Mehfil-e-Yaraan.. “Nizami Bandhu” (Rock Star fame) were in town with their soulful sufi rendition..... Ustad Chand Nizami, Shadab Nizami, and Sohrab Faridi Nizami, are the Darbari Qawwals of the Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Durga in New Delhi. Exponents of the Sikandara gharana from Uttar Pradesh, a bastion of Hindustani music, their forefathers moved to Delhi 600-700 years ago, and were part of the original Qawwal Bachche, a group of 17 singers and musicians formed by Hazrat Amir Khusro, who renounced the material life and dedicated their life to the reverence, praise and worship of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya. Families descending from them have always lived in and around the Nizamuddin tomb, and are an integral part of all rituals and ceremonies. The qawwali style of singing is highly evolved and esoteric, drawing influences from Koranic Qaul, Persian poetry, and Urdu ghazals. The tradition of qawwal places great emphasis on the propriety of the song, the manner of recitation, repetition and emphasis on certain phrases, and the significance of the spiritual and devotional within the conflict of the musical style. Sufi music is responded to at a very deep level, the soul will understand it, even if the head does not, explains Ustad Chand Nizami. The popularization of Sufi music has meant that what was earlier confined to religious places, is now available to people the world over. OmAshram, Old age Care presented this Soulful night at Jyoti Nivas College Auditorium Bangalore...
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 06:41:25 +0000
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