Anoushka Shankar
British-American musician
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| 2024 | Anoushka received her tenth and eleventh Grammy nominations for Chapter II: How Dark it is Before Dawn and Jacob Collier's 'A Rock Somewhere.' |
| 2024 | The University of Oxford awarded her an Honorary Doctor of Music degree for her contributions to the field of music. |
| 2024 | Anoushka received her tenth and eleventh Grammy nominations for Chapter II: How Dark it is Before Dawn and Jacob Collier's 'A Rock Somewhere.' |
| 2024 | The University of Oxford awarded her an Honorary Doctor of Music degree for her contributions to the field of music. |
| 2023 | Anoushka became the inaugural Visiting Professor of Music Business at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Music. |
| 2023 | She received Grammy nominations in both Global Music categories for her album Between Us and for her performance on Udhero Na. |
| 2023 | She received Grammy nominations in both Global Music categories for her album Between Us and for her performance on Udhero Na. |
| 2023 | Anoushka became the inaugural Visiting Professor of Music Business at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Music. |
| October 2023 | In October 2023, Shankar signed the Artists4Ceasefire open letter to President Joe Biden, advocating for a ceasefire in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. |
| October 2023 | In October 2023, Shankar signed the Artists4Ceasefire open letter to President Joe Biden, advocating for a ceasefire in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. |
| 2022 | Anoushka Shankar released the album 'Between Us ...,' continuing her tradition of musical exploration. |
| 2022 | Anoushka Shankar released the album 'Between Us ...,' continuing her tradition of musical exploration. |
| 2021 | She was co-nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for the score of A Suitable Boy. |
| 2021 | Anoushka was nominated for a seventh Grammy in the Best Global Music Album category for her album Love Letters. |
| 2021 | She received the Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon RAM). |
| 2021 | Anoushka was nominated for a seventh Grammy in the Best Global Music Album category for her album Love Letters. |
| 2021 | She received the Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon RAM). |
| 2021 | She was co-nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for the score of A Suitable Boy. |
| 2020 | In November, she was nominated for the RTS (Royal Television Society) Craft & Design Awards for the music she composed for A Suitable Boy. |
| 2020 | Anoushka Shankar co-composed the score for Mira Nair's BBC six-part series A Suitable Boy, which is based on the novel by Vikram Seth. |
| 2020 | Shankar released Love Letters, an EP co-produced with various guest musicians featuring songs written across 2018-19. |
| 2020 | Anoushka Shankar was announced as the inaugural President of the F-List, a UK database designed to address the gender gap in the music industry. |
| 2020 | Shankar designed a pin for the 'Pin Your Thanks' initiative to support NHS charities during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. |
| 2020 | Shankar designed a pin for the 'Pin Your Thanks' initiative to support NHS charities during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. |
| 2020 | Anoushka Shankar was announced as the inaugural President of the F-List, a UK database designed to address the gender gap in the music industry. |
| 2020 | In November, she was nominated for the RTS (Royal Television Society) Craft & Design Awards for the music she composed for A Suitable Boy. |
| 2020 | Anoushka Shankar co-composed the score for Mira Nair's BBC six-part series A Suitable Boy, which is based on the novel by Vikram Seth. |
| 2020 | Shankar released Love Letters, an EP co-produced with various guest musicians featuring songs written across 2018-19. |
| November 13 2020 | Anoushka Shankar was featured on 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out' as part of the BBC Radio 2's Allstars' Children in Need charity single, which debuted at number 7 on the Official UK Singles Chart. |
| November 13 2020 | Anoushka Shankar was featured on 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out' as part of the BBC Radio 2's Allstars' Children in Need charity single, which debuted at number 7 on the Official UK Singles Chart. |
| July 2020 | Anoushka Shankar played on the track 'Ama La' on the Dalai Lama's first music album, Inner World, released on his 85th birthday. |
| July 2020 | Anoushka Shankar played on the track 'Ama La' on the Dalai Lama's first music album, Inner World, released on his 85th birthday. |
| June 2 2020 | Anoushka Shankar participated in the global film festival We Are One, where she performed during the screening of her composition for the film Shiraz: A Romance of India. |
| June 2 2020 | Anoushka Shankar participated in the global film festival We Are One, where she performed during the screening of her composition for the film Shiraz: A Romance of India. |
| 2019 | Anoushka Shankar released Reflections, a 20-year retrospective album revisiting the best of her cross-cultural back catalogue with Deutsche Grammophon. |
| 2019 | Anoushka Shankar released Reflections, a 20-year retrospective album revisiting the best of her cross-cultural back catalogue with Deutsche Grammophon. |
| September 2019 | Anoushka Shankar finalized her divorce from Joe Wright. |
| September 2019 | Anoushka Shankar finalized her divorce from Joe Wright. |
| 2018 | Shankar joined a coalition of musicians, actors, and artists urging MPs to support the Refugees Family Reunion Bill, aimed at reuniting refugee families torn apart by conflict. |
| 2018 | Anoushka won the 3rd Eastern Eye Arts, Culture & Theatre Awards (ACTA) for the score to the 1928 BFI film Shiraz. |
| 2018 | Shankar joined a coalition of musicians, actors, and artists urging MPs to support the Refugees Family Reunion Bill, aimed at reuniting refugee families torn apart by conflict. |
| 2018 | Anoushka won the 3rd Eastern Eye Arts, Culture & Theatre Awards (ACTA) for the score to the 1928 BFI film Shiraz. |
| July 2018 | Shankar embarked on a short US tour of Land of Gold to raise funds for the nonprofit organization Help Refugees. |
| July 2018 | Shankar embarked on a short US tour of Land of Gold to raise funds for the nonprofit organization Help Refugees. |
| February 2018 | In February 2018, Shankar read a poem at Letters Live for Help Refugees, alongside performers such as Gemma Arterton and Florence Welch. |
| February 2018 | In February 2018, Shankar read a poem at Letters Live for Help Refugees, alongside performers such as Gemma Arterton and Florence Welch. |
| 2017 | Anoushka received a sixth Grammy nomination in the Best Global Music Album category for her album Land of Gold. |
| 2017 | Shankar scored the British Film Institute's restoration of the 1928 Indian silent film Shiraz: A Romance of India and performed her composition live at its premiere at the London Film Festival Archive Gala. |
| 2017 | She won the Eastern Eye Arts, Culture & Theatre Awards (ACTA) Award for Music for her outstanding achievements in the Indian classical and progressive world music scenes. |
| 2017 | Anoushka Shankar narrated the documentary 'Stolen Innocence: India's Untold Story of Human Trafficking', which highlights the true stories of young women who escaped from sex slavery in India and Nepal. |
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