I composed the instrumental work ‘The Meeting’ as a musical sharing of stories across distant lands. With minimal percussive and vocal accompaniment to the melodic performances on tar, sitar, and erhu, in 'The Meeting' the listener journeys through a world of sounds from the Middle East to South Asia to the Far East. Subtle layers of Western harmonies from the backing vocals add a rich dimension to the instrumental allusions to the pentatonic scale, the Persian dastgah mode, and Indian ragas. He

Excerpt from ‘Meditations on a Musette by Couperin’, the third video release from the new album ‘When Paths Meet’ (Vol. 2). Composed by Sami Yusuf Based on François Couperin’s ‘Musette from the Royal Concerts’ Listen to the new album now: https://sy.lnk.to/WPM-VOL-2 #samiyusuf #meditationsonamusettebycouperin | Sami Yusuf

‘Every breath carries the song of love to us.’ — Rumi ‘Meditations on a Musette by Couperin’ is one of the brand-new pieces that debuted at the Philharmonie de Paris as part of ‘When Paths Meet Vol. 2’. Due to my deep love of Western Classical music (particularly Early and Baroque) and in honour of our host country, I chose to use François Couperin’s ‘Musette from the Royal Concerts’ (1722) as the starting point for this new composition. Moving into another world of my musical roots, I turned to

Performed live on 9th February 2019 at The Sufi Route (New Delhi, India) Special thanks to The Sufi Route. Composed, arranged and performed by Sami Yusuf #samiyusuf #Ramadan | Sami Yusuf