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.

Shankar

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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