About
Listen to Arooj Aftab's album Vulture Prince from start to finish in a cinema seat at De Lieve Vrouw, Amersfoort, on Sunday 6 December 2026 at 20:00. Musicologist Rob Hogenboom gives a short introduction.
What to expect
This is the last Musica Mundo Lights Out Listening Session, focused on Vulture Prince by Arooj Aftab.
Musicologist Rob Hogenboom of Broedplaats OostWest gives a short introduction about the artist and the music.
You listen from a comfortable cinema seat, without distraction, to the album from start to finish through the cinema's rich sound.
- The room becomes quiet.
- The lights go out.
- Mohabbat won a 2022 Grammy.
- Style: jazz, minimalist pop and ghazals.
- Instrumentation: violin, harp, double bass, synthesizers.
- Layered, quiet and intense.
- An ode to her deceased brother.
- Music that comes deeper in the dark.
FAQ
How do I book?
Book through De Lieve Vrouw's ticket page:
What happens during the session?
Rob Hogenboom of Broedplaats OostWest gives a short introduction about the artist and the music.
The hall becomes quiet.
Then the lights go out.
You listen to the album from start to finish in a cinema seat.
What will I hear?
Vulture Prince by Arooj Aftab.
The song Mohabbat won a 2022 Grammy for Best Global Music Performance.
Arooj Aftab was the first Pakistani artist to win a Grammy.
Her style moves between jazz, minimalist pop and ghazals, a South Asian music and poetry form about longing, loss and love.
The melancholy of the ghazal is often compared to the blues.
The album is an ode to her deceased brother.
It uses violin, harp, double bass and synthesizers instead of the traditional Pakistani instrumentation of her earlier work.
Getting there
De Lieve Vrouw, Lieve Vrouwestraat 13, 3811 BP Amersfoort, Utrecht, NL
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