Playing for change

Lahore Music Meet announces dates for two-day seminar

LAHORE: Pakistan’s first ever music symposium, The Lahore Music Meet (LMM) has announced the dates for its second edition, stated a press release. The event is scheduled to take place at the Alhamra Arts Council in Lahore on April 2 and 3 and will be dedicated to celebrating all aspects of Pakistani music.  It will also be headlined by local folk music greats like Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi and Mai Dhai, along with more contemporary artists such as Sounds of Kolachi and Red Blood Cat.

In this connection, the LMM team — comprising of Natasha Noorani, Zahra Paracha, Hasan Abbas, Noor Habib and creative director Ayesha Haroon — has set up seminars on music. The discussions will cover other topics like ‘Scoring on the Big Screen: Soundtracks and Music in Pakistani Cinema’ and ‘Audio-Visual Collectives in Pakistan.’ The two-day event will also feature renowned musicians Tina Sani, Mekaal Hassan, Haroon, Ali Noor and Ali Hamza, to name a few. The meet is open for all with no entry fee.



As an organisation, LMM provides a platform a variety of activities related to the field of music, including performance, academia and enterprise. Through its efforts, LMM hopes to revitalise music across Pakistan and abroad as well, bringing together artists, enthusiasts, industry representatives and academics to initiate dialogue and overcome shortcomings of the music industry.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 28^th,  2016.

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