Peter Pannke
Peter Pannke is a singer, dreamer and storyteller who has played a major role in the musical dialogue between Europe and the Orient for the last 40 years. After studying Sinology, Indology, Comparative Religions and Musicology he embarked on several decades of travel which led him to Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Ethiopia, Mali and Morocco before settling down in Berlin and making a name for himself as a broadcaster, producer, composer, festival director and author. Having learned the ancient North-Indian vocal art of Dhrupad with the Mallik and Dagar families he formed the world music band “Troubadours United”. His books include “Saints and Singers – Sufi Music in the Indus Valley”(Oxford University Press Karachi, “Singers Die Twice – A Journey to the Land of Dhrupad”(Seagull Books Kolkata) “Dreamtalker – Songs, Poems, Essays”(Daastaan Books New Delhi).
In 2009 he received the Rabindranath Tagore Award.
