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Sunday, June 14, 2009 | 7:00pm

Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall :: 4544 N Lincoln Ave.

Faiz Ali Faiz

$20 General Public/$18 Old Town School Members/$16 Seniors & Children

On sale to Old Town School members April 1st, to general public April 3rd

BUY TICKETS ONLINE | BOX OFFICE: 773.728.6000

This event is produced in Partnership with IMAN (Inner-City Muslim Action Network).

Qawwali is a Sufi devotional vocal music with a dynamic musical tradition that stretches back over seven centuries, and Faiz Ali Faiz is one of its current leading voices. Faiz Ali Faiz comes from a family of qawwals from seven generations. Born in 1962 in Sharaqpur, Pakistan, Faiz Ali started his professional singing career in 1978. Faiz Ali learned classical music with Ustad Ghulam Shabbir Khan and Ustad Jafar Khan and received qawwali training with Masters Muhammad Ali Faridi and Abdur Rahim Faridi Qawwal. He practices the doaba style from eastern Pakistan.

Faiz's voice is characterised by its large range and a specially rich tone which reminds us of the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who has been his revered inspiration and whose compositions he enjoys singing. Faiz Ali Faiz is considered by many to be the great new voice of Qawwali, winning the BBC's World Music Award in 2006.

Faiz Ali Faiz on the web

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