Alim Qasimov

In addition to the mugham style, Qasimov also became an expert on bardic songs and the folk music tradition during his studies. Drawing from all these sources, the singer developed a high level of vocal accomplishment, for which he was awarded UNESCO’s prestigious music prize.

Qasimov explores every aspect of the voice, from the guttural to the highest falsetto. At times he whispers in a pianissimo, only to later soar to eruptive expressions of emotion. Pain and melancholy, burning passion and mystical love are captured in sound, accompanied by his daughter Fargana’s voice and the sounds of the spike violin, the shawm, the long-necked lute and the frame drum.