The sitar concert by Shahid Parvez scheduled for 12 August 2006 in Islamabad has been cancelled.
This cancellation is due to the extension of Shahid Parvez’s tour in Europe. He would now be returning to Delhi too late to guarantee a visa in time for visiting Islamabad.
Concert Alert from FAME
Foundation for the Advancement of Music Education
Live in Islamabad
Artist: Ustad Shahid Parvez, sitar
Date: Saturday, August 12, 2006
Place: Islamabad Club auditorium
Time: 9 pm
Seating: Limited – Rs. 1000, Rs. 500
Seat assignment would be determined by the order in which requests are received. Early reservation is encouraged to avoid disappointment. Entry passes would become available for distribution on August 5, 2006.
The concert is organized in collaboration with the Rauf Ansari Foundation and with the support of Vinci Construction.
Contact: Umair Jaffar – umairjaffar@yahoo.com – 0333-524-4299
Note: Ustad Shahid Parvez will perform in Lahore on August 17 (organized by the All Pakistan Music Conference) and in Karachi on August 19 (organized by the Rauf Ansari Foundation).
The Artist
Ustad Shahid Parvez, generally acknowledged as one of the finest sitar players in the world today, is among the most sought after and recorded artists: to date over 60 CDs and DVDs of his art are available.
He was born into one of the Indian subcontinent’s foremost, most illustrious and most influential musical dynasties: his father, with whom he began his training, was Ustad Aziz Khan, son of Ustad Wahid Khan of the Imdadkhani gharana (school or style of music-making with a trackable lineage), also known as the Etawah gharana.
Shahid Parvez’s extended family includes such luminaries as Ustad Vilayat Khan and Ustad Imrat Khan. The sitar and surbahar (the deeper voiced member of the sitar family of instruments) figure prominently in the family lineage. In his case the gharana is renowned for an instrumental approach known as gayaki ang (singing style) in which the human voice is expressed instrumentally. Ustad Shahid Parvez has innovated in his approach to the sitar, combining the gayaki ang with the tantrakari ang (instrumental style). He is also considered one of the foremost rhythm innovators in North Indian Classical music.
Shahid Parvez is undoubtedly one of the greats. He has curved a niche for himself by inventing a style of his own without breaking the tradition of his gharana.
Dear visitors of Sarangi site,
There is no doubt that Usatd Shaid Parvez is a leading and one of the most sought musicians of today not only in india but, across the the globe.
I would like all of you if you have any live jugalbandis of his performances with any other great artist of India so please make it avaiable to the sarangi site and let others hear this Master.
Ali from Holland
Hello.
Not in relation to the subject above, but my concern is the site has not been updated for some time. Is everything ok Mr. Taimur and Mr. Sohaib?
Take care, bye.
I was so upset to hear about the cancellation. Hope to have it soon.
i would like to tell you that i liked your site very much & i am the grandson of Late Padmashree USTAD ABDUL LATIF KHAN – sarangi player
Dear Sarwar Hussain,
If I remember right you performed at a private concert in Washington, DC some years ago. I was at that concert and was very impressed with your ability. Am I correct?
Warm regards,
Anjum Altaf
Dear Anjum Altaf Ji,
You are very much right.
Best Wishes
Sarwar Hussain
Sarangi Exponent