Wed 22 - Thu 30 March 2017
UK Tour
| 22 Mar 17 Book tickets |
Library Theatre Luton |
7.30pm |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Mar 17 Book tickets |
St George's Bristol |
8pm |
| 24 Mar 17 |
BBC Radio 3 World on 3 |
11pm |
| 25 Mar 17 Book tickets |
Howard Assembly Room Leeds |
7.45pm |
| 26 Mar 17 Book tickets |
The Sage Gateshead |
8pm |
| 27 Mar 17 Book tickets |
The Barbican London |
7.30pm |
| 30 Mar 17 Book tickets |
Town Hall Birmingham |
7.30pm |
“Intoxicating and entrancing.” (BBC)
Torchbearers of the Qawwali tradition, Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali from Pakistan bring their stunning interpretation of classic Sufi texts to UK audiences in March.
When legendary qawwali maestro Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, died in 1997, the legacy of qawwali, a form of devotional music popular in South Asia, was passed to his nephews, Rizwan and Muazzam, exceptional singers who carry on the Sufi tradition of musical devotion and exaltation.
Performing together since the 1990s, their incredible performances at festivals around the world, including WOMAD, have seen them develop a devoted worldwide following. The brothers perform songs that use hypnotic vocal repetition to induce a state of ecstasy. Backed by traditional instruments gharana, harmonium and tabla, the brothers’ rich voices soar, pushed onwards by pulsing music and rhythmic hand claps.
In the 20th anniversary year since Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s passing, the brothers’ are keeping their Uncle’s legacy very much alive – so get ready for a very special Qawwali show in 2017.