Staff Reporter
The Lahore Arts Council’s singing competition titled ‘Voice of Alhamra’ auditions have been completed, in which 20 candidates were selected for the semifinal here on Monday.
According to LAC spokesperson, singers from all over Pakistan participated in the audition and presented different songs to impress the judges.
Renowned singers like Hamid Ali Khan, Tarranum Naz and Waris Baig are performing the duty as judges in the ‘Voice of Alhamra’ competition.
The winners of the contest will get 50,000, 25,000, 20,000 for first, second and third positions, respectively along with certificates. The finals of the competition will be held on Oct 24.
Meanwhile, annual five-day music festival of All Pakistan Music Conference (APMC) will be held here at the Open Air Theatre, Bagh-i-Jinnah, Lahore from Tuesday, Oct 22.
APMC General Secretary Prof Ghazala Irfan said on Monday that on the first day, students of different schools, colleges and universities will perform and obtain certificates, medals and trophy.
Artists belonging to renowned music families of the country will perform on the second day. While the third day, artists will perform folk and light classical music.
Senior artists will perform classical music on 4th day while on the last day, prize distribution ceremony will be held and artists will perform folk, light classical and classical music.
