{"id":55754,"date":"2026-05-27T19:55:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=55754"},"modified":"2026-05-27T19:55:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:55:37","slug":"how-sitarist-anoushka-shankar-broke-her-creative-block-after-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=55754","title":{"rendered":"How sitarist Anoushka Shankar broke her creative block after the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Sitarist and composer Anoushka Shankar\u2019s latest work, Chapters<\/em> \u2013 a deeply personal trilogy written and released between January 2023 and March 2025 \u2013 was born from an intense post-pandemic creative block.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had this notion that after the pandemic I needed to make the most significant work of my life,\u201d Shankar says. \u201cSo, of course, as a result, I had nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The paralysis broke on a New Year\u2019s morning in India. Staring at the ocean with her journal, she decided to strip away the pressure of a traditional album by breaking the music into three distinct chapters and collaborating with a different producer for each instalment to keep herself tethered to the present moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cStart with the first one, and let the first one lead you to the next,\u201d was her motto.<\/p>\n

On June 3, the 14-time Grammy-nominated sitar player and daughter of renowned Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar will perform her three Chapters<\/em> albums \u2013 Forever, For Now<\/em>; How Dark it is Before Dawn<\/em>; and We Return to Light<\/em> \u2013 in Hong Kong, with new orchestral arrangements alongside the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong and guest conductor Robert Ames.<\/p>\n

A joint commission from the BBC Proms, her performance is set to combine the Indian traditions of the sitar with Western strings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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