mohan Shankar Wright, the couple’s two sons, were born in 2011 and 2015, respectively. In 2018, Anoushka and Joe Wright divorced.
Anoushka Shankar Career
Shankar gave her first public performance on February 27, 1995, the 75th birthday of her father. The performance took place in New Delhi’s Siri Fort. Zakir Hussain, a renowned tabla maestro, accompanied her. She also began accompanying her father in his concerts around the world the following year. Her first album, ‘Anoushka,’ was released in 1998, and her second album, ‘Anourag,’ was released in 2000. Her third album, ‘Live at Carnegie Hall,’ released in 2001, earned her a Grammy nomination for Best World Music Album. She became the youngest person ever nominated for this award.
She decided to establish herself as a solo performer outside of her father’s ensemble after releasing three albums. She toured the world for the next few years, performing around fifty concerts per year. She performed at the ‘Concert for George,’ a posthumous tribute to the late singer and musician George Harrison, in 2002.
‘RISE,’ Anoushka’s fourth album, was released in 2005. It peaked at number two on the US World Albums Chart and number 29 on the US Top Heatseekers Albums Chart. It was also named one of Amazon.com’s Top 100 Editor’s Picks for the year. In 2007, she released the album ‘Breathing Under Water’ with Indian American musician Karsh Kale.
She signed with the record label Deutsche Grammophon in 2011, which proved to be a watershed moment in her career. Her following album, ‘Traveller,’ released the same year, earned her yet another Grammy Award nomination. It sold over 52,000 copies worldwide and received positive reviews from critics. ‘Traces of You,’ her seventh studio album, was released in 2013. It earned Anoushka her fourth ‘Grammy Award’ nomination for ‘Best World Album.’ Her subsequent albums, ‘Home’ and ‘Land of Gold,’ came out in 2015 and 2016, respectively. Shankar has also appeared on recordings by other well-known artists, including American singer and songwriter Lenny Kravitz and English musician and songwriter Gordon Matthew Thomas Summer, better known as Sting.
Anoushka Shankar’s Net Worth
Shankar has an estimated net worth of 1.5 million dollars.
