Wajahat Shah Aalmi

Hailing from the mountains of Northern Pakistan, Wajahat is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and educator who is dedicated to the preservation and transformation of traditional folk music from his region. He studied musicology at the National College of Arts in Lahore, and currently works at a music school in the Yasin valley of Gilgit Baltistan, with the aim of opening his own music school to pass on the musical traditions of his heritage.