Untitled - Tehzeeb Foundation of Pakistan

Produced by: Sharif Awan
Tehzeeb Foundation
Email: [email protected]
www.tehzeebfoundation.org
Facebook: Tehzeeb Foundation of Pakistan (Group)
-Josh Maleehabadi (1894 - 1982)
Life is but ‘Bageshri’, ‘Sarang’, ‘Deepak’ and ‘Sohni’;
And sculpture, dance, music, oratory and poetry
-Josh Maleehabadi (1894 - 1982)
Table of
Introduction
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2008
Tehzeeb Begins
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2009
Tehzeeb Festival 2009
Tehzeeb Awards
Other Activities in 2009
Press Reviews
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2010
Tehzeeb Festival 2010
Messages
Tehzeeb Awards
Other Activities in 2010
Press Reviews
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2011
Sitar Festival 2011
Tehzeeb Awards
Press Reviews
Faiz Centenary Celebrations
Other Activities in 2011
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Contents
2012
Tehzeeb Festival 2012
Press Reviews
Indus Raag Project
Reviews on Indus Raag
Other Activities in 2012
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2013
Tehzeeb Festival 2013
Tehzeeb Awards
Literary Readings
Art Exhibition
Press Reviews
Other Activities in 2013
Press Review
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2014
Folk & Fusion Concert
Press Reviews
Indus Raag - Collector’s Edition
Tehzeeb Music
Publications
Future Projects
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Introduction
Tehzeeb Foundation of Pakistan is working for the advancement and
promotion of music, literature and fine arts in Pakistan. It is also carrying
out preservation and archiving of classical music of the sub-continent.
It is a not-for-profit organization registered under the Societies Registration
Act 1860.
Tehzeeb aims at bringing the finesse of fine arts and classical music to
the society. It also aims at the revival of the aesthetic culture in the shape
of peace and harmony. We believe in promoting art and the artiste at
the same time.
In order to achieve our goal:
• We hold annual festivals, music recitals and literary gatherings
wherein eminent artists/writers of India, Pakistan, UK, Germany,
France and rest of the world are invited to participate.
• We give annual Tehzeeb Awards for excellence in the fields of
literature, fine arts and classical and folk music of the subcontinent.
Awards are decided by a committee comprising of senior writers,
intellectuals and subject specialists.
• We produce music and other publications in the shape of audio CDs,
DVDs and books.
• We provide financial assitance to senior artists who are in their
twilight years. We also provide guidence / capacity building to younger
upcoming artists.
Purpose of these activities is to establish a case for culture in Pakistan.
It is also intented to provide a forum to creative minds to show case
their art and talent. We help them in getting due exposure to a national
and international audience and readership.
Our festivals / recitals are attended by music lovers and connoiseurs
whose number has been ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand
people as per the nature of the event. Our programmes are professionally
recorded to reach a much wider audience in and outside Pakistan. Our
programmes are aired on different channels including Hum TV, PTV
World, Dawn News, Geo and other networks.
We collaborate with like-minded organizations including British Council,
Alliance Francaise, Goethe Institute, APMC Lahore, NAPA, PNCA and
others.
Tehzeeb team comprises of people from diverse fields committed to the
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cause of culture. Sharif Awan and Malahat Awan have been instrumental
in organizing prestigious conferences and music festivals all over Pakistan
for the past many years. Based on our experience of working with
different organization as their founders / executive members we are
mindfull of the impediments. We are very clear that culture is a very
serious business. We can only reclaim our glorious past by carrying
forword the tradition to become mainstream of the future.We have the
patronage of legendary personalities of Urdu literature such as Mushtaq
Ahmad Yousufi, Zehra Nigah, and others. Our EC has representation
from education, industry, business and professional sectors. All of them
have one thing in common: their commitment to the cause! Our team
also includes younger volunteers.
Our desicion making is done by an executive committee,
comprising of the following life members/office bearers.
Patron:
President:
General Secretary:
Treasurer:
Executive Committee:
Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi
Malahat Awan
Sharif Awan
Gul Bahar Khan
Khawaja Masroor Miraj
Dr. Asif Niaz Arain
Maqsood Ismail
Anwar Maqsood
Zehra Nigah
Our sources of funding are mainly donations, corporate sponsorships,
institutional grants, membership fees and sale of music, books and other
publications.
Our accounts are properly mantained and regularly audited by professional
chartered accountants. We claim tax exemption as per the income tax
laws in Pakistan.
