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Dr.Amjad Parvez is afamous Pakistani singer.He is engineer by profession and served as chief engineer, general manager, vice president and managing director of Nespak (National Engineering Services Pakistan.
Awards and recognition:
Gold Medal Award by the President of Pakistan for writing the best technical paper for the Institution of Engineers, Pakistan, in 1977
Dr. A. Q. Khan Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institution of Engineers, Pakistan in 2009
Pride of Performance Award in 2000 by the President of Pakistan.
Music:
Parvez says he has had a passion for music since his childhood.[6] He began his career as a child artist in 1954 at Radio Pakistan, Lahore in the children's' programme 'Honhaar' before appearing on 'Khatir-e-Ehbaab' in the sixties. He trained in classical singing from the Ustads of Sham Chaurasia gharana such as Ustad Nazakat Ali Khan-Ustad Salamat Ali Khan duo (became their pupil in 1976), Ustad Ghulam Shabbir Khan-Ustad Ghulam Jaffar Khan duo (1992), and music composers Akhtar Hussain Akhian and veteran music composer Mian Sheheryaar. He is a practising singer at the Central Production Unit, Radio Pakistan, where he has recorded hundreds of ghazals, geets, and other songs since the 1970s in his monthly performances. For the past two decades, he has performed a raag for the programme 'Ahang-e-Khusrovi' every month and has rendered more than fifty raags in Khayal form.[3] Parvez performs both light, semi-classical music and classical music songs.
Parvez has also been associated with Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) since its inception in 1964. In his career, he has also performed in the USA, UK, France, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Myanmar and India.
Writings:
Parvez's writings has been widely recognised.He has written a regular column reviewing books for The Nation (Pakistan), daily newspaper in Lahore, Pakistan for the past three decades.[citation needed.His writings have been collected in two volumes: ‘Symphony of Reflections’ (2006), and 'Rainbow Of Reflections' (2011). Both books were published by Jahangir Books, Lahore.
Parvez also speaks and writes on music. His book titled 'Melody Makers of the subcontinent' covers 47 music composers of India and Pakistan from the 1950s to 1980s. It was published by Sange-Meel Publications, Lahore in 2012.