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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | ||
| name = Anoushka Shankar | | name = Anoushka Shankar | ||
| image = File:Anoushka Shankar -3578.jpg | | image = File:Anoushka Shankar -3578.jpg | ||
| caption = Anoushka Shankar at the [[Rudolstadt-Festival]] 2016 | | caption = Anoushka Shankar at the [[Rudolstadt-Festival]] 2016 | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|06|09}}<ref name="musicianguide.com"/><br /> | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|06|09}}<ref name="musicianguide.com"/><br />London, England | ||
| death_date = | | death_date = | ||
| instrument = | | instrument = Vocals, [[sitar]], piano, [[tanpura]] | ||
| genre = [[Indian classical music|Indian classical]], crossover | | genre = [[Indian classical music|Indian classical]], crossover | ||
| occupation = [[Sitar]]ist, composer | | occupation = [[Sitar]]ist, composer | ||
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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Shankar was born in | Shankar 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 Shankar|Shubhendra "Shubho" Shankar]], who died in 1992.<ref name="musicianguide.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003982/Anoushka-Shankar.html |title=Anoushka Shankar Biography |website=Musician Biographies |publisher=Net Industries |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080720155831/http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003982/Anoushka-Shankar.html |archive-date=20 July 2008 |access-date=20 January 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> | ||
As a teenager, Shankar lived in [[Encinitas, California]], and attended [[San Dieguito Academy|San Dieguito High School Academy]]. A 1999 | As a teenager, Shankar lived in [[Encinitas, California]], and attended [[San Dieguito Academy|San Dieguito High School Academy]]. A 1999 honours graduate and Homecoming Queen, Anoushka decided to pursue a career in music rather than attend college.<ref name="musicianguide.com" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Chhibber|first1=Kavita|title=Anoushka Shankar|url=http://www.kavitachhibber.com/main/main.jsp?id=anoushka_shankar|website=Kavita Chhibber|access-date=27 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118051303/http://www.kavitachhibber.com/main/main.jsp?id=anoushka_shankar|archive-date=18 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Anoushka Shanker.jpg|thumb|Anoushka Shankar|alt=SPIC Macay regularly arranges music concerts in Nehru Park. A rare concert by Pandit Ravi Shankar was held last Sunday.]] | |||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
[[File:Shankar Concert 2005 crop.jpg|thumb|Anoushka and Ravi Shankar in concert, 2005]] | [[File:Shankar Concert 2005 crop.jpg|thumb|Anoushka and Ravi Shankar in concert, 2005]] | ||
Shankar began training on the sitar with her father Ravi Shankar 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. She 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 (musician)|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 Shankar signed her first exclusive recording contract with [[Angel Records|Angel]]/[[EMI]] when she was sixteen. | Shankar began training on the sitar with her father Ravi Shankar 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. She 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 (musician)|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 Shankar signed her first exclusive recording contract with [[Angel Records|Angel]]/[[EMI]] when she was sixteen. | ||
She released her first album, ''[[Anoushka (album)|Anoushka]]'', in 1998, followed by ''[[Anourag]]'' in 2000. In 1999 Shankar graduated from high school with | She released her first album, ''[[Anoushka (album)|Anoushka]]'', in 1998, followed by ''[[Anourag]]'' in 2000. In 1999 Shankar graduated from high school with honours, but decided against university in favour of beginning to tour as a solo artist. Both Shankar and her half-sister Norah Jones were nominated for [[Grammy]] awards in 2003 when Anoushka became the youngest nominee in the World Music category for her third album, [[Live at Carnegie Hall (Anoushka Shankar album)|''Live at Carnegie Hall'']]. | ||
Having released three albums of Indian classical music, Shankar took several years away from recording and focused her energy on establishing herself as a solo concert performer outside of her father's ensemble. In that time, she toured worldwide, playing an average of 50–60 concerts per year. 2005 brought the release of her fourth album ''[[Rise (Anoushka Shankar album)|RISE]]'', her first self-produced, self-composed, non-classical album, earning her another Grammy nomination in the [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album|Best Contemporary World Music]] category. In February 2006 she became the first Indian to play at the Grammy Awards, playing material from ''RISE''. | Having released three albums of Indian classical music, Shankar took several years away from recording and focused her energy on establishing herself as a solo concert performer outside of her father's ensemble. In that time, she toured worldwide, playing an average of 50–60 concerts per year. 2005 brought the release of her fourth album ''[[Rise (Anoushka Shankar album)|RISE]]'', her first self-produced, self-composed, non-classical album, earning her another Grammy nomination in the [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album|Best Contemporary World Music]] category. In February 2006 she became the first Indian to play at the Grammy Awards, playing material from ''RISE''. | ||
