RECENTLY I spoke to Anoushka Shankar, daughter of sitar legend Ravi Shankar, about her influences across the artistic genres. Some of her answers did not surprise me — she mentioned her father, saying, “Having taught me from my very first day playing the sitar, he’s shaped my technique, style and sound.” Others, like abstract painter Mark Rothko, were less obvious: She talked about the connection between color and spirit.
Anoushka is part of a The Disney Hall concert in honor of her father’s 90th birthday; previously scheduled for next week, it has been postponed to September.
HERE is my piece on the younger Shankar — half-sister to Norah Jones, by the way — in today’s LA Times.