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Samia Malik’s dynamic, evolving working practice encompasses music, visual art and education. Asking challenging and important questions about our common humanity, Samia’s work has enthralled audiences across Europe, India and the States.
'Truly moving.Compelling and highly original' SONGLINES
British Pakistani Samia writes and performs songs based on traditional Urdu Ghazal (a highly refined union of poetry with music) extending and subverting the form to explore contemporary issues around identity, race and gender. Samia is also a visual artist, mainly working in painting and video - her live shows are supported by projections of her original visual art.
Samia has collaborated with acclaimed world-class musicians, writers and artists including Baluji Shrivastav OBE, Mallika Sarabhai, Giuliano Modarelli, Seemab Gul, Al MacSween, Sukhdeep Dhanjal, Sianed Jones and Cris Cheek.
She has released five albums: 'The Colour of the Heart' (1998), 'Jaago - Wake Up' (2004), 'Azaadi: Freedom' (2017), 'Colours of Her Heart' (2019) and 'Samia Malik Live at Norwich Arts Centre March 6th 2018' (2019).
‘For over 25 years Samia Malik has shown that music can be healing as well as entertaining. Azaadi: Freedom charts a compelling journey towards liberation through powerful Urdu and English songs, art and spoken word’ Sarah Albinali Eastern Eye
USA TOUR 2019
Samia toured the United States
In April and March in
"Colours of Her heart'
a show based on Samia's songs,
with Mallika Sarabhai and Darpana Academy of dancers.
The sold out shows included performances in
Charlotte, Atlanta, New York,
Washington DC, Salem, Seattle, Cornell and Harvard
'Standout tracks’ are ‘truly moving original Urdu ghazals saturated with birha – melancholic longing’ Amardeep Dhillon Songlines
Touches the soul’ Debjani Chatterjee & Brian D’Arcy Writing in Education
'Wonderfully powerful' Alan Scott Resonance
‘In a world where we are becoming more attune to divisions, ‘Azaadi’ in fact celebrates difference, individualism and originality’ Aisha Farooq DESIblitz
‘Passionate and easily understood across international frontiers’ The Asian Times
‘A wake up call’ Sarwar Kashari Kashmir Images
'Extraordinary power and Joan Baez- like eloquence’ Geeta Doctor The Hindu
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UK TOUR 2019
'Global talents on one
stage in total unity and understanding ...'
To celebrate Refugee week 2020
Samia is relaunching
Finding A Voice, a Heritage Lottery funded project made in 2009 in partnership with Norfolk County Council Arts in Education, The English Language Support Service, Norfolk Records Office and local schools. In this year long project Samia worked with young arrivals to Norwich, including refugees and asylum seekers, to explore their experiences and heritages through music, text, visual art and dance.
CLICK here to see some of the videos produced by the young participants
WORKSHOPS TOURS
Samia is continuing with her tours of solo performances
and songwriting workshops
in women's refuges and
organisations across the UK
- see 2018 dates and feedback here-
'An amazing morning of self reflection and empowerment...thank you @samiamalikmusic
for your truly inspiring and moving songs' [email protected]