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Tehzeeb Begins - 2008
Tehzeeb Foundation commenced its activities much before its official
incorporation in the year 2008.
A number of musicians were invited from time to time for presenting
and recording their music. The recordings were professionally edited,
mixed and mastered by the end of the year 2008. Some of the muscians
recorded are, Ustad Mubarik Ali Khan, Ustad Fateh Ali Khan Gawaliar
Gharana, Ustad Raza Ali Khan (India), Ustad Fateh Ali Khan Patiala
Gharana, Ustad Bashir Khan, Ustad Allah Rakha Sarangi nawaz, Ustad
Zafar Ali Khan, Asad Qizilbash, Ustad Fateh Ali Khan / Hameed Ali
Khan, Ustad Naseeruddin Saami, Kamal Sabri (India), Ustad Abdul Sattar
Tari Khan (USA), Ghulam Ali, Javed Bashir & Akbar Ali, Nafees Ahmed
Khan, Shaukat Manzoor, Gulzar Ali Khan, Mehdi Hassan Khan and
others.
A portion of the music recorded in the above recitals has already been
published. Tehzeeb archives were setup to preserve the music and other
sounds (includings spoken word) on the basis of personal collections
and indigenous sources as well as world sources. Its is expanding
day-by-day.
To promote book culture, a number of books by senior and junior writers
were procured and donated to various libraries in remote areas of
Pakistan and even outside Pakistan. Publications of new books was also
planned.
Tehzeeb Archives were set up to preserve to classical and folk music
tradition of Pakistan.
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2009
Tehzeeb Festival 2009
Day One Program
Zohaib Hassan
Ustad Zafar Ali Khan
Ikhlaq Hussain
Faheem Mazhar
Ustad Abdul Sattar Tari
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Hyderabad)
Sarangi Solo
Khayal & Thumri
Classical Sitar
Khayal & Kajri
Tabla Solo
Khayal & Tarana
Day Two Program
Nadir Abbas
Zulfiqar Ali / Mazhar Hussain
Ustad Bashir Khan & Ustad Nazir Khan
Ustad Raza Ali Khan (India)
Nafees Ahmed (Sitar) Raees Ahmad (Violin)
Abdul Sattar Tari
Rustam Fateh Ali Khan
Khayal
Khayal & Kafi
Tabla Jugalbandi
Khayal & Thumri
Jugalbandi
Tabla
Khayal & Tarana
Accompanists:
Bashir Khan
Khursheed Hussain
Pervaiz Paras
Afzal Khan
Zohaib Hassan
Tabla
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Harmonium
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Tehzeeb Awards
Tehzeeb Awards were announced and given in five disciplines including
Urdu Poetry, Urdu Prose, Fine Arts, Classical Music of the Subcontinent
and Folk Music of Pakistan. The Awards were given by the Honorable
Governor Sindh, Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan to the following recipients:
Tehzeeb Award for Urdu Prose :
Tehzeeb Award for Urdu Poetry :
Tehzeeb Award for Fine Arts :
Tehzeeb Award for Folk Music :
Tehzeeb Award for Classical Music :
Mirza Athar Baig
Abbas Taabish
Salwat Ali
Reshmaan (folk singer)
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
(Patiala Gharana)
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Other Activities in 2009
Classical vocal concert by Ustad Fateh Ali Khan and Rustam
Fateh Ali Khan - February 2009
Sarod recital by Asad Qizalbash - February 2009
Folk & classical music at Sindh Writers Conference
Arts Council - February 2009
Music at Tehzeeb: Nafees Ahmed Khan, Javed Bashir &
Akbar Ali, Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Hyderabad) & Ustad Bashir
Khan (Tabla) - October 24, 2009
Classical vocal recital by Ustad Raza Ali Khan (India) & Ustad
Bashir Khan (Tabla) - December 2009
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2010
Tehzeeb Festival 2010
Program
Asad Qizilbash - Sarod
Ustad Naseeruddin Sami
Ustad Raees Khan & Farhan Khan
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Fariha Pervez
Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
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Bageshri
Kheyal & tarana Khambawati
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Jog
Kheyal Kaunsi Kanra
Semi classical Thumri
Jog Kauns
Accompanists:
Bashir Khan
Ijaz Hussain
Himanshu Mahant
Afzal Khan
Rauf Naseer
Urooj Saami
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Tehzeeb Awards
Tehzeeb Award for Classical Music of the subcontinent was given to
Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhutt for his services towards the classical arts
of the subcontinent. Remaining awards were announced to be given in
the subsequent year.
