26 October 2021, 06:30 pm
Sagun Nirgun
Programme Type
Festivals
Venue
Fountain Lawns, IIC main building

PHYSICAL / WEBCAST  PROGRAMME

 Kabir and Meera presented by Mir Mukhtiyar Ali and group from Bikaner

Mir Mukhtiyar Ali and his group are traditional Rajasthani folk singers

Chief Guest: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

 

Mir Mukhtiyar Ali

Mir Mukhtiyar Ali, a folk singer from Pugal village, Rajasthan, hails from the semi-nomadic community of Mirasis who are the traditional carriers of the oral tradition of Sufiana Qalam in India. Mukhtiyar blends the Rajasthani folk idiom with refined classicism to sing the poetry of Kabir, Meera, and Sufi poets such as Bulleh Shah. He crosses boundaries of genres and cultures with ease. Other than his engagement with the traditions of Sufiana Qalam, he draws his music from a wide range of inspirations across Rajasthan and Punjab in India, and Pakistan. He sings Kafi, Qawwali, Ghazals, Bhajans and Kabir Vani. He has also lent his voice to a few films, including Tashan (2008), Bombay Summer (2008), Kathai (2010) and Delhi in a Day (2011). He was awarded the GiMA Award for Best Music Debut for the year 2015 for the song ‘Fanny Re’ in the film Finding Fanny. It was through the Kabir Project that Mukhtiyar was spotted by world music circuits and he made his international debut in July 2007. Since then, he has performed in Belgium, Sweden, China, Canada, Germany and France.

Mukhtiyar Ali’s voice has the rare combinations of the masculine and the feminine, a merging of the earthy directness of folk music, and the complex octaves of the classical traditions.