For Anoushka Shankar, there is legacy and then there is destiny. She is equally respectful of both, but bound to neither. Her ever-growing audience cannot help but acknowledge the familial roots of ...

Anoushka Shankar is the daughter and protege of the renowned Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar, who is credited with introducing Indian classical music to Western audiences. Now, Anoushka Shankar ...

Anoushka Shankar started to play the sitar at the age of 7. Of course, her father was considered the world's great master, Ravi Shankar. SIMON: "Love Letters P.S." is her 12th album. It's an ...

There are the hours of daily practice, the yoga sessions and gym workouts, the concert diary booked two years in advance. There are the peace signs she does in the bath. “Feel these calluses on my ...

With 11 Grammy nominations so far, sitarist Anoushka Shankar has started to feel that she is Grammy’s eternal bridesmaid. “By the time I win, if I ever do, I’d be like I don’t care anymore,” she ...

Family and tradition figure prominently in Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra's season finale when sitarist Anoushka Shankar makes her LACO debut, under Music Director Jaime Martín's baton, with a ...

“There are so many Indians here,” commented the woman behind me as we pushed through the crowd at Symphony Center to see the sold-out Ravi and Anoushka Shankar concert. She wasn’t wrong, but Indians ...