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Other Activities in 2010
Tabla Solo Recital
By Ustad Altaf Hussain (Tafoo Khan)
An evening of solo tabla recital by Ustad Altaf Hussain (Tafoo)
was held on 27th April 2010 at NAPA. He gave a breathtaking
performance in the presence of a spellbound crowd at NAPA
which included music connoisseurs, practitioners, NAPA faculty
members and students.
Sarangi Recital & Workshop
By Kamal Sabri (India)
Sarangi Solo Recital by Kamal Sabri - a sarangi maestro from
Delhi was held on Saturday, 1st May 2010 at NAPA. Sabri
demonstrated a profound versatility in playing the fast vanishing
instrument.
Classical & Sindhi Sufi Kalaam
by Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Hyderabad)
An informal yet memorable evening was held at Tehzeeb on 15th
October 2010. It was attended by a select gathering of music
lovers including Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Jilani, Federal Minister
for Culture. Amongst the guests, there were a number of foreign
students from diverse backgrounds who were visiting Pakistan
for the first time.
Social Responsibility Activities
Responding to the disastrous floods throughout Pakistan, Tehzeeb
Foundation acted as an interface with reputable organizations in
Sindh and Punjab provinces working for the same cause. The aid
was routed through Medical Aid Foundation, HUM TV Relief
Services, Zohra Memoril Hospital, Shiekh Association Sindh, &
other set-ups in the interiors of Sindh and Punjab. Contributions
included donation of an ambulance, medicines, and other articles
of immediate need including food items to the flood victims.
We also participated in a Flood Relief Mela organized by the
British Deputy High Commission-Karachi on 2nd October 2010
by putting up a music stall featuring Abdullah Khan Shehnai-nawaz
and other musicians from the flood-stricken areas of Sindh.
Sale proceeds from our publications / productions went to the
Flood Relief Mela.
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2011
Sitar Festival 2011
Day One Program
Rakae Jamil
Javed Niazi & Babar Niazi
Ustad Rais Khan & Farhan Khan
Kalam-e-Faiz on sitar
Folk Music
Mishr Peelu
Day Two Program
Turab Ali
Beena Raza
Amir Zaki & Farhan Khan
Sajid Hussain
Suhel Rais Khan (India) &
Huzoor Hasnain Khan
Ashraf Sharif Khan (Germany)
Jhinjoti
Behag
Fusion Music (Guitar & Sitar)
Maru Behag
Aiman & Ghazal
Darbari
Accompanists:
Bashir Khan
Shahbaz Hussain
Khursheed Hussain
Afzal Khan
Tabla
Tabla
Tabla
Harmonium
Our 2-day Sitar Festival was yet another hallmark - being the
first of its kind in the history of Pakistan.
The idea behind the festival was to explore the possibilities of
Sitar, which is otherwise, the most well-known eastern instrument
in the world. It is our pride that senior most sitarists such as the
phenomenal Ustad Rais Khansahib and the youngest performers
like Turab Ali assembled together to exhibit and explore the
nuances of sitar music.
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Tehzeeb Awards
In order to promote the cause of culture in Pakistan and to acknowledge
excellence in the fields of music, Urdu literature and fine arts, awards
were given by Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Jilani and Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi
to the following:
Classical Music: Ustad Rais Khansahib
Folk Music:
Javed Niazi & Babar Niazi
Urdu Poetry:
Zehra Nigah
Urdu Prose:
Asad Muhammad Khan
Fine Arts:
Salima Hashmi
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Faiz Centenary
Celebrations
Faiz centenary celebrations 2011 were held in Karachi at different venues
under the auspicious of Government of Sindh, Sindh Progressive Writers
Association, KMC and Tehzeeb Foundation of Pakistan.
The major event included remembering Faiz by his old friends, intellectuals
and by artists from Pakistan and India through their art. The event was
attended by more than two thousand five hundred people.
Speeches & Readings:
Raza Ali Aabidi (UK)
Zafarullah Poshni
Zia Mohyeddin
Abid Hassan Manto
Zehra Nigah
Sobho Geyan Chandani
Shabnam Shakeel (read by Malahat)
Rahat Saeed
Mushtaq Ahmed Yousafi
Dr. Ali Javed (India)
Nadira Babbar (India)
I. A Rehman
Mujahid Barelavi
Music and Choreography:
Kalam-e-Faiz
Lal Band
Sufi Music
Faqeers of Bhitt Shah
Dance and Music
Nirat-taal
Kalam-e-Faiz
Seema Sehgal ( India)
Kathak Performance
Naheed Sidddiqi
Kalam-e-Faiz
Fariha Pervez
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Vidya Shah (India)
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Other Activities in 2011
Ghalib Celebrations 2011
The all time genius Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib was remembered
in Delhi in the anniversary celebrations held on 26-28 December
2011.
