Muslim Shaggan (Pakistan)

Durchlüften Opening Act Label Night: honiunhoni

Porträt des pakistanischen Musikers Muslim Shaggan

On four summer weekends, DURCHLÜFTEN transforms the Humboldt Forum’s  Schlüterhof  into a free open-air meeting place where musical traditions from across the globe unfold as living cultural archives.  

5 years open. Already 5 years DURCHLÜFTEN. For the sixth time now, DURCHLÜFTEN transforms the Schlüterhof courtyard of Berlin’s Humboldt Forum into a vibrant open-air stage for global music, cultural dialogue, and shared experience. From 9 July to 1 August 2026, across four summer weekends, the festival presents 24 live acts and 12 DJs from around the world. Each evening features two concerts followed by a DJ set, creating twelve nights of musical discovery, movement, and encounter in the heart of Berlin — once again with free entry for all.  

This year at DURCHLÜFTEN we invite the independent label honiunhoni, and the work of Daniyal Ahmed, the Karachi-based musician, ethnomusicologist and founder of the label. The label’s name loosely translates as “impossible possibilities” — unexpected musical encounters that open new worlds of listening.

Muslim Shaggan is a Lahore-based vocalist carrying a rare and living lineage. A descendant of Bhai Mardana — the Muslim musician companion of Guru Nanak — he comes from a family of Rababi musicians who embraced the Gwalior tradition of Hindustani classical music. Trained from the age of seven by his grandfather, Pakistani classical music singer Ustad Ghulam Hassan Shaggan, Muslim embodies a centuries-old vocal legacy with a delivery that is both technically refined and deeply tender. One of Pakistan’s leading classical voices of his generation, he performs widely across major festivals, radio, and television, moving fluidly between khayal, ghazal, thumri, kafi, and contemporary forms. His debut album Asar captures him in intimate, raw recordings — voice, harmonium, tanpura, and the natural ambience of Karachi’s evening air — revealing the emotional depth and subtle mastery he brings to every note, as if singing directly to the listener.

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honiunhoni – Labours of Love by Servants of Sound / Independent Record Label Rooted in Pakistan

- Price: free admission

- Duration: 60 Min

- Ground Floor, Schlüter Courtyard

- Belongs to: Durchlüften 2026

Next date:

• Date Friday, 17/July/2026 19:00
• Venue Humboldt Forum: Schlüterhof (Berliner Schloss)
• Address Schloßplatz 5, 10178 Berlin-Mitte