Naseeruddin Saami (born 1945) is a classical singer from Pakistan. He is called ustad for his mastery of classical music. He is best known for his Khyal style of singing. [1] He began learning singing in 1950s from another renowned classical vocalist, Qawwal and musician of his time Munshi Raziuddin. He belongs to Delhi Gharana of music style. He sings in the style of ‘Khayal Vocalist’. [2] He is recipient of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Pride of Performance for service to music. [3] [4]
Ustad Saami is the last living vocal practitioner of an ancient 49-note microtonal Surti (or shruti) scale. [5] [6]
With the help of Saami's students Ali Sethi and Zeb Bangash, Saami's recorded music was brought to the world internationally by Grammy-winning US producer, Ian Brennan (music producer), [7] through three albums recorded at Saami's home in Pakistan and released by Glitterbeat Records starting in 2019. These albums led to Saami performing for the first time ever in the UK (at the Womad festival) [8] and in Australia at the Womadelaide festival. [9] [10] He was also invited to perform at Denmark's legendary Roskilde Festival. [11] The Guardian has called him "superhuman." [12]
He is featured in the 90-minute documentary movie Closer to God by Swiss director Annette Berger, which has been shown at numerous festivals including Le Guess Who and Oster. [13]
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