In 1977 she was introduced as an official singer on Radio Pakistan. Parveen had already begun performing at Dargahs and Urs in the early 1970s, but it was in 1973, on Radio Pakistan, that she achieved her first real breakthrough with the Sindhi song Tuhinje zulfan jay band kamand widha. Parveen always remembers that she was never forced towards this occupation and she sang her first complete kalam when she was only 3 years old. Later Ustad Salamat Ali Khan of the Sham Chaurasia gharana also taught and nurtured her. Growing up, she attended her father's music school, where her foundation in music was laid. Parveen's talent compelled her father to choose her as his musical heir over his two sons. She and her father would often perform at shrines of Sufi Saints. He had his own musical school where Parveen got her devotional inspiration from. She received her musical training initially from her father, Ustad Ghulam Haider, whom she refers as Baba Sain and Gawwaya. Parveen was born in mohalla Ali Goharabad in Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan. She was bestowed Pakistan's second highest civilian award Nishan-e-Imtiaz in 2012 and the highest civilian award Hilal-e-Imtiaz in March 2021 by the President of Pakistan. Parveen is best known for singing in an impassioned, loud voice, especially on the song Yaar ko Humne from the album Raqs-e-Bismil and Tere Ishq Nachaya which is a rendition of Bulleh Shah's poetry. Parveen notably sung a famous song in Nepali language called "Ukali Orali Haruma", originally by Nepali singer Tara Devi, in a concert in Kathmandu, Nepal and in 2017, she was designated a 'Peace Ambassador' by SAARC. Parveen sings in Urdu, Sindhi, Saraiki, Punjabi, Arabic and Persian. She sings mainly ghazals, thumri, khyal, qawwali, raga (raag), Sufi rock, classical, semi-classical music and her specialty, kafi, a solo genre accompanied by percussion and harmonium, using a repertoire of songs by Sufi poets. Parveen is regularly referred to as one of the world's greatest mystic singers. In the last few years she has sung in a Pepsi commercial collaborating with Atif Aslam for this. She is among The 500 Most Influential Muslims of the world with the power to induce hysteria in her audience, Parveen is a " Global Mystic Sufi Ambassador". She had appeared in various Indian and Pakistani Music reality shows including Pakistan Idol, Chhote Ustaad and STAR Voice of India. Parveen features in Pakistan's popular musical show Coke Studio and was a judge on the pan-South Asia contest show Sur Kshetra alongside Runa Laila and Asha Bhosle hosted by Ayesha Takia. She has also performed in Churches several times. Since 1993, Parveen has toured globally, performing her first international concert at Buena Park, California. Parveen started performing in the early 1970s and came into global prominence in the 1990s. She plays Pump organ, Keyboard and Sitar. Her singing and music has earned her many accolades, and she has been dubbed as the 'Queen of Sufi music'.īorn and raised in Larkana into a Sindhi Sufi family, she was trained by her father Ustad Ghulam Haider who was a famous singer and music teacher. Parveen is one of the highest paid singers in Pakistan. Abida Parveen ( Sindhi: عابده پروين born 20 February 1954) is a Pakistani singer, composer and musician of Sufi music.
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