George Harrison’s widow Olivia, and a host of Indian classical musicians. The concert would also have seen Shankar perform on stage with her half-sister, the singer Norah Jones, for the first time.
Covid-19 put paid to that show, which has been pushed back to 2022, but it was only fitting that 39-year-old Shankar, a lauded and breathtaking sitarist in her own right, was at least able to perform at the Southbank Centre’s reopening weekend.
Despite the Magaluf vibes of the sun-drenched hordes outside the Royal Festival Hall, life was more sedate inside. The bars remained closed, and social-distancing measures meant ranks of empty seats between ticket-holders.
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