Ghulam Ali Lahooti launched the first ever violin album of Pakistan in a small ceremony on Wednesday. The album has been named ‘The Voice of Soul’. Lahooti has been playing violin since 20 years and planning to release an album since a long time. The album has been sponsored by Dr Ehsanul Haq of the Recovery Foundation while Akhtar Javed organised the ceremony. “The entire album comprises of 12 tracks out of which one has vocals while the rest are instrumental. The violin remains the lead instrument in the entire album,” he said. The album is also Lahooti’s first album. He has also opened Pakistan’s first violin school called the Ghulam Ali Lahooti Violin Music School, which has been established at Siddique Trade Centre. “Violin schools are everywhere in the world but there was no such school here,” says the musician. His album tracks incorporate the use of Italian, Arabic and Scottish music elements with Raag Kalapati and some other folk songs played on the violin.
