Concert on the Lawn
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily
LOVE IN EXILE
Saturday July 29, 2023 at 8:00pm
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Overview
Saturday July 29, 2023 at 8:00pm
In 2022, Brooklyn-based singer and composer Arooj Aftab became the first Pakistani woman to win a Grammy, for her album Vulture Prince. Love in Exile is a new project featuring two of her most trusted collaborators, pianist Vijay Iyer and multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily, who together transform voice and electronic sound into melodic sculpture. Their performances are largely improvised, which allows the music endless options. Aftab’s mesmerizing vocals are sure to cast a spell under the summer night stars.
Please bring your own seating for this performance on Friends Field. Picnics are encouraged!
“All three of these musicians have proven that they are singular talents, that they can take center stage and bend music to their will. On Love in Exile, they’re confident enough in their abilities to merge and meld into something simpler but no less impressive. No definitions required.”
— Rolling Stone
Learn More About the Artists
Love in Exile is a new project offered by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily on a limited basis in anticipation of their upcoming recording by the same name. This project creates lush, haunting collaborative soundscapes of meditation and yearning, described by Aftab as “about self-exile, and the search for freedom and identity, and finding it through love and music.”
Aftab is a semi-classical, Hindustani, minimalist composer, songwriter, and singer. She was recently awarded the Grammy for Best Global Music Performance and is the first ever Pakistani artist to receive a Grammy Award. Iyer is one of the leading music-makers of his generation. His honors include a MacArthur Fellowship, a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a United States Artist Fellowship, a Grammy nomination, and the Alpert Award in the Arts. Ismaily is a multi-instrumentalist and composer. He has recorded and performed with an incredibly diverse assemblage of musicians, including Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed, Tom Waits, and Jolie Holland to name a few.
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