Noor Zehra
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Noor Zehra | |
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| Born | Noor Zehra Kazim |
| Genres | Hindustani classical music, North Indian classical music |
| Occupations | Sagar Veena maestro, composer |
| Instrument | Sagar Veena |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Member of | Noori, Strings, Coke Studio |
Noor Zehra Kazim is a Pakistani musician and Sagar Veena player. She is the daughter of lawyer and activist Raza Kazim who invented Sagar Veena - a stringed instrument similar to Vichitra veena and Chitra Veena.[1] Together with her father she runs Sanjan Nagar Institute of Philosophy and Arts, and is the only performer of Sagar Veena since its creation in 1971. With a career spanned over four decades, she has performed both domestically and internationally, achieving critical appraisal for instrument, as well as her Indian style of music being a non-Indian.
She made her Coke Studio debut in season 3 and returned in season 9,[2][3] as a part of team Noori.[4] She is the mother of Noori's lead vocalist Ali Noor and guitarist Ali Hamza.
Noor Zehra Kazim was born in Lahore, Punjab to a prominent lawyer, politician, philosopher and activist Raza Kazim. She is married to Ali Kazim who is a singer. She is the mother of Ali Noor and Ali Hamza of band Noori. Zehra Kazim together with her father, runs Sanjan Nagar Institute of Philosophy and Arts, where the instrument Sagar Veena was developed, it is inspired by the Indian strings instruments, Vichitra veena and Gottuvadhyam.[5][6] Noor Zehra, taught herself while the instrument being developed at APA.[7]
