Sami Yusuf - Mast Qalandar (Stepping into Light) [Live]

ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE

Sami Yusuf performs ‘Mast Qalandar’ live at the Dubai EXPO.
Experience the exhilarating sound of Sufi qawwali music in this version of the song popularised by the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and delivered here in a new arrangement by Sami Yusuf and an international ensemble. The lyrics are based on a poem by the Chisti Sufi and musical genius, Amir Khusro, and were later modified by the great Panjabi Sufi poet Bulleh Shah.


Credits:

Composer and Musical Director: Sami Yusuf

The Vocal Soloists:

Sami Yusuf
Riaz Hussain
Pooja Gaitonde

The Qawwali Musicians:

Riaz Hussain: vocal soloist
Sudheesh Kakkur: tabla
Manoj Kumar: dholak
Seyed Ali Mehdi Naqvi: vocalist
Abbas Raza: vocalist
Syed Munawar Ali Rizvi: vocalist

The Instrumentalists:

Eyüpcan Açıkpazu: ney
Togrul Asadullayev: kemanche
Omer Avci: percussion
Selim Boyaci: oud
Onur Cicin: qanun
Shirzad Fataliyev: balaban
Guo Gan: erhu
Fariz Huseynov: kemanche
Mohammad Jaberi: daf
Seyed Ali Jaberi: tanbur
Asad Khan: sitar
Jon Lawton: classical guitar, tanbur
Khalil Masimov: kemanche
Farshad Mohammadi: santur
Lyudmila Naumova: orchestral percussion
Kutay Ozcan: baglama
Rufat Xalilov: kemanche
Manoj Kumar Moothedath: Dholak
Sudheesh Kakkur: Tabla

Choir:

Narmin Abdullayeva
Nigar Asgarova
Nancy Al Baltaji
Abdulrazzak Barma
Mahsati Jabbarova
Rufat Khalilov
Nazim Mahmudov
Karim Hodroj-Remmel
Abeer El Sayed
Ismayil Yunusov

Music Production Supervisor: Ruslan Salimov

Mixed & Mastered by Vishnu Rajan @ Andante Studios

Video editing and post-production by Omar Al-Balushi @ Andante Studios

ASTIANA:
Christine Höchstötter
Katherine O’Brien
Claire Mcrandal
Vishnu Rajan
Omar Al Balushi

Show and Content Producers: Artists In Motion

Published by Andante Records and Administered by Fairwood Music (UK) Ltd for the World.

[samiyusuf]

What are your favourite qawwali songs?

[bulenthazar]

Türkiye'den Türk ve İslam coğrafyasına en kalbi selamlar, sevgiler.

[ehsanunar]

I attended that event. I was crying all the time to see him singing live..Goosebumps

[AjayKumar-mnje]

it's not music, it's meditation

[hakangokhan]

Sami Yusuf is making Pakistan proud! Making Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan proud.

[rameeztariq]

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan literally internationalized the Punjabi language ❤️

[jitmick]

The sitar just blew it away...even the spirits were dancing to the sitar

[jackbutler]

Irishman here what a Maestro this and many other magnificent musical pieces are so uplifting the man is a genius and just a pleasure to listen too as is his wonderful musicians and singers 👏👏👏

[leilili]

Надо же, как разнообразна бывает музыка. Сколько здесь необычных звуков и разных голосов! От этого она звучит еще красивее!

[codex]

This is incredible ! I can't believe how all those singers performed this, I think it is very difficult to perform, they are so practiced, so harmonious that I am fascinated. I listen and admire...👍

[iamaproudpakistani]

Thanks for promoting our Culture May Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan go to Jannah . Long Live Sami Yusuf Sami Yusuf zindabad

[aakashkamra]

This is not just a song or the soul that still connects Pakistan and
And Sami Yusuf and others here just presented it in the most magnificent and mesmerising way.
Super Awesome this is....!!
Much Love from India....!! 🇮🇳

[ЛанаЯковенко-ош]

I'm Ukrainian . It's a very nice song and other songs is beautiful. Thank you Sami and your friends ❤😊

[aadravid]

This is probably the best rendition of Dum Mast Qalandar till date... Everyone involved deserves a standing ovation 👏

[صقرالحمى-طح]

انا من اليمن ...لم اعشق اغنية من قبل مثل هذه الاغنية الرهيبة التي تهز الوجدان ...شكرا سامي يوسف

[ThMLikHr]

Thanks for showing our cultural Kalam and aur Languages (Urdu and Punjabi)
Lot of Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰❤️🇦🇿

[Hollywo]

I am sikh but I love noha and naat shoor❤❤❤❤

[wrhabbel]

The voice of this woman is unreal. the purest thing I've ever heard in my life

[robinkapoor]

Wow. I am having gooose bumps. Love from 🇮🇳. What a beautiful & divine composition. Everytime I listen this it's connect my Heart ❤ to GOD. Thanks for this beautiful prayer. Sami Yusuf And team

[JohirHoque-wwmy]

Pooja Gaitonde, what an wonderful creation of Almighty ❣️