Tehzeeb Foundation collaborated with the organizers Ghalib
Memorial Movement New Delhi through Pakistani High Commission
and sponsored the visit of eminent poet Dr. Inam ul Haq Javaid to
participate in the “Mushaira” and other celebrations to represent
Pakistan.
Year end Classical Recital at Tehzeeb
December 30, 2011
Ustad Nasseruddin Saami - Vocal Classical
Ustad Bashir Khan - Tabla
It was a select gathering of music lovers and connoiseurs. Ustad
Naseeruddin Saami started with a khayal in raag Chandar Kauns
and also presented Anandi Kalyan and a couple of thumries in
Khamaj and Bhairvi.
Studio Sessions
Studio sessions for our project Indus Raag continued throughout
the year. Following musicians were recorded:
Ustad Bashir Khan (Tabla Solo)
Ustad Hamid Ali Khan
Javed Niazi & Babar Niazi (Folk)
Shaukat Manzoor (Folk & Classical)
Asharf Sharif Khan (Sitar)
Sajid Hussain & Kamal Sabri (Jugalbandi)
Shahbaz Hussain (Tabla Solo)
Farhan Khan & Kamal Sabri (Jugalbandi)
Ustad Nazir Khan (Tabla Solo)
Beenish Parvez (Classical Vocal)
Mumtaz Ali Sabzal (Banjo)
Karam Abbas Khan (Classical Vocal)
Abdullah Khan (Shehnai)
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2012
Tehzeeb Festival 2012
Day One Program
Sitar and Vocal:
Shehroz Hussain
Thumri Mishr Tilang
Sagar Veena:
Noor Zehra Kazim
Jaijaiwanti
Sarangi Ensemble: Maru Behag, Thumri, Rajasthani Folk
Kamal Sabri (India)
Dr Temur Khan
Zohaib Hassan
Shafqat Ali Khan
Gul Muhammad
Ustad Akhtar Hussain
Mazhar Umrao Bundoo Khan
Launch of Indus Raag Project
Opening Remarks : Sharif Awan
Speeches
: Javed Jabbar, Uxi Mufti, Pir Aftab Shah
Jilani & Professor Piotr Balcerovich
Choreography
: Story of Indus & its music by Sheema
Kermani & Students
Classical Vocal
: Ustad Naseeruddin Saami Purbi & Kedara
Ustad Bashir Khan (Tabla)
Day Two Program
Classical Vocal : Karam Abbas &
Tilak Kamod
Waseem Abbas
Jugalbandi
: Kamal Sabri &
Mumtaz Sabzal
Bhopali & Balochi
Folk
Classical Vocal : Shahid Hamid
Bilaskhani Todi & Thumri
Sitar
Mian Ki Malhar
: Ashraf Sharif Khan
Semi Classical : Vidya Shah (India)
Remembering Begum
Akhtar
Classical Vocal : Shafqat Salamat Ali
Rageshwari Kheyal &
Tarana
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Indus Raag project was launched on the first day of the Tehzeeb
Festival 2012.
Indus Raag is an ace project created to develop, archive and
promote the musical tradition of the Indo-Pak subcontinent. It
explores the universality of our music, its relevance and commonality
among the South Asian countries including India and Pakistan.
“Indus Raag” box set comprises of 12 audio CDs of original music
spread over 13+ hours. It also includes a 52 pages booklet with
photographs and biographic profiles.
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Other Activities in 2012
Ghazal Concert by Shakila Ahmed
February 19, 2012 Marriott, Karachi
Shakila’s performance, who sang classical and relatively modern
ghazals for more than an hour at a concert organised by Tehzeeb
Foundation of Pakistan at a local hotel on Sunday, was worth listening
to.
Literary Readings Session - June 6, 2012
Zehra Nigah reads ‘Kalam-e-Asaatiza’ for Geo
Subsequently aired in four episodes as “App beeti kahon ya
jag beeti”
Global Fusion Concert. World Music Day
July 31, 2012 at Alliance Francaise
Abaji ( France), Mumtaz Sabzal, Bashir Khan, Karam Abbas
Launch of Indus Raag in UK - December 28, 2012
Pakistan High Commission, London
Speeches by Javaid Sheikh, Raza Ali Abidi, Shozab Abbas,
Sharif Awan and Malahat Awan.
