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	Artist List: Amampondo Amjad Ali Khan Asad Qizilbash Bembeya Jazz Chico Cesar Clave Y Guaguanco Eliza Carthy Big Band Ensemble Kaboul Jimmy Cliff Julien Jacob LoJo Manecas Costa Manu Dibango and Ray Lema Nitin Sawhney Ojos de Brujo Oumou Sangare Pape and Cheikh Samba Sunda Sevara Nazarkhan Sierra Maestra Super Rail Band Temple of Sound Teofilo Chantre
				Profile: Asad Qizilbash This year's festival line-up brings together a guru and a devotee of the sarod, the sensuous Indian lute. Asad Qizilbash was born in Pakistan in the early 1960s to the famous violinist K H Qizilbash who was responsible for closing the gap between western and eastern classical music and bringing many talented Pakistani musicians to the attention of the world, including the inimitable Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The young Asad learned the violin quickly under the strict but inspired supervision of his father but when teenage hormones kicked in he became more interested in kicking out rock and roll jams on his guitar. Then, one fateful day in 1981, Azad attended a concert by the great sarod player, Amjad Ali Khan at the Liaquat Hall in Rawalpindi. The conversion was immediate and total. Azad later declared, "before Amjad Ali Khan, there was no Asad Qizilbash." He threw out his guitar and devoted himself to the sarod, learning by listening to cassettes by his hero and mentor. Whilst working for an oil drilling company in the Middle East, Asad would sweeten his spare time with ragas by Amjad Ali Khan and when he moved to Germany in 1989 he gave his very soul to learning the instrument, night and day. After years of blood, sweat, tears and devotion Asad Qizilbash achieved sarod virtuosity and when he returned to Pakistan in 1992 and settled in Islamabad, he became the country's only master of the instrument. With both the great Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his number one devotee Asad Qizilbash on the same bill, WOMAD will have us all in sarod heaven before the weekend is out. Biography by Andy Morgan, July 2003 Official website: www.asadsarod.tk


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	Great music, and great musician you are,best of luck... Samita...UK. Reading... u r really a good player of sarod shamayal ali Asad Bhai.I'm still intoxicated by the spell which you casted in the house of Waseem Mazhar on 1.12.05.Khansahib Umar Hayat was accompanying superbly on tabla.Keep it up and jeetay raho. Dr.Ashfaq A.Khan.Lahore You elder Brother Adds: Keep up the good work Love Asjad qizilbash Asjad Qizilbash I remember the magic moments, and still hear your cd, wonderfull...You will be thier this year? julie uk. Mashallah you have done alot, keep up the good work, its an honur nowin you... zohra i am also learning violin. he is an inspiration for me.his playing motivates me ..love u asad naveed mazhar very nice music!!! Rainer Sarod is a great instrument and you are great player and a person. Are you going to play again for womad? waiting to see you again. jessie. uk. no comments absolutely breathtaking music. ahmed ARSLAN Sir Asad is the greatest player that i might have heard till now and he teaches me how to play the guitar aswell, he is truely an amazing player on the guitar but on the sarod i havn't heard him play it but people say that is great, so i do believe them... Akhter Your music and your personality is wonderfull, all the best for your school we pray for you. Lisa and George I would say, you and sarod is the fantastic combination. Shahrukh Thanks to bbc 3 radio who recorded the magical moments of your wonderful music, i hear it every day with my life, it helps me go further, thankyou Asad. Peter parker I was lucky to be there at your performance, it was new for me and a wonderfull evening that i will not forget,i hope to see you again asad. Linda Grindl talented sarod player! malyar All new to me. I have listened on your Womad set and was fascinated by his musicianship. Will he be at Womad next year? It's all wonderful, and this from a European classics lifelong lover goodhand Asad, it was a great pleasure to be there for your concert. Asad and Ustad Arif are both very talented musicians, moreover they show love and respect, ... for their instruments and for the audience. That is what makes them so special, they deserve the best future! Katty D

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