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Comparisons have also been made with sitar maestro Ravi Shankar and his first wife Annapurna Devi, an equally talented sitarist.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2023

Even the music was scored remotely, with a full orchestra in Budapest and her composers, Alex Heffes and the sitarist Anoushka Shankar, in Los Angeles and London.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2020

It was exactly the look a sitarist might give his tabla player in a raga.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2018

Shankar was the father of singer Norah Jones and Grammy-nominated sitarist Anoushka Shankar.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2012

Saxophonist Wayne Shorter reminds Hancock of his rich jazz past in collaboration with Indian musicians, including Ravi Shankar's sitarist daughter, Anoushka.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2010