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Sanam Marvi

Sanam Marvi is a Pakistani Sufi and folk singer who brings poetry in Sindhi, Punjabi, Urdu and Saraiki to concerts, recordings and Coke Studio performances.

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Overview

From
Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
Work
Sufi and folk singer
Languages
Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi and Saraiki
Breakout
Virsa Heritage on PTV, 2009; Coke Studio season 3, 2010

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How it started.

Sanam grew up around the shrine music of Sindh and Punjab. As a child she sang alongside her father, Faqir Ghulam Rasool, and later studied with Ustad Fateh Ali Khan of the Gwalior tradition. That grounding in classical music still shapes her interpretations of folk and Sufi poetry.

Finding her audience.

A 2009 appearance on PTV’s Virsa Heritage brought her a national audience. She joined Coke Studio in 2010 and became a returning voice on the series, recording both solo performances and collaborations.

Taking the poetry further.

She sings in Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi and Saraiki, drawing on a repertoire of Sufi, ghazal, qawwali and folk songs. Her international appearances include the Fes Festival of Sacred Music and a 2017 United States tour with Center Stage. Tanya Panjwani’s documentary Marvi: The Mystic Muse follows her musical journey and the shrines that inform it.

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Awards

Quotes

When I perform, I feel like there is no one in the hall.Sanam Marvi, interview with Madeeha Syed for Dawn Images

Speaking after a performance at the BAM Opera House in Brooklyn in 2017, she described how absorbed she becomes on stage.

Trivia

  1. Her repertoire includes Bulleh Shah’s “Tere ishq nataya,” a poem about devotion to a teacher.
  2. Marvi: The Mystic Muse was filmed by following her for six weeks in 2015.

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