Sanam Marvi
Sanam Marvi صنم ماروی | |
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| Birth name | Sanam Marvi Khan |
| Born | 17 April 1986 [1] |
| Origin | Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Genres | Sufi, folk music[2][3] |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2009-present |
| Labels | Sagarika
Coke Studio Virsa Heritage Revived |
Sanam Marvi (Urdu: صنم ماروی, Sindhi صنم ماروي) (born : 17 April 1986) is a Pakistani folk and sufi singer. She sings in Punjabi, Saraiki and Sindhi languages.[2]
Early life and career
Sanam Marvi has been getting music training since the age of 7. She is from a Sindhi Family. Her father, Faqeer Ghulam Rasool, was also a Sindhi folk singer. Her initial classical music training, for 2 years, was from Ustad Fateh Ali Khan of Hyderabad, Sindh in the Gwalior gharana tradition. She says that she has also learned a lot from folk singer Abida Parveen.[2][3]
Sanam Marvi debuted, in 2009, at ‘Virsa Heritage’, a music program on Pakistan Television Corporation channel hosted by Yousuf Salahuddin. She affectionately calls him 'like a baba to her' (a father figure to her) for giving her a big break in the Pakistani entertainment industry. Later she performed at Coke Studio, Pakistan, a Pakistani television series featuring live music performances.[2][1]
Marvi performs sufi concerts around the world. She is considered among the 3 of the finest performers in the Sufi, ghazal and folk genres. The other 2 being Abida Parveen and Tina Sani.[4]
She made her debut in a solo performance on the Indian soil at 2010's Jahan-e-Khusrau, the Sufi music festival arranged by the famous film producer Muzaffar Ali of 1981 film Umrao Jaan fame.[3] In February 2011, she performed with Indian playback singer Rekha Bhardwaj at Times of India's Aman ki Asha event at Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad, India.[5][1]
Marvi made her live concert singing debut in 2012 with concerts held at London, Paris, New York, singing alongside Hadiqa Kiyani and Ali Zafar.[2]
She sang the OST for A-Plus Entertainment's Piya Bedardi and Urdu1's Bachay Baraye Farokht.
Sanam Marvi feels that lyrics written by the Sufi poets have a universal and timeless appeal among the public and that people find comfort in those words.[2]
Personal life
Sanam Marvi is married to Hamid Ali Khan. They have three children.[2] Her first husband, Aftab Ahmed Pharero, also known as Aftab Ahmed Kalhoro, was murdered in Karachi in 2009.[6] They had married in 2006 but had been estranged for two years prior to his death. Marvi was Aftab's second wife.[6]
Awards
- Best Singer - Sufism University[7]
- Best Singer Light Music - Virsa at 17th PTV National Awards held in 2012
- Won UNESCO Award at 9th International Music Festival (Festival Sharq Taronalari, Samarqand 2013). She is the second artist after Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to win this award.
References
- ^ a b c Profile of Sanam Marvi on urduwire.com website Retrieved 14 April 2018
- ^ a b c d e f g 'First person: Sanam's Sufi calling', Dawn (newspaper) Published 21 July 2013, Retrieved 14 April 2018
- ^ a b c Shailaja Tripathi (18 February 2010). "Arts / Music : Messenger of peace". Chennai, India: The Hindu (newspaper). Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Striking the right chord (Sanam Marvi) Newsline (magazine), Published Jan 2011, Retrieved 14 April 2018
- ^ "Rekha, Sanam performed in Hyderabad". The Times Of India (newspaper). 21 February 2011., Retrieved 14 April 2018
- ^ a b "Folk singer`s husband found shot dead". Dawn (newspaper). 4 August 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Sufism university will counter extremism: CM"., 'Best Singer' award info on Dawn (newspaper), Published 21 January 2011, Retrieved 14 April 2018
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