Sami Yusuf

2022-08-30 12:22:08 Beautiful memories from last week’s visit to Samarkand. This photo was taken while visiting the mausoleum of Prophet Daniel.

With love,

SY

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2022-08-16 14:02:12 I think we all gained a new appreciation for the very special magic that happens at a live performance, now that most shuttered concert halls are reopened after pandemic lockdowns and we can return to in-person events. In performance, audience and musicians create and share an experience of time outside its mundane boundaries. It’s about finding meaning in the ephemeral. And having a space for this to this happens is not inconsequential.

Whether it’s a small venue with local artists or the biggest concert hall with a philharmonic orchestra, live performance and the venues where it happens are the lifeblood of music culture. Our support for artists and art spaces keeps them strong and vibrant. So seek out live music, in whatever genre speaks to you, for yourself and for the continuity of the art.

Have you heard any live music lately? Are you planning to? I’d really like to know. SY

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2022-07-15 21:20:17 In ‘Karitas’, recorded live at ‘When Paths Meet’ at the @hollandfestival, I wanted to give a voice to disparate musical traditions in dialogue with one another. This piece is intended to honour the individual traditions and present them in their integrity. Even the outro, in which everyone joins, is not the sound of fusion. It’s my belief that traditional music at its root is transcendent. It’s not from this world of division. It comes from one source, but is expressed in various forms. Since our musics are one in essence, it is possible to compose a work like ‘Karitas’ where their voices can join and their individuality remain undiminished. This is traditional music reimagined for the contemporary world.

‘Karitas’ begins in Bayati-Shiraz, a mugham whose sound evokes love and longing and resonates perfectly with the Western harmonic modal system. The work then transitions to maqam Nahawand and alludes to the powerful and direct sounds of maqam Rast. In this musical journey we travel from the Middle East to the aeolian modal systems of Greece and then to Western Europe, before returning to the harmonic minor scale of the outro.

We are working on the release of the full album, ‘When Paths Meet: Live at the Holland Festival’ and I’m excited for you to hear it soon. In the meantime, enjoy this clip of ‘Karitas’.

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2022-07-12 14:57:30 WHEN PATHS MEET: https://samiyusufofficial.com/when-paths-meet-news/

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2022-06-16 19:37:03 I’m so pleased to be spending some time in Germany , the home of two of the luminaries whose mystical writings I wove into my When Paths Meet concert – Hildegard von Bingen and Meister Eckhart. SY

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2022-06-15 08:51:03 https://samiyusufofficial.com/sami-yusuf-overwhelms-packed-concertgebouw-with-cinematic-music-spectacle/ Aprire / Come

2022-06-14 11:32:56 It’s here in London that I first encountered choral works of towering geniuses – Bach, Mozart, Handel, Verdi & many others. ‘When Paths Meets’ draws on those sounds that continue to deeply impact me. I look forward to sharing the concert with you soon. SY

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