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Samedi 27 mai 2023

20h00

Salle de concert Oscar Peterson
Campus Loyola, Université Concordia
7141 Rue Sherbrooke O. Montréal

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Enjoy a rare opportunity to see Pakistan’s famed Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad Ensemble to perform Qawwali — a form of devotional Sufi music with origins in ancient Islamic poetry and brought to the west in the 20th century by the incomparable master of Sufi singing, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. While regretting the fact of a life cut short in its prime when this master passed away all too soon, we can rejoice nevertheless with the tradition so beautifully carried forward by Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad, themselves children of another famous Sufi singer of yesteryears Munshi Raziuddin Ahmed Khan, a household name in Pakistan as well as Hydrerabad in erstwhile India. Known as ‘the path of the heart’, Qawwali expresses the fervent devotion of the great Sufi mystics. The music begins by drawing the audience in with a meditative rhythm of chants, melodies, and percussion. Steadily, the rhythm builds, reaching ecstatic peaks that transport both musicians and listeners closer to the divine