Ustad Saami at WOMADelaide, Australia, March 9, 2020.

Naseeruddin Saami (born 1945) is a classical singer from Pakistan. He is called ustad for his mastery of classical music. He is best known for his Khyal style of singing.[1] He began learning singing in 1950s from another renowned classical vocalist,Qawwal and musician of his time Munshi Raziuddin. He belongs to Delhi Gharana of music style. He sings in style of ‘Khayal Vocalist’.[2] He is recipient of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Pride of Performance for service to music.[3][4]

Ustad Saami is the last living vocal practitioner of an ancient 49-note microtonal Surti (or shruti) scale.[5][6] He is featured in the 90-minute documentary movie Closer to God by Swiss director Annette Berger, which was released in 2018 and has been shown in numerous festivals Womad , Womadelaide , Roskilde festival, Le Guess Who, Oster etc.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Ustad Naseeruddin Saami is collaborating with a Grammy-winning producer". 10 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ustaad Naseeruddin Saami and Ian Brennan team up for a cross-cultural project". 16 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Zeb Bangash presents Ustaad Naseeruddin Saami and Sons in partnership with Salt Arts".
  4. ↑ "Meeting of Maestros". 5 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ustad Saami - God Is Not a Terrorist / a RootsWorld review". www.rootsworld.com. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  6. ↑ "Loose Ends - Debbie Horsfield, Elaine Bedell, Sean O'Connor, Spencer Jones, Ustad Saami, Brushy One String, JP Devlin, Nikki Bedi - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  7. ↑ "Closer to God - Basic information (in German)". mythenfilm.ch. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
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