Music Performance by Pakistani artists based in UK.
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2013
Tehzeeb Festival 2013
Day One Program
Literary Readings: Raza Ali Abidi ~ Anwar Maqsood
Akbar Masoom (Poetry)
Dr Pirzada Qasim (Poetry)
Dr Aslam Farrukhi
Tehzeeb Award Ceremony
Music Session :
Balochi Folk Music
Classical Vocal
Classical Vocal
Gypsy Jazz Music
Fusion Music
Mumtaz Sabzal & Omar Surozi
Ustad Mehfooz Khohkar
Rustam Fateh Ali Khan
Caravan Quartet-France
Caravan Quartet & Rustam Fateh Ali Khan
Day Two Program
Classical Banjo
Ahang-e-Khusrau
Celestial Sitar
Patiala Gayeki
Tabla Solo
Mumtaz Ali Sabzal
Ustad Naseeruddin Saami
Ustad Bashir Khan - Tabla
Ustad Rais Khan & Farhan Khan
Ustad Bashir Khan - Tabla
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan &
Rustam Fateh Ali Khan
Ustad Bashir Khan - Tabla
Ustad Altaf Hussain Tafoo Khan
Wajid Ali - Drums
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Tehzeeb Awards
Tehzeeb Awards 2011 & 2012
In order to remember and acknowledge great personalities who passed
away in the recent years, Tehzeeb awards committe decided to rename
Tehzeeb Award for Urdu Prose as “Syed Abul Khair Kashfi Award for
Urdu Language and literature”. Accordingly the award for Urdu poetry
was renamed as “Shabnam Shakeel Award for Urdu Poetry”.
Awards were given to the following personalities in different categories:
Dr Aslam Farrukhi
Raza Ali Abidi
Dr Pirzada Qasim
Akbar Masoom
Anwar Maqsood
Ustad Naseeruddin Saami
Ustad Altaf Hussain Tafoo Khan
Mumtaz Ali Sabzal
Syed Abul Khair Kashfi Award
Syed Abul Khair Kashfi Award
Shabnam Shakeel Award
Shabnam Shakeel Award
Tehzeeb Award for Fine Arts
Tehzeeb Award for Classical Music
Tehzeeb Award for Classical Music
Tehzeeb Award for Folk Music
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Art Exhibition
The exhibition included master pieces by Anwar Maqsood and Naiza
Khan - internationally acclaimed fine artistes of Pakistan. It also featured
young budding artist Amna Mirza.
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Other Activities in 2013
Oriental Fusion Concert
January 18, 2013 - Alliance Francaise
Abaji ( France), Mehmet Ergin ( Germany)
Ustad Naseeruddin Saami, Ustad Bashir Khan
Residency Program of South Asian countries arranged by BC
February 8-16, 2013 - Kolcutta, India
Ustad Shahid Hamid (classical vocalist) & Turab Ali (sitarnawaz)
were sponsored by Tehzeeb Foundation to participate in the
residency programme.
Berlin to Lahore - World Fusion Concert
March 26th 2013 - Marriott, Karachi
Ashraf Sharif Khan (Germany), Christopher Reuter (Germany)
Thomas Rudiger (Germany), Abdul Kareem (Dholak) from Karachi.
Literary Reference
April 8, 2013 - Avari, Karachi
Remembering poet and intellectual Shabnam Shakeel
Speakers: Dr Pirzada Qasim, Zehra Nigah, Fatima Hassan &
Malahat Awan
Presided over by Mr Abdul Hameed - Chairman Academy
of Letters.
Classical & Folk Music Concert 6-12-2013
Ustad Shahid Hamid performed at Tehzeeb for small gathering of
music lovers. He presented raag bageshri, jaijaiwanti, des and a
few ghazals.
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2014
Folk & Fusion Concert
Tehzeeb Foundation in collaboration with British Council held a series
of music events to work with top British creative talent, collaborating
with local artists and connecting arts professional from both countries.
Sam Carter - a singer, guitarist, lyricist and composer from UK was
invited to give a couple of concert and a music workshop at different
venues in Karachi. Folk & Fusion Concerts were held at Marriott and
Indus Valley School of Arts & Architecture in the last week of January.
A music workshop was held in NAPA for students and faculty members.
