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Adnan first shone on the music scene when,
at the age of 9, he was introduced on BBC as a Child Prodigy.
It is he who has single-handedly taken up the task of playing
Indian Classical Music on the electronic piano, which is generally
used to play Western Music. It is totally due to his saga
of service that the maestros and the critics agree that such
a fusion is possible and that the electric piano can be considered
a tool to play the traditional Indian classical music. Today,
Adnan Sami and his Indian Classical renditions on the electric
piano receive accolades in concert halls around the world.
Indeed Adnan Sami has done for the electric piano what Ustad
Bismillah Khan has achieved for the shehnai and Pandit Shivkumar
Sharma for the santoor.
Adnan Sami is an accomplished Concert Pianist and Composer
with a special command on all Western and Indian classical
and semi-classical notes. His career has ranged from the classical
to Jazz to modern Pop-Rock (Western and Indian). Based in
Toronto, Canada, Adnan, apart from being a Concert Pianist
and a Singer, is also a Songwriter, Composer and Music Producer.
In short, Adnan is a complete musician.
Adnan Sami has won many International Awards including the
"Nigar Award", "Bolan Academy Award",
"Graduate Award", etc. He was given a "Special
Award of U.N.I.C.E.F." and a United Nations Peace Medal
for a song he wrote and performed for Africa. He was invited
as a member of the jury of the prestigious international music
festival "Voice Of Asia" competition held annually
at Almaty, Kazakastan. This jury comprises of top music composers
of the world.
Adnan has been educated in Britain where he first studied
at the prestigious Public School called "Rugby School".
He went onto graduate from the University of London, throughout
developing his musical style and technique on the Piano and
thus evolving a new sound that he pioneered and ultimately
introduced to the world thus becoming the first person to
play Indian Classical Music on the electric Piano.
Reviewing a Piano solo performance Adnan had given on the
Channel 4 in the U.K., the famous American magazine called
"KEYBOARD" declared him the "KEYBOARD DISCOVERY
OF THE 90s". Popularly referred to as the fastest Keyboard
player in the world, this observation was first made by the
Swedish Radio and Television Broadcasting. Adnan Sami has
been featured in a documentary recently commissioned by the
Foreign and Common Wealth Office of Great Britain amongst
exclusive ten famous names from the Sub-Continent of India
and Pakistan, who have influenced the Asian culture in the
U.K. over the last fifty years.
As a classical concert pianist, Adnan Sami has had the honor
of giving "solo" Royal Command performances before
such Royalty as the King of Sweden and King Hussein of Jordan.
He has also performed before Heads of State and Government
such as President Mitterand of France, President of United
Arab Emirates, President and Prime Minister of India, President
and Prime Minister of Pakistan, President and Prime Minister
of Kazakhstan, Prime Minister of Kyrgistan, Prime Minister
of Sweden and Princess Christina of Sweden. Apart from this,
Adnan has performed from prestigious Music festivals to sold-out
Stadiums of his solo concert tours all over the world in over
forty countries.
Adnan is committed to experimenting with new styles and forms
rather than be taken hostage by success as a commercial Artist
and thus creating formula music.
As a recording artist, stage and Television performer, Adnan
Sami Khan, at the age of 28 has worked in various parts of
the world including U.S.A., London, Sweden, Spain, Pakistan
and India. His vocal albums have consistently been big sellers,
each album crossing the million mark sales. His energy on
stage as well as his music videos is a delight for the audiences
and viewers of all ages.
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