Maham Suhail
Singer | Composer | Producer
Biography
A versatile, award-winning performer, composer & producer. Maham’s repertoire spans across cross-cultural music, contemporary-folk fusion, field-recorded samples, and electroacoustic soundscapes.Â
Maham sings in 8 languages; she has done considerable international collaborations, also curating live acts & events.
With songwriting and singing awards & honors received globally, she has had media/press presence across 10 countries.
Awards/Honours
- ‘Pauna 6’ single: ‘Honorable Mentions’ winner , International Songwriting Competition, 2021
- ‘Women in Music Tech Pakistan’: British Council (Pak.) & Saffron Records UK, 2021
- ‘Pauna 6’: ‘Unsigned Only’ (Fandemonium (fan-based) winner) 2019
- ‘Hamaray Heroes’ award: HBL PSL (Pak. Super League) 2022
- ‘Stars of Tomorrow’, Winner (Fem. Vocals): ‘Santoor Ashram’ music institute (India), 2022
- ‘Sajjan Yaar’ single: i. Finalist & Honorable Mention: ‘Unsigned Only’ 2019 ii. EthnoCloud’s Top 40 chart- topper (Feb. 2020, Feb. ’23)
- Global Peace Song Awards (PSA), L.A. (U.S.): ‘Peace’ song 2019
- Goethe Talents’ Scholarship: Music Board Berlin & Goethe Institute, 2017
- ‘Interfaith Harmony’ award: Punjab (Pakistan) government, 2016
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Performance
Show Reel
Music
Alternative
World Fusion - Travel Compilation
Maham’s World Fusion music album, ‘Mitti’, is a musical travelogue: a compilation of alternative Folk/Jazz/Blues Rock fusion recordings from Pakistan, the Indian Bengal, & Spain; produced by her (physically, also virtually) across 5 countries. ‘’Mitti’ (Urdu = soil) is a breeding ground for inter-cultural collabs, and a statement of self-empowerment and world peace.
Contemporary Folk Fusion
‘Pari Sufna’ is a 5-track E.P. of Hunza-Punjab folk fusion: the mountains and the plains of Pakistan. An octa-lingual contemporary ethnic project with a contemporary, innovative take on music arrangement, created under Maham’s direction of her 24-piece ensemble for a live festival, afterwards taken by her to the studio(s) & to international music markets.
Ambient / Experimental
From processed, field-recorded samples in compositions, to instrumentals, live recordings of her voice, and Electronics, in contemporary, surreal, and Avant-garde contexts: Maham’s Ambient Experimental repertoire has pieces commissioned and used in radio shows, gallery installation, sync video sound, Theatre & live shows.
