Indus Raag wins big at Independent Music Awards
Tehzeeb Foundation’s project bags World Music Album (Special Edition) award
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KARACHI:
Indus Raag has won a World Music Album (Special Edition) Award at the 16th Independent Music Awards (IMAs) announced in New York on March 30, 2018. Tehzeeb Foundation’s project Indus Raag – Gold Edition consists of 14 hours of music and over 26 artists from around the globe, stated a press release.
The album earned two nominations previously at the 15th IMAs. It is now for the first time that a Pakistani album has been included in the winners list. The Awards were handed out at Lincoln’s Centre NYC to more than 90 musicians, albums, producers and directors selected out of about 400 nominees.
The award-winners were decided by leading members of the international music industry on merit and in a transparent manner. The IMAs are one of the top-rated music awards covering worldwide music industry and professionals. Earlier, the Indus Raag project also won a gold medal and two silver medals at the Global Music Awards held in the United States and was declared one of the Top 10 Albums in 2016.
Sharif Awan – the producer of the album and general secretary of Tehzeeb Foundation – has congratulated the participating musicians from India and Pakistan and expressed hopes that such international recognition will be instrumental in promoting our culture and arts in the world community.
He also expressed his gratitude for the government of Sindh and corporate sponsors for actively supporting the project. He further said that such awards are an acknowledgement of the artistic resource of Pakistan. It takes its inspiration from the great human tradition developed in our history of thousands of years.
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Indus Raag has won a World Music Album (Special Edition) Award at the 16th Independent Music Awards (IMAs) announced in New York on March 30, 2018. Tehzeeb Foundation’s project Indus Raag – Gold Edition consists of 14 hours of music and over 26 artists from around the globe, stated a press release.
The album earned two nominations previously at the 15th IMAs. It is now for the first time that a Pakistani album has been included in the winners list. The Awards were handed out at Lincoln’s Centre NYC to more than 90 musicians, albums, producers and directors selected out of about 400 nominees.
The award-winners were decided by leading members of the international music industry on merit and in a transparent manner. The IMAs are one of the top-rated music awards covering worldwide music industry and professionals. Earlier, the Indus Raag project also won a gold medal and two silver medals at the Global Music Awards held in the United States and was declared one of the Top 10 Albums in 2016.
Sharif Awan – the producer of the album and general secretary of Tehzeeb Foundation – has congratulated the participating musicians from India and Pakistan and expressed hopes that such international recognition will be instrumental in promoting our culture and arts in the world community.
He also expressed his gratitude for the government of Sindh and corporate sponsors for actively supporting the project. He further said that such awards are an acknowledgement of the artistic resource of Pakistan. It takes its inspiration from the great human tradition developed in our history of thousands of years.
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