Anoushka Shankar
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Born on 9th June 1981, when Shankar was eight years old her father began training her in the sitar. She gave a public performance at the age of thirteen; since then she has become a world famous sitar artist. Through her father, she is the half-sister of Grammy Award winner Norah Jones. After her parents reuinited, from age seven on she lived in Encinitas, California, USA, where she gave several charity performances as a teenager and graduated from the local public high school.
Her album Rise was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Contemporary World Music category; this was her second Grammy nomination. She also became the first Indian woman to perform at the Grammy Awards when she performed during the pre-telecast ceremony of the forty-eighth awards.
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& Norah Jones - Easy
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Sea Dreamer
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Slither
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Beloved (Thievery Corporation )
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Events
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Jun
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Anoushka Shankar / Zakir Hussain
Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon, France
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Jul
6
Copenhagen Jazz Festival
Copenhagen Jazz Festival, København, Copenhagen, Denmark
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www.anoushkashankar.com - website down!
12 Apr 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/anoushkashankar
- www.anoushkashankar.com - website down! 12 Apr 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/anoushkashankar
- www.anoushkashankar.com - website down! 12 Apr 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/anoushkashankar
- The Anoushka Shankar Project - Sudakshini US Tour 2010 12 Apr 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/anoushkashankar
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