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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 also performs 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]]. | 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 also performs 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]]. | ||
In April 2016, Shankar performed with violinist [[Patricia Kopatchinskaja]] during a concert in [[Konzerthaus Berlin]], | In April 2016, Shankar performed with violinist [[Patricia Kopatchinskaja]] during a concert in [[Konzerthaus Berlin]], Germany. The ''[[West Meets East, Volume 2#Recording and musical content|Raga Piloo]]'' was originally composed, performed and recorded by [[Ravi Shankar]] as a duet with [[Yehudi Menuhin]] on the album ''[[West Meets East, Volume 2]]'' in 1968. | ||
‘Love Letters’ marks a different direction for the internationally celebrated artist; it offers a shift in intimacy and content and comes at a pivotal time in her career as she signs to her new record label, Mercury KX.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=18 August 2020 |title=Mercury KX: Artists|url=https://www.mercurykx.com/artists/}}</ref> A host of trail-blazing women feature on ‘Love Letters’ including singer and co-producer [[Alev Lenz]], twin sister vocal duo [[Ibeyi]], singer and cellist [[Ayanna Witter-Johnson]], Indian singer [[Shilpa Rao]], Brooklyn-based mastering engineer Heba Kadry ([[Björk]], Slowdive) and British audio mastering engineer [[Mandy Parnell]] ([[Aphex Twin]], [[The XX]]).<ref>{{cite web |date=7 February 2020 |title=Anoushka Shankar Releases Debut Mercury KX EP 'Love Letters'|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/classical-news/anoushka-shankar-love-letters/}}</ref> | ‘Love Letters’ marks a different direction for the internationally celebrated artist; it offers a shift in intimacy and content and comes at a pivotal time in her career as she signs to her new record label, Mercury KX.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=18 August 2020 |title=Mercury KX: Artists|url=https://www.mercurykx.com/artists/}}</ref> A host of trail-blazing women feature on ‘Love Letters’ including singer and co-producer [[Alev Lenz]], twin sister vocal duo [[Ibeyi]], singer and cellist [[Ayanna Witter-Johnson]], Indian singer [[Shilpa Rao]], Brooklyn-based mastering engineer Heba Kadry ([[Björk]], Slowdive) and British audio mastering engineer [[Mandy Parnell]] ([[Aphex Twin]], [[The XX]]).<ref>{{cite web |date=7 February 2020 |title=Anoushka Shankar Releases Debut Mercury KX EP 'Love Letters'|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/classical-news/anoushka-shankar-love-letters/}}</ref> | ||
On 13 November 2020, Shankar was featured on "[[Stop Crying Your Heart Out#BBC Radio 2 Allstars charity single|Stop Crying Your Heart Out]]" as part of the BBC Radio 2's Allstars' [[Children in Need]] charity single.<ref>{{Cite web|title=All-star BBC Children in Need charity single announced|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/bbc-radio-2s-allstars-including-cher-kylie-and-robbie-williams-to-release-stop-crying-your-heart-out-cover-for-bbc-children-in-need__31577/|access-date=2020 | On 13 November 2020, Shankar was featured on "[[Stop Crying Your Heart Out#BBC Radio 2 Allstars charity single|Stop Crying Your Heart Out]]" as part of the BBC Radio 2's Allstars' [[Children in Need]] charity single.<ref>{{Cite web|title=All-star BBC Children in Need charity single announced|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/bbc-radio-2s-allstars-including-cher-kylie-and-robbie-williams-to-release-stop-crying-your-heart-out-cover-for-bbc-children-in-need__31577/|access-date=13 November 2020|publisher=Official Charts Company|language=en}}</ref> The single debuted at number 7 on the Official UK Singles Chart<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 – 20 November 2020 – 26 November 2020|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/|access-date=20 November 2020|publisher=Official Charts Company|language=en}}</ref> and number 1 on both the Official UK Singles Sales Chart and the Official UK Singles Download Chart.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100 – 20 November 2020 – 26 November 2020|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-sales-chart/|access-date=20 November 2020|publisher=Official Charts Company|language=en}}</ref> | ||
===Acting and writing=== | ===Acting and writing=== | ||
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==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Shankar grew up in the | Shankar grew up in the US, the UK, and India. In 2010 she married British director [[Joe Wright]].<ref name="Guardian2014">{{cite news|last1=Barnett|first1=Laura|title=Anoushka Shankar: 'Suddenly I'm the parent'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/20/anoushka-shankar-alchemy-festival|access-date=2 November 2016|work=The Guardian|date=20 May 2014}}</ref> They had two sons and then divorced in 2019. She lives in London with her two sons.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-in-india/anoushka-shankar-instagram-post-on-first-love-and-separation-5124881/|title=Anoushka Shankar writes a heartfelt note on 'first love' and 'life as a single parent'|date=5 April 2018|work=The Indian Express|access-date=11 June 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||