Sitar star Ravi Shankar, 89, has created a brand-new concerto for sitar and orchestra and Sitar Concerto No. 3 has been written expressly for daughter Anoushka, 28, also a celebrated performer on the sitar. She will perform on the plucked string instrument in a series of U.S. performances of the new work.
Her father sadly won’t be there in person to see her perform with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. The performances will, however, feature in an Internet documentary series, “Raga Saga”. Anoushka Shankar says that playing her father’s music is “always a meaningful experience” for her. She continues, “My father writes music that is so intertwined with our ancient Indian classical music style that I really feel connected with our culture when I perform it”.
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