Qawwali is the soaring devotional music of the mystic Sufis of Pakistan and India.
When the legendary qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died in 1997, he left a musical vacuum. But now this has been filled by his two nephews Rizwan and Muazzam. These two young men have proved their ability to make music every bit as intense and compelling as their uncle’s.
This is a rare opportunity to experience authentic qawwali music at its best.
“Rizwan and Muazzam… began a 10-minute qawwali of such euphoric intensity that it briefly made me question what all those other records in my house were for.” Peter Paphides, The Observer
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A collection for the Pakistan flood disaster will be taken at the end of the performance.
Read review by SImon Broughton in Evening Standard
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