Gingger Shankar

Gingger Shankar
Gingger
Background information
Also known as	Gingger Shankar
Origin	Los Angeles, United States
Genres	Pop, Rock, Electronica, World, Carnatic
Occupation(s)	Singer-Songwriter, Violinist, Composer
Instruments	Vocals, double violin, violin, viola
Associated acts	The Smashing Pumpkins, Katy Perry, Rabbit in the Moon
Website	ginggershankar.com

Gingger Shankar is an Indian American singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist. She has scored several award-winning films, including Circumstance.

Shankar was born in Los Angeles, California and raised there and in India. She is the eldest daughter of violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam. Her mother, Viji Subramaniam, was a classical singer just like her grandmother Lakshmi Shankar, sister-in-law of noted sitarist Ravi Shankar. As a child, she learned to sing, dance, and play violin and piano and attended the Kalakshetra creative arts school in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Later, she studied opera vocals with professional opera singer Tantoo Cardinal in Sherman Oaks, California. She also modeled and acted in stage productions. She began performing professionally at age 14.

Shankar plays the violin, cello and piano. She is the only female in the world to play the double violin. This ten-string, stereophonic instrument covers the entire orchestral range, including double bass, cello, viola and violin.

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