Sundance Film Festival 2013:

January 20, 2013 3:30 p.m.
Blackhouse Foundation Music in Film Panel
804 Main Street, Park City, Utah

January 20, 2013 10 p.m.
Performance by Gingger Shankar
Blackhouse Music Lounge
804 Main Street, Park City, Utah

January 21st
Screening of the film ‘Home’ 3 p.m.
followed by a performance by Gingger Shankar 6 p.m.
The Home House
1348 Golden Way, Park City, UT

Gingger Shankar is an extraordinarily gifted singer, virtuoso violinist, composer, model
and songwriter, and was born into one of the world’s most acclaimed and influential
musical families. Her accomplishments include working with top producers and film
composers including Mel Gibson, The Smashing Pumpkins, Trent Reznor, Mike
Nichols, Mike Myers, and James Newton Howard. In addition to her film projects,
she has also has lent her voice and violin to several diverse projects ranging from
soundtracks to pop and electronic hip-hop.

In 2011 she was chosen as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s ‘25 New Faces to Watch’, as
well as becoming a member of the Advisory Board for the Sundance Film Festival along
with Mark Ruffalo, Lake Bell, Rashida Jones and others.
Gingger composed music for the critically acclaimed 2011 Sundance U.S. Dramatic
Audience Award Winner ‘Circumstance’ directed by Maryam Keshavarz. In addition to
being the artist and co-composer behind the poignant score of Mel Gibson’s blockbuster
“Passion of the Christ”, Gingger’s music can be heard in Mike Nichol’s film, “Charlie
Wilson’s War”.

In addition to her compositions and contributions for film projects, she is also an
accomplished and busy artist and performer. Gingger is the only female in the world that
has mastered the 10- string Double Violin, an instrument that covers the entire range
of the orchestra’s double bass, cello, viola and violin, and of which there are currently
only two in existence. Coupled with her voice, which covers five octaves, the sound is
unparalleled, unbridled, and unforgettable. She debuted with the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra as a soprano in Osvaldo Golijov’s opera “Ainadamar” and later performed
it at Carnegie Hall. The multi-talented powerhouse transitioned from opera to rock,
Gingger then toured with the Smashing Pumpkins as a special guest on their 20th
Anniversary tour.

She is currently working on her new record.

Jean Sievers
jean@co5media.com
(323) 871-0180