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Kabir Cultural Centre collection ➔ [Poster for a performance of Sufi Eternal at Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, Montreal, Canada]

Item
Identifier:
2023_01_05_001
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.centrekabir.com/en/
Repository Identifier
Sufi Eternal 2008
Date
April 5 2008;Date(s) of creation
Creator
Extent
1 poster
Format
ephemera
Description
Poster advertising a performance of Sufi Eternal at Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, Montreal, Canada. Features Farid Ayaz and Abu Mohammed leading a Qawwal ensemble. Farid Ayaz was born on November 13, 1952 in the city of Hyderabad in Telangana, India. He is a Pakistani Sufi devotional singer. Abu Mohammad, also a Sufi devotional singer, is Farid's younger brother. Together they lead a Qawwal ensemble. They were awarded the Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2020.
Location
Canada;Quebec;Montreal
Language
English
Notes
"Farid Ayaz and his Qawwali ensemble show how ecstatic poetry and music communicate across language and cultural divides." -WNYC Radio "Ustad Fareed Ayaz (Farid Ayaz), born in India as Ghulam Fariduddin Ayaz Al-Hussaini, has been referred to as the flag-bearer for Qawwali music in Pakistan. Alongside his brother, Ustad Abu Muhammad Qawwal, Farid is the primary leader of the ensemble. Fareed performs many different types of music, including Dadra and Tarana. But it was his exposure to his father Ustad Munshi Raziuddin Ahmed Khan and his love of poetry and lyrics that gave him the inspiration to make a name for himself in the field of Qawwali. Today no qawwali playlist is complete without one of his tracks." -https://riyaazqawwali.com/fareed-ayaz/. "Fareed Ayaz, qawwal al-Hussaini Ghulam Fariduddin Ayaz al-Hussaini belongs to the best known gharana of Qawwali, namely: 'Qawwal Bachon ka Gharana' of Delhi. This, approzimately 705 years old, was started by Saamat bin lbrahim, the principal student of Hazrat Amir Khusrau. This eminent Gahanna has produced famous Ustads like the late Ustad Tarns Khan, court musician and tutor in classical music Itabrader Shah. In the present generation of this Garahana are Fareed Ayaz al-Hussein and party, nationally and internationally acclaimed as one of the best Qawalls of the sub-continent. Fareed Ayaz started his training in classical music at a tender age under the rigorous and critical tutelage of his late father Ustad Raziuddin, who himself was an outstanding classical musician and a recipient of the Pakistan President's Pride of Performance medal and was received many other honors from the Government of Pakistan. Fareed Ayaz is an accomplished musician in the genre of classical music and also in the traditional classical naag. He has been performing professionally for the last 30 years, and not only has performed extensively at the national and international level but has been a cultural representative for Pakistan at numerous Pakistani missions abroad. Fareed Ayaz and party have performed in the United Kingdom, U.S.A., France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Portugal, Austria, India, Kenya, Nepal, Zimbabwe, Bangledesh, Croatia, Turkey, Morocco, Greece, Egypt, Bulgaria, Tunisia, Belgium, Iran, U.A.E., Saudi Arabia, Jordan and many others. Fareed Ayaz has total mastery over various genres of classical music such as dhrupad, khayal, tarana, thumria and dadra which he blends beautifully during his performances of Qawwali. His mastery over classical music was acclaimed at the all Pakistan music conference annual festival (Feb 2005 ), where he was invited to perform as a classical singer and not a Qawwal." -https://m.facebook.com/people/Fareed-Ayaz-Abu-Muhammad-Qawwal-Brothers/100044185732386/. Qawwali is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing originating in South Asia. The name is derived from "Qawl", meaning "utterance of the prophet". A vocalist who sings these utterances is called a Qawwal. *Date listed refers to date of performance.
Rights Statement
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Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Qawwālī [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004752];Posters [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001723]