Anoushka Shankar in Concert at Koerner Hall, Toronto

The Royal Conservatory Presents Anoushka Shankar

Sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar is a singular figure in the Indian classical and progressive world music scenes. Her dynamic and spiritual musicality has garnered several prestigious accolades, including six Grammy Award nominations, recognition as the youngest – and first female – recipient of a British House of Commons Shield, credit as an Asian Hero by TIME magazine, an Eastern Eye Award for Music, and a Songlines Best Artist Award.
Most recently, she became one of the first five female composers to have been added to the UK A-level music syllabus.

WHEN: THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 AT 8:00 PM
WHERE: KOERNER HALL – TELUS CENTRE
ADDRESS: 273 BLOOR STREET WEST – TORONTO
COST: STARTING AT $40 – BUY TICKETS

Anoushka Shankar, sitar; Ojas Adhiya, tabla; Pirashanna Thevarajah, mridangam; Ravichandra Kulur, flute; Danny Keane, cello & piano; Kenji Ota, tanpura.

The sitar player and composer is a singular figure in the Indian classical and progressive world music scenes. Her dynamic and spiritual musicality has garnered several prestigious accolades, including six GRAMMY® Award nominations, recognition as the youngest — and first female — recipient of a British House of Commons Shield, credit as an Asian Hero by TIME magazine, and a Songlines “Best Artist Award.” Most recently, she became one of the first five female composers to have been added to the UK A-level music syllabus.

In March 2019, Shankar releases her latest Deutsche Grammophon album, Reflections, a compelling retrospective of Anoushka’s career so far. Reflections explores her commitment to cross-cultural dialogue and traces 20 years of her collaborations with everyone from her father, Ravi Shankar, to Karsh Kale and Nitin Sawhney, to her half-sister Norah Jones.

Deeply rooted in the Indian Classical music tradition, Anoushka studied exclusively from the age of nine under her father and guru, the late Ravi Shankar, and made her professional debut as a classical sitarist at the age of thirteen. Since launching her lauded career, Anoushka has led cross-cultural collaborations with artists such as Sting, M.I.A., Herbie Hancock, Pepe Habichuela, Karsh Kale, Rodrigo y Gabriela and Joshua Bell demonstrating the versatility of the sitar across musical genres. As an international solo sitarist, Anoushka has performed to sold-out crowds on many of the world’s most distinguished stages such as Carnegie Hall (NYC), Barbican Centre (London), Sydney Opera House, Philharmonie (Paris), San Francisco Opera House, and Koerner Hall (Toronto).