Abida Parveen
Abida Parveen sings the Sufi kalam of Sindh and Punjab — Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Sachal Sarmast, Amir Khusrau — with a force that has filled stadiums in Lahore, Delhi, Mumbai and London; Tere Ishq Nachaya, Yaar Ko Humne Ja Ba Ja Dekha, Chhap Tilak and Mast Qalandar are hers, and her ghazals of Ghalib and Faiz stand beside them.
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Life
She was born in Larkana in 1954, trained by her father Ghulam Haider and then Salamat Ali Khan, began on Radio Pakistan in 1973, and has recorded kafi, ghazal and qawwali for fifty years; Coke Studio Pakistan brought her to a new generation. She received the Pride of Performance, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Hilal-e-Imtiaz and Nishan-e-Imtiaz.
The voice
A huge, dark, almost genderless voice that moves from a whisper to a roar within a line, with the improvising freedom of the Sufi singer rather than the ghazal artist's polish.
Composers
- Traditional
- Her own settings
Sang with
- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Coke Studio)
Honours
Pride of Performance; Sitara-e-Imtiaz; Hilal-e-Imtiaz; Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Pakistan)
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Ghazals and non-film recordings 1
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