Pakistāniešu tradicionālās mūzikas dziedātāja Muslima Šagana koncerts

Vocalist Muslim Shaggan to perform in Riga

On July 16, Pakistani traditional music vocalist Muslim Shaggan will perform at the bar “1983” (Vagonu Street 21). The concert begins at 20:00. Tickets (as of June 15) are available via “Biļešu Serviss”; the price is 8 EUR in advance and 10 EUR at the door. The concert takes place as part of the “1-2 cauri!” series organised by the Skaņu Mežs association. 

Muslim Shaggan is a vocalist from Lahore, Pakistan. His vocal delivery is technically sophisticated, yet tender. Muslim’s versatile musicality is rooted in a convergence of histories. He descends from Bhai Mardana (1459-1534), the Muslim musician companion of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. This lineage of Rababi musicians eventually adopted the Gwalior style of Hindustani vocal music. Muslim was trained by one of its finest exponents, his grandfather, Ustad Ghulam Hassan Shaggan, who carefully prepared him to carry on this centuries-old legacy from the young age of 7. 

https://honiunhoni.bandcamp.com/album/asar 

Today, Muslim is one of the most accomplished classical vocalists of his generation in Pakistan. He regularly performs at all major classical music festivals and venues in the country, as well as on radio and television. Beyond Muslim's prowess in the Khayal genre, he is equally adept at a variety of other South Asian musical forms, including contemporary and folk styles. His musical experiments are rooted in traditional knowledge, yet unconstrained by its rigorous methodologies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sreCojALTs&list=RD8sreCojALTs&start_radio=1 

Shaggan’s album “Asar” is a collection of raw recordings made in three different acoustic environments: a room, a courtyard, and a park. Muslim sings solely to the accompaniment of his harmonium and tanpura, and the sound of Karachi’s evening breeze and birds. Muslim’s debut album explores the intricacies that a thoroughly trained classical singer brings to other forms. The seven songs on this release span a variety of South Asian musical genres: geet, ghazal, thumri, and kafi. Asar intends to take you to the moment it was recorded – as if you were sitting across from him, and Muslim was singing only for you. 

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