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World Service,28 Jun 2025,49 mins

Composer and musician Anoushka Shankar

The Arts Hour

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Nikki Bedi talks to sitarist Anoushka Shankar about her latest album, Chapter III: We Return to Light and is joined by cultural critic, Karen Krizanovich. They hear from and discuss: Oscar winning filmmaker Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland reunite on their dystopian blockbuster, 28 Years Later. Argentinian writer Agustina Bazterrica on her new convent-set horror novel. Korean-Canadian director Celine Song talks about how being a matchmaker to the wealthy inspired her new film Materialists. Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winning Alan Menken on the Disney film that made him want to be a composer. And there’s music from the Ghanaian queen of frafra gospel, singer Florence Adooni. Main image: Anoushka Shankar Photo credit: Laura Lewis

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