Discovering my dad was a music superstar
After Anoushka Shankar learned that her father was sitar legend Ravi Shankar, she mastered the instrument with him and later met her half-sister, fellow musician Norah Jones.
When Anoushka Shankar was young, she knew that the legendary Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar was an important figure in her family, but it was only when she was seven that she learned he was her father. The discovery would change Anoushka鈥檚 life 鈥� with Ravi as her teacher she mastered the instrument and began a career performing both with her father and as a virtuoso sitarist in her own right. When she was 16 she met another new member of her family - her half-sister and fellow music star Norah Jones, also Ravi鈥檚 daughter. Anoushka spoke to Emily Webb about the role her father played in her life, and the musical world he opened up for her.
Producer: Becky Vincent
Presenter: Emily Webb
Photo: Anoushka and Ravi Shankar performing on stage together in 2003
Credit: Getty Images
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