Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar fascinates me because she carries an ancient instrument into thoroughly modern territory without ever sounding dated. Raised in the shadow of her father, the legendary Ravi Shankar, and sister to Norah Jones, she could have coasted on lineage alone. Instead she moves freely between classical and contemporary, acoustic and electronic, making the sitar speak a genuinely global language. What I respect is that she treats inheritance not as a museum to guard but as something living to expand. When Indian spiritual depth and Western sensibility meet at her fingertips, the result gives me chills. She is a true boundary-crossing artist.

Anoushka Hemangini Shankar (Bengali pronunciation: [onuʃka ʃɔŋkor]; born 9 June 1981) is a British-American sitar player and musician of Indian origin, as well as an occasional writer and actress. She performs across multiple genres and styles—classical and contemporary, acoustic and electronic.

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Name (English)

Anoushka Shankar

Name (Japanese)

アヌーシュカ・シャンカール

Reading

あぬーしゅか・しゃんかーる

Born

June 9, 1981 (age 45)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rooster

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Blood type

Private

Height

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Agency

Private

Occupation

composer / songwriter / actor / writer / sitarist

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

San Dieguito High School Academy

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.anoushkashankar.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/shankaranoushka
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoushka%20Shankar

Tags

• composer
• songwriter
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.