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Farid Ayaz Qawwal & Brothers


After last night's (Sunday April 18), amazing performance, presented by World Music Institute & Virsa Pakistan at
Symphony Space  NYC, we have been literally swamped with requests for dates and venues of other concerts. Originally the
April 18 concert was scheduled for March 6. However, as reported in the NY Times, it was delayed while the musicians waited for clearance from Homeland Security to travel to USA. As a result all the concerts planned months in advance had to be cancelled or rescheduled. Please bear with us as we do our best to post new confirmed dates and venues on this website as soon they become available.
 

Up Coming Concerts


Huston, TX
Sunday April 25  |  Time: 6:00pm

Wortham Center 501 Texas Ave. Huston 77002
Tickets: $20, $25, $35, $50, $75
Call: 281-648-0422 or 281-217-4220  |  Buy Online at: www.iaahouston.com
 


University of Virginia, Charlottesville
The UVA Center for South Asian Studies
Cabell Hall Auditorium
Friday April 30  |  Time: 8:00pm
invites you to a night of
SUFI DEVOTIONAL MUSIC OF PAKISTAN (Qawwali)
Featuring the Internationally celebrated
Farid Ayaz Qawwal & Brothers

Tickets: (General: $25, $18, $15 Students: $12, $10) Available at the Cabell Hall Box Office.
Tickets can be reserved by phone 434-924-3984 and picked up on the evening of the performance.
$5 students rush tickets available at 7:30pm on the evening of the performance.
Free Pre-Concert leture on "The Cultural and Musical Dimensions of Qawwali"
with UVA faculty Natalie Sarrazin (South Asian Music) at 7:00pm in Minor Hall, Room 125
 


The Princeton University Chapel
Wednesday May 12  |  Time: 8:00pm
SUFI DEVOTIONAL MUSIC OF PAKISTAN (Qawwali)
Featuring the Internationally celebrated
Farid Ayaz Qawwal & Brothers
Princeton University Chapel, one of the finest buildings on the Princeton campus, was completed in 1928.
This non-denominational chapel, designed by Ralph Adams Cram, serves both, secular activities such as
music performances as well as a center for spiritual life. 
 


New York City
Friday May 21th  |  Time: 8:00pm
New York Society for Ethical Culture (Founded in 1876)
2 W. 64th St. Central Park West New York, NY 10023
ONE BLOCK FROM LINCOLN CENTER
One of the finest concert halls in New York. Farid Ayaz Qawwal and Brothers, who are now on a hugely successful US Tour
Return to New York. We are please to inform you that we have moved the Qawwali concert to Friday 21 at one of the finest
concert hall with superb acoustics. This 800 seat hall is located in the historic 1910 landmark building one block from Lincoln Center.


 


Boston, Massachusetts
Sunday May 23  |  Time: 8:00pm

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Natick (Boston Area)
1360 Worcester Street
 NATICK, MA 01760
Tel: 1-508-653-8800
Fax: 1-508-653-1708
 
Featured Artists at the annual conference of
Association of Pakistani Physicians of New England (APPNE)
 
 Internationally famous Farid Ayaz Qawwal & Brothers
 

Announcing Four Brand New Releases!!!!
Qawwali Music of Pakistan
Sample Video: Video 1  |  Video 2

  

Release Date: April 18 2004

The long awaited set  of CDs and DVDs
Featuring the legendary Grand Master,
the late Munshi Raziuddin is ready for release.


Special Introductory Price:    $13.99 each
Combined Set Vol. 1 & 2: $25.00

Available online at Vivaldi Music Store:
Buy it Now!

Qawwali Music of Pakistan
Artist: Farid Ayaz Qawwal & Brothers
Format: CD
Volume: 01 & 02
Item: 110
Usually Ships within 24 Hours
 



Release Date: May 15, 2004


Special Introductory Price:    $18.99 each
Combined Set Vol. 1 & 2: $36.00

Available online at Vivaldi Music Store:

Buy it Now!

Qawwali Music of Pakistan
Artist: Farid Ayaz Qawwal & Brothers
Format: CD
Volume: 01 & 02
Item: 110
Shipping Date: May 15, 2004


About the Artists:

Farid Ayaz Qawwal & Brothers sing the pure traditional form of qawwali. On their North American tour last year, the
group developed a sort of cult following, especially among the young, cutting across cultural and linguistic barriers.
Groups of both young and old would follow them from concert to concert. The group was formed by 82-year-old Grand
Master Munshi Raziuddin, who has performed sacred music for over sixty years and passed on the art of qawwali to
his eldest son Farid Ayaz and his younger sons. The classical qawwali singing of the group has been passed on from
generation to generation going back to Ustad Khansahib Tan Ras Khan, who was the teacher of the last Mughal Emperor,
Bahadur Shah Zafar. Farid Ayaz Qawwal and Brothers have promoted the art of qawwali throughout Pakistan, India, Iran,
the Middle East, Europe and the United States.

Ishrat Ansari
President, Virsa Foundation

 

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