Anoushka Shankar live in concert.
ON TOUR

Anoushka Shankar

17
critic concert reviews
global

How good are they LIVE?

Live Rating  

85
%
Based on 
17
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Real Live Certified  

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Critics Consensus

Anoushka Shankar is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 17 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that Anoushka Shankar is rated as an excellent live performer, with memorable shows that are worth watching. Anoushka Shankar concert reviews describe live shows and performances as thrilling, powerful, graceful, seductive, lively, emotional, and dynamic.

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On tour

Roskilde, Roskilde Festival, Denmark (June 28); de Bijloke, Gent, Belgium (July 4); Letisko Trenčín, Trenčín, Slovakia, Slovakia (July 10); Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands (July 11)

Artist Info

Genre
global
Origin
London, United Kingdom (6/9/1981)
Bio
Anoushka Shankar (b. 1981), is a sitar player and composer from India.
Has Performed With
Artist Website

Critic Concert Reviews

Jazzwise (UK)

May 28, 2025
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The revered sitar virtuoso explored new sonic terrain with an exciting UK-based band featuring clarinettist Arun Ghosh

Evening Standard (UK)

March 7, 2022
100
%
This postponed tribute to the great Indian musician was a beautiful sonic dialogue

The Skinny (UK)

February 2, 2022
100
%
With a focus tonight on cultural fusion, Anoushka Shankar, Orchestral Qawwali Project and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra mesmerise a Glasgow crowd

The Scotsman (Scotland)

January 31, 2022
80
%
Sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar’s performance with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra proved to be a dynamic musical conversation, writes Jim Gilchrist

The Telegraph (UK)

May 31, 2021
100
%
This concert at the Southbank Centre was a triumph of atmosphere, songcraft and feeling, which had the audience entranced throughout

musicOMH (UK)

May 26, 2014
90
%
This year’s event (the fifth occasion it has happened) saw an impressive line up draw to a close with a show by Anoushka Shankar at the Royal Festival Hall.

The Independent (UK)

April 15, 2013
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If you wish to collide two unlikely cultural elements to form curiously flavoured new compounds, the desired term is that you’re setting up a conversation.

Past critic reviews published in

The Guardian (UK), The Arts Desk (UK), Gaffa (Denmark), Parklife DC (USA), Rhythm Passport (UK) and more

Image Credit

Didier Cherel [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons

Latest Release

Chapter II: How Dark It is Before Dawn (5 April 2024)