Farid Ayaz, Abu Muhammad & Brothers Qawwal are set to perform on May 1, 2015 at A World In Trance Festival in New York City.
Farid Ayaz, Abu Muhammad & Brothers Qawwal, are one of Pakistan’s most popular qawwali ensembles. They are musical maestros who have gained international recognition for their performances of both the popular traditional form and the more introspective ancient classical qawwali that is rarely heard today.
They belong to the best-known gharana (tradition) today – Qawwal Bachon ka Gharana of Delhi – which is over 700 years old. Similar to gospel in its use of call-and-response and spiritual fervor, qawwali songs are accompanied by percussive hand clapping, harmonium, tabla (drums), and a chorus.
Qawwali (Urdu for “utterance”) songs range from 13th century mystical Persian poems to more recent Punjabi poems that speak of the intoxication of divine love. The qawwali singer or qawwal is regarded as God’s interpreter and devotees sometimes enter into trance. The group sings in many languages, including Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Hindi, Persian, Arabic, Bengali and Purbi.
19:00 (7:00pm) pre-concert talk on Sufi music and texts in India and Pakistan
Concert time: 20:00 (8:00pm)
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave at 3rd Ave near BAM & Barclays Center, Downtown Brooklyn
Tickets: $35; students, seniors $30
Special festival pass to all events: $95
Tickets: roulette.org, 917-267-0363
More at http://aworldintrance.com
Author: World Music Central News Room
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