Riffat Salamat is the daughter of Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, who is universally recognized as one of the greatest classical Pakistani/Indian singers of the last century. Their family traces back their musical lineage 800 years to Mian Tansen, the finest court musican of the great Moghul Emperor Akbar. Riffat Salamat is the first woman from this lineage to publicly sing and carry on this tradition.

Riffat, who learned to sing from her father and brothers, is well versed in various genres of traditional Pakistani/Indian music, including: classical, sufi, qawwali, ghazal, geet and thumri. Her performances include spontaneous selections from these styles.

She will be accomapnied by her husband, Shiraz Ali Khan (himself a disciple of Ustad Salamat Ali Khan) on guitar, and Ferhan Najeeb Qureshi (disciple of Ustad Tari Khan) on tabla.

Learn more about Riffat Salamat's other collaboration Shabaz

Parag Chordia is a disciple of Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta, a brilliant, pioneering sarod player who played a pivotal role in the birth of modern sarod playing. Earlier he trained with Michael Robbins who studied with the two legends, Pandit Radhika Mohan Maitre (the teacher of Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta) and Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh.

Parag will be accomapnied by Ferhan Najeeb Qureshi (disciple of Ustad Tari Khan) on tabla.