News Archive 2001 - 30 May 2001
Anoushka Shankar Begins Debut Uk Tour
Anoushka Shankar kicks off her debut solo tour of the UK on 31st May when she performs at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's South Bank complex. Ravi Shankar's daughter, who will turn 20 during the tour, plays classical sitar like her father, and is in fact the only student who has had all her training from him. Check our her website at www.anoushkashankar.com.Full tour dates are as follows (all concerts start at 7.30pm unless stated otherwise): Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (May 31), Wayastone, Monmouth (June 2nd), De Montfort Hall, Leicester (3rd), Victoria Hall, Stoke On Trent (6th), Salisbury Arts Centre (8th), Reading Concert Hall (9th), Chelmsford Civic Theatre (10th), Stockton-on-Tees Arc (21st), St George's, Bristol (22nd, 8pm), Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry (23rd).
Ravi Shankar's limited edition set RAGA MALA, published by Genesis, features the first recording released of father and daughter performing together - copies are still available.
Related titles...
Raga Mala
The Autobiography of Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar is the world's foremost sitar-virtuoso and composer, the man christened by George Harrison as the 'Godfather of World Music', who spearheaded the international spread of Indian culture. He has a remarkable story to tell, and he brings to the task the same contrasting qualities that make him as uncommon a man as a musician: that mixture of charm and candour, of dignity and humility, of deep spirituality and wide-eyed, impish fun.