UMS Presents Sanam Marvi April 15th

posted on: Mar 3, 2017

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UMS looks forward to presenting an incredible lineup of performances this April, including Pakistan’s inspiring Sufi singer Sanam Marvi.

With compelling interpretations that draw deeply from one of the world’s great music traditions, Sanam Marvi is Pakistan’s next inspiring diviner of South Asia’s Sufi texts. A vocal warrior for tolerance and peace, this contemporary daughter of the Sindh province is a brilliant interpreter of South Asia’s spiritual, folk, and classical poetry, with performances that balance immediacy and elegant ornamentation. An in-demand performer rarely heard outside émigré circles, she makes her first extended tour to the US.

Backed by an acoustic ensemble of South Asian instruments (sitar, harmonium) and percussion (tabla, double-headed dholak drum), Marvi will perform pieces from across Sindh and Punjab, drawing on centuries-old poetry penned by and in praise of the saints and sages who lived and made music in the region.

ARTIST WEBSITE

http://www.sanammarvi.net/