Sam’s album “The No Testament” was released in 2012, an album that
saw the singer reinvent his contemporary narrative-based song writing
by infusing it with shape note, gospel and work song influences. Sam
has four album releases to date. Sam is a recipient of the Horizon Award
for best newcomer in the 2010 BBC Folk Award.
Sam Carter was joined by Sajid Hussain (Sitar-player) and Haroon
Samuel (Tabla-player) for some sensational collaborative melodies. A
sitar player of high caliber, Sajid was also accompanied by his talented
son - Shehroze Hussain.
Lahore-based Haroon Samuel - a young and promising tabla
player - has already made a name for himself. He is now based in USA.
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Indus Raag - Collector’s Edition
INDUS RAAG, received unparalleled acclaim in and outside Pakistan.
The project was critically reviewed and evaluated in leading music
magazines, opening up the much-needed international exposure
to our traditional musicians.
Consequent upon the successful deluxe edition, this Collector’s
Edition is being launched on 14th August 2014. In doing so, some
new tracks have been added, some existing have been edited or
replaced and entire music content has been mixed and mastered
in a quest for perfection and precision.
The box set comprises of 12 audio CDs of original music spread
over 13+ hours with 16 new tracks. It also includes a 62 pages
booklet with photographs and biographic profiles.
“This beautifully packaged set is to be cherished … if you buy only
one box set this year, then this is the one to get.”
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“It is, then, a great pleasure to listen to the more than thirteen hours
of music packaged in the Tehzeeb Foundation’s wonderful set, Indus
Raag - Collector’s Edition. It may well be one of the finest sets of
classical music ever released in Pakistan.
Indus Raag - features a great body of work and bears testimony
to magic that is created by the confluence of great musical
performance, accompaniment, listening and recording.”
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Tehzeeb Music
TM-01 Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
a profile of excellence
TM-02 Tehzeeb Festival 2009
Selections
TM-03 Kheyal
A Musical Thought Process
TM-05 TM-06 Tehzeeb
Festival 2010
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TM-12 Tehzeeb Festival 2010 (DVD)
TM-08 TM-09 Tehzeeb Sitar Festival
TM-10 Indus Raag - Sampler CD
TM-28-29-30 Tehzeeb Festival 2012
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TM-31 Folk & Fusion
TM-32 Tribute to Legends
TM-26 TM-27
World Music of Pakistan
TM-33 - Folk Music of Pakistan
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Publications
Celestial Sitar - Ustad Rais Khan
A book on the life and art of the legendary sitar player Ustad Rais Khan
has been compiled and edited by S.M. Shahid and Sharif Awan. It
contains articles, reportings, interviews and other materials on the
maestro’s life including a collection of rare photographs.
Raag Music - A Practical Guide to South Asian Music by Ustad Shahid Hamid
The author is an educated classical vocalist and full time music teacher.
It is the first English book written in Pakistan on practical learning of
Raags and classical compositions.
Khushwant Singh Ka Pakistan - by Sharif Awan
Khushwant Singh has been writing on Pakistan’s history and current
issues. A selection of his writings has been compiled and translated into
Urdu. A second edition is being published soon.
Naghma-e-Qudsi
Ameer Meenai (1828-1900), apart from being one of the “asateza” in
classical Urdu poetry, was also a musicologist, astrologer and a man of
many talents. He wrote a detailed commentary on “Saut-ul-Mubarak”
written by Waji Ali Shah (1822-1887) the last Nawab of Awadh. This
highly valuable work written in Persian remains unpublished as yet. Dr.
Muhammad Athar Masood, a young researcher in Persian literature
was commissioned by Tehzeeb Foundation to translate the treasure into
Urdu. This will be a great addition to the musical literature of India and
Pakistan.
All the above publications are in the final stages and will be out before
end - 2014.
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Future Projects
World Music of Pakistan
An anthology of the folk/ethnic music tradition of Pakistan. A series of
concerts and recordings has been planned.
Bandish
A collection of authentic historical vocal compositions of various Gharanas
has been planned for near future.
Music Academy
A feasibility report for a music school / academy has been prepared
which provides for music education in schools and colleges.
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Tehzeeb Foundation is working for the advancement and promotion of music, literature and fine arts in
Pakistan. It is also carrying out the preservation and archiving of classical music of the subcontinent.
It is a not-for-profit organization registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860.
Our Projects
Tehzeeb Festivals
Music Recitals and Conferences
Literary Gathering
Tehzeeb Awards
Book Publications and Promotions
Scholarships and Stipends
Artistes Profiles
Audio Visual Archives
Artistes Exchange Program
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