Name: Anoushka ShankarBirth name: Anoushka Shankar
Date of birth: June 9, 1981
Birthplace: Mumbai, India
Genre(s): Indian classical
Occupation: Sitarist, composer
Instrument(s): Sitar
Anoushka Shankar was born on June 9, 1981. She is a sitar player and composer in the United States. She is the daughter of Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player, and Sukanya Rajan, a bank employee. Through her father, she is the half-sister of Grammy Award winner Norah Jones.Shankar began training on the sitar with her father as a child, gave a public performance at the age of thirteen, and signed her first record contract at 16.
