Anoushka Shankar makes her Shanghai debut with a concert spanning classical, contemporary, and world music traditions. Joined by an ensemble of acclaimed musicians, she will perform selections from her Chapters trilogy alongside works from across her career, including music inspired by her father Ravi Shankar and collaborations with Norah Jones.

About the Concert

Anoushka Shankar is one of today's leading sitar players and composers. Marking more than thirty years of international touring, she continues to explore connections between musical traditions and contemporary sounds.

This Shanghai debut brings together music from her Chapters trilogy, whose final installment was released in 2025. The three EPs document a personal and musical journey across places, emotions, and styles. The concert will also feature works including Fire Night, adapted from music by Ravi Shankar, and Traces of You, originally created in collaboration with her half-sister Norah Jones.

Performing with clarinetist and keyboardist Arun Ghosh, double bassist Tom Farmer, and drummer and percussionist Sarathy Korwar, Shankar presents a quartet program that expands the expressive possibilities of the sitar through classical, electronic, jazz, and world music influences.

Performers

Anoushka Shankar (Sitar / Composer)

A thirteen-time Grammy Award nominee, Anoushka Shankar is a sitar player, composer, curator, writer, and film composer. She studied under her father Ravi Shankar and has collaborated with artists including Herbie Hancock, Sting, Jacob Collier, M.I.A., and Norah Jones. In 2024, she received an honorary doctorate in music from the University of Oxford and will serve as an Oxford University Fellow in 2026.

Featuring:

• Arun Ghosh (Clarinet / Keys)
• Tom Farmer (Double Bass)
• Sarathy Korwar (Drums / Percussion)

Program

• Offering
• Stolen Moments
• Pacifica
• What Will We Remember
• Hiraeth
• New Dawn
• Dancing on Scorched Earth
• We Burn So Brightly
• Fire Night
• We Return to Love
• Traces of You
• Amrita
• Daybreak
• Sleeping Flowers

Program is subject to change.

Why Go

This concert offers a chance to experience Anoushka Shankar's Shanghai debut and hear how she continues to expand the musical language of the sitar. The program moves between intimate and expansive works, drawing from her recent trilogy of recordings alongside music that reflects both her artistic collaborations and musical heritage. For listeners interested in classical music, contemporary composition, jazz, or world music, it presents a broad portrait of one of today's most versatile performers.