Inayatiyya Weekly Music Class:
Indian Music
First Wednesdays, Fall 2021
The Sufi Message was born out of music. We invite you into the richness of the Inayatiyya musical heritage, and through this to attune in life.
For Fall 2021 we offer a weekly Inayatiyya Music Class series Wednesdays, 11 am to 12 pm New York Time. Please see the sidebar for the time in your local area.
On first Wednesdays, October 6, November 3, and December 1, we will learn about Indian music. In our classes we will learn songs from the Minqar i Musiqar, Hazrat Inayat Khan’s classic 1912 work on Indian music theory and practice.
The Indian Music Class series is cumulative, requiring advanced registration and participation in all three classes. Suggested tuition is $45 for the series. Please see sidebar to register.
Our teacher is renowned singer Aziza Rekha Bhardwaj from Mumbai, India.
The Minqar-i Musiqar may be purchased through our publishing house, Suluk Press.
See here for additional Inayatiyya Music Classes on Hazrat Inayat Khan’s Teachings on Music, Meshk, and Whirling.
If you have questions about the content of this course series, please email music@inayatiyya.org. For registration, financial and technical questions, including requests for scholarships, please email astana@inayatiyya.org.
Speaker
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Aziza Rekha BhardwajAziza Rekha, a seeker on the path, is trained in Hindustani Classical Music under Guru Pandit Amarnathji of the Indore Gharana. Her inner journey started with an album of Sufi poems “Ishqa Ishqa” (2002) penned by filmmaker, poet Gulzar and composed by filmmaker, composer Vishal Bhardwaj initiating her into the world of Sufism which became a way of life. An opportunity in film, “Omkara” (2005), earned her success as a playback singer in the Indian Film Industry. She has won a prestigious National Award and two Filmfare Awards for her songs. She has a distinctive soulful voice which leads one to a touch of Divinity. Her daily riyaaz heals her. Music is Ibaadat to her. She was initiated by Pir Zia in July 2020, is a Salik in the Suluk Global class, Na koja abad, and has been working on songs from Murshid’s Minqar i Musiqar. Her music can be heard on Spotify, Instagram and YouTube.