Sitarist Anoushka Shankar will be bringing to Macau a performance of new world music that is influenced by her Indian roots, blending ancient traditions with the heavy use of electronics and amplified beats, as though expressing the violence and tragedy refugees are going through and her cry against the injustice of the situation.
The British-Indian sitar player and composer will be performing her latest work, “Land of Gold”, at Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) on March 20.
Anoushka is the daughter of Ravi Shankar, the first internationally recognised Indian musician and influential sitar virtuoso, and the half-sister of jazz singer Norah Jones.
The sitar is a stringed instrument of the lute family that is popular in northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Typically measuring about 1.2 metres in length, the sitar has a deep pear-shaped gourd body; a long, wide, hollow wooden neck; both front and side tuning pegs; and 20 arched movable frets and metal strings.
This undated photo shows Anoushka Shankar holding a sitar.
