The Sufi Queen Singer
Abida Parveen
Abida Parveen, a Sindhi, was born in 1954 in mohalla
Ali Goharabad in Larkana Pakistan
She was imparted her initial training in the art of music
from her father, Ustad Ghulam Haider, and later from Ustad Salamat Ali Khan of
Sham Chorasia gharana.
Her father, whom she refers to as reverently as Baba Sain,
was also a singer and had his own small music school where he taught only male
pupils.
He was devoted to the Sufi poets and that is from where
Abida gets her devotional inspiration.
For her the Sufi poets of Sindh and Punjab are the ones who
speak of the inner truths of the self and in their poetry, where she finds
solace and peace.
As she was growing up, Abida attended her father’s music
school and that was where her foundation in music was laid.
She is considered one of the most prominent contemporary
exponents of the great ghazal and kafi musical styles from the Indian
subcontinent.
Rooted in the intense encounter between sensitivity and
spirituality that is Sufism.
She never ceases to sing her fiery love for the Divine.
The earliest memories of her childhood are all linked to her
passion for music and her desire to sing.
Hyderabad Radio first introduced her in 1977. She is today
the most popular and well-known folk and ghazal singer of Pakistan who breathed
a new life into ghazal and semi-classical music.
She holds an audience of thousands spellbound.
Her appearance is a complete reverse of many other stage
performers.
She begins each number as solemnly as the previous one as
the evening progresses, sinking deeper and deeper into her kafi’s and Sufiana
kalam of the mystic poets.
She is a woman of very few words and asks to be judged only
by her music.
This folk phenomenon, called Abida Parveen, is deeply religious
and profoundly humble.
Abida Parveen is the finest singer of ghazal, geet and
sindhi, seraiki and punjabi kafees. “While khayal and thumri became a part of
her childhood training, her effective rendering of folk and traditional music
with great sophistication and without losing the basic characteristics of the
regional music of sindh has made her a versatile singer.”
She has performed almost in all parts of the world and
performed before international audiences and placed the name of the country high
up I the field of music.
Abida Parveen performed in Chicago in 1988.
Her fist performance was based on classical and
semi-classical art, the second was comprised of ghazals of prominent poets and
the third rested on folk singing and different varieties of sindhi music. Her
performance was recorded by the renowned organization Hazrat Amir Khusrau
Society of Art and Culture, which issued a long play recording of her
renderings.
After that, she performed in July of 1989 for three hours in
a Wembly conference in London and was recorded by the BBC for a one hour
telecast.
Recently, Abida with her magical voice created a mystical
environment in the Fez Festival held in Fez, Morocco in June, where she
entranced an audience of 10,000. She performed at Royal Festival Hall in London
on September 15, 2001 and captured the hearts of listeners.
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