Anoushka Shankar, daughter of legendary Indian musician and composer
Ravi Shankar, will perform as a part of Great Performances at Vanderbilt
at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, in Langford Auditorium.
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Anoushka will perform classical Indian music on the sitar accompanied
by two tabla and two tamboura players. A sitar is a traditional Indian
stringed instrument with six or seven strings, 20 metal frets and sympathetic
strings. Anoushka's father is credited with introducing this 700-year-old
instrument to the Western World. A tabla is an archaic, two-piece Indian
drum that is now rarely played, and the tamboura is a four- or five-stringed
instrument that provides the essential drone background to all Indian
music.
Born in London with an upbringing in India and California, Anoushka
became her father's protégé at the age of 9 and she made
her debut in New Delhi, India, at age 13. She released a self-titled
album with Angel/EMI Classics in 1998 and followed up with her sophomore
album Anourag earlier this year. In July 1998, she was the youngest
person and first female to receive the House of Commons Shield from
the British Parliament. Anoushka is also a classical pianist.
Tickets for the performance range in price from $7 to $28, and are
available at the Sarratt Box Office and TicketMaster.
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