LAHORE: The Lahore Arts Council (LAC) will start regular monthly ghazal, Sufi music, folk and qawali evenings, featuring seasoned as well as budding singers, at Alhamra for a diverse audience from Aug 30.

LAC Programmes Director Zulfiqar Ali Zulfi told Dawn on Sunday the council had been feeling for long that diverse audience for these music genres should be tapped. Such an initiative would also help increase the families turnout at Alhamra, he added.

He said known music figures of the country would be invited by the council to perform at these evenings, besides new and budding singers, mostly from colleges and universities.

In this connection, the first ghazal evening to be held on Aug 30 will feature two famous singers -- Ghulam Abbas and Taranum Naz, besides a new, Aman Ali.

He said the council was of the view that these evenings of ghazal, Sufi music, folk and qawali should present a fine mix of old and new singers so that music fanciers could be provided an opportunity to listen not only seasoned voices but also of the younger generation.

The evenings that would be a regular monthly feature of Alhamra would be non-ticketed events, requiring only passes available with the council, he added.

Mr Zulfi said arrangements for holding daily live music performances in the Burney Garden had also been completed and the programme would be launched as soon as the council signed a contract with any of the know coffee brands for setting up its outlet at the venue.

The LAC had envisaged an artistically structured coffee shop so that visitors could enjoy live music while having good quality coffee and snacks, he added.

Published in Dawn, August 29th, 2016

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