2008Nominee
Best Performance
Mission Istaanbul
Anoushka Shankar
Actor
London, England, UK
June 9, 1981
Biography
Anoushka Hemangini Shankar (born June 9, 1981) is a British-American sitar player and musician of Indian descent, as well as occasional writer and actor. She performs across multiple genres and styles—classical and contemporary, acoustic and electronic. She has received nine Grammy Awards nominations and was the first musician of Indian origin to perform live and to serve as a presenter at the ceremony. Daughter of Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar and half-sister of award-winning singer-songwriter and pianist Norah Jones, she has released 7 solo studio albums since 1998.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2026Winner
Best Performance
Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
2003Winner
Best Performance
Concert for George
Career Highlights
1928Highlight
Best Performance
Shiraz: A Romance of India
2001Highlight
Best Performance
Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds
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Mission Istaanbul
Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
Concert for George