Tune in to SoundScape this Thursday (Dec 8) on YVFM 99.1 from 9 pm, or stream it from the website to catch some wonderful abient music.
We will start with a very eastern flavour with our artist of the week - Sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar is one of the leading figures
in World Music today. She is deeply rooted in Indian classical music,
having studied exclusively with her father, the legendary Ravi Shankar,
from the age of nine. Thriving as a composer, she has been exploring
fertile ground in the crossover between Indian music and a variety of
genres including flamenco, electronica, jazz and Western classical
music.
She made her performance debut in 1995 in New Delhi at the age of
thirteen, and was playing venues such as Carnegie Hall by the age of
fifteen, accompanying her father at his concerts worldwide. In 2007 Anoushka collaborated with the talented Indian-American musician
Karsh Kale, to create the album Breathing Under Water. Co-produced by
Gaurav Raina of the group MIDIval Punditz, this album featured guest
appearances by Anoushka’s father, her half-sister Norah Jones, Sting,
and others.
In 2002 Anoushka conducted and performed at the historic Concert for George, a tribute to the late George Harrison. She has also appeared as a soloist with some of the world’s greatest
orchestras, and premiered her father’s 3rd Concerto for Sitar and
Orchestra with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in 2009, and his first
Symphony, with the London Philarmonic Orchestra in 2010.
Over the years Anoushka has maintained active, creative careers outside
of music: in 2002 she authored the book Bapi: The Love of My Life, a
biographical portrait of her father, and has served as columnist for
prestigious publications like New Delhi’s First City magazine and the
Hindustan Times. She earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination from
India’s National Film Awards for her role in Dance Like a Man in 2004.
The Goon Show this week will be 'The Junk Affair'.
