APMC Karachi Annual Festival
The All Pakistan Music Conference Annual Festival will be held at the National Academy of Performing Arts, Hindu Gymkhana, Karachi on 22-24 March 2007. Entry is free.
Please share this news with friends and family residing in Karachi, as the APMC Karachi website (apmckhi.org) has made no mention of this confirmed event as yet. Call (9221) 530-1927 for details.
APMC on March 16th, 2007 | Filed under Events |KARACHI: Music conference from 22nd
By Our Staff ReporterKARACHI, March 15: The All Pakistan Music Conference (APMC) will hold its fourth annual festival at the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA), Hindu Gymkhana, from March 22 to March 24.
According to the organisers, the festival will be open and free to all music lovers. Performances on all three days will commence at 8.30pm.
This ‘Master’s Conference’ promises to be a grand celebration of music with performances by great maestros such as Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, Ustad Ghulam Hassan Shaggan, Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan, Ustad Naseeruddin Saami, Malikzada Hafeez Khan Talwandi, Fareeda Khanum and Ustad Bashir Khan.
“The festival will culminate on March 24 with a performance by the Indian classical vocalist Shubha Mudgal who is traveling to Pakistan especially for this event,” said Ayla Raza, general secretary of the APMC at a curtain raiser press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Thursday.
The conference would start on March 22 with Salamat Hussain’s flute followed by the vocal performances of Naseeruddin Sami, Farida Khanum and Hafeez Khan Talwandi and Tabla by Tari Khan.
The next day, Fateh Ali Khan (Gwalior), Mubarak Ali Khan and Ghulam Hassan Shaggun will give vocal performances. Besides, Azad Qizilbash will play Sarod and Fareed Ayaz will present Qawwali.
Finally, Bashir Khan will play Tabla and Riaz Ali/Imtiaz Ali and Fateh Ali Khan (Patiala) will give vocal performances. The event will conclude with the singing of Shubha Mudgal.
According to Ms Raza, the APMC is a not-for-profit organisation which has been working since January 2004.
“It aims to contribute towards the development of a humane society by promoting the classical arts,” she said. - Dawn
March 16th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Hello Ayla ji,
I am Shaukat Bhatti from USA (New York). I am a big classical music lover and a fan of Ustad Salamat Hussain (bansuri player). I have been living in USA for the past 18 years and am a bansuri player myself. I am promoting classical musicians from Pakistan in USA. I am interested in starting the New York Chapter of APMC, and would like to contact you and talk about it further. Let’s accomplish this mission together.
Thank you.
Shaukat Bhatti
March 18th, 2007 at 3:54 am
I live in Washington DC and would love to be a part of putting together an APMC chapter in the states, too. I am an amateur dhrupad vocalist.
aftabdatta@gmail.com
March 18th, 2007 at 4:08 am
Please be sure about the ‘Participating’ artists.
March 18th, 2007 at 4:09 am
Great event to attend.
March 21st, 2007 at 8:27 am
hey aftab, let’s do it together,
nyc and DC, all together…
March 26th, 2007 at 10:47 am
I would love to get on board for a California chapter of APMC. Im also an amatuer tabla player.
March 31st, 2007 at 1:36 am
any news about APMC Karachi?
April 2nd, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Dear Ayla,
I am from Seattle, USA. But have temporarily moved to Pakistan this year to study with Ustad Fateh Ali Khan at the patiala gharana classical music academy in Islamabad.
I wanted help with the promotion of this academy. It would be great if you could circulate information about it among classical music entusiasts. You could find more information at:
www.classicalmusicheritage.org
Thank you!
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Hello Aftab & Shaukat,
It would be great if we could collaborate on this.
The USA chapter should be registered as a Non-profit organization in the USA so it is tax exempt. Once that is done it would be eligible for the donation matching program at corporations like Microsoft etc. We could develop a network of corporations and collect funds for the chapter. Then we can organize concerts/tours.
The chapter should also promote academies in Pakistan because that is where the students are trained. I want to promote the Patiala Gharana Classical Music Academy. This organization is operating on donations only.
Please contact me at nadiar@microsoft.com, nadia@classicalmusicheritage.org
Thanks a lot for your interest!
February 8th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Dear sir,
with due respect,i like the performance of Riaz ali Imtiaz ali in Karachi last year please invite them again and i really like their performence in karachi.
Rashid
March 12th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
dear
my intrest only getar play plz koi good techer sika da
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April 20th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
salaam
thistime the program of APMCwasnot good asit was before.changing location suddenlly,wasa great tense.
we would like to see mumtazalisabzalto perform but hewas not there.
he is the only figuer inthe world to play BANJOin classical mode.but APMC failed to bring him.
any how you people are doing agreat job to boost up classical music.
thanks
shaukat ali