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The embassy of Germany is active in organising cultural events, so what better way can there be to entertain visitors from abroad and keep up the good work than to organise a cultural event that is the epitome of local culture. Then followed about ninety minutes of a performance that was both exhilarating and uplifting, [...]

Before the show started, people had little idea about what the Turkish friends had come to offer. In less than two hours time, the Kemal Reis Skeleton Band of the Turkish Navy Ship had made sure they will be remembered by all those present for a long time to come. The song had a magical [...]

Karachi has had its taste of classical music recently. The beginning of February was marred with music performances in the city. The 2nd All Pakistan Music Conference just ended with giant classic figures from across the country performing for three days at a stretch. Then concerts by both pop and classical singers have been more [...]

Called “Help!”, the concert held in Bombay, was broadcast on several news and entertainment television channels, including Geo TV. Indian film legend Amitabh Bachchan, superstars Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai made appeals for donations. Pakistani stars present included leading film stars Meera, Rafqat Ali Khan and Waris Baig Mirza, [...]

Classical music buffs in town were treated to a rare and scintillating evening of vocal classical music at the Alliance Francaise Thursday evening. The star of the evening was a young woman, Marion Baglan, an opera vocalist from France. Even though most of the presentations were classical, there were some of the contemporary too. Baglan, [...]

They are already planning to come back to Bahrain, after performing at the Pakistan Club’s Pothohari Musical Night, over Eid. Pothohari is a regional language spoken in Upper areas of Punjab including Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal, Jehlum and adjoining areas spreading up to Kashmir. The mountainous region is famous as a land of warriors and at [...]

Pakistani music has certainly proved to be the food of love – and so it plays on. And India is now the place to be. Bollywood music apart, the conspicuous lack of an independent music scene across the border has spawned endless possibilities for Pakistani artists. Nearly all Pakistan’s major artists have engaged in joint [...]

Pakistani band Strings that has featured in Spiderman-2, has a fan following in India too. Music has a greater influence than cricket, when it comes to improving Indo-Pak relations, believes Faisal Kapadia, lead vocalist of Pakistani band Strings. “In cricket one team wins and the other loses, while in the exchange of music concerts, it’s [...]

Two years ago Arooj Aftab was a middle-class Pakistani teenager living her life according to plan: She was working studiously under the watchful gaze of her parents to finish a two-year advanced-level degree in math and economics, and planning a sensible career in accounting. At the same time, Aftab was pursuing an interest that was [...]

Pakistan’s film industry has offered to take part in an entertainment extravaganza conducted by Bollywood to raise money for the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund to help tsunami victims. The offer was made to Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt, who recently completed the film Nazar, an Indo-Pak venture with Pakistani star Meera playing the female lead. The [...]