Sama Live from Baroda
Thursday, 9th February 2023
As part of celebrations of Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan’s 96th Urs, Pir Zia and friends invite us to gather via Zoom for a very special Sama, live from Baroda (Vadodara), India. Baroda is birthplace of our Murshid and the home of the living musical lineage of the Inayatiyya.
Joining Pir Zia live from Baroda will be renowned Indian vocalist Aziza Rekha Bhardwaj, classical Indian musician and scholar Pandit Srinivas Reddy, musician Mukhtiyar Ali and samazan Shams al Haqq.
The Sama will take place at 9 am in New York, 3 pm in Suresnes, 5 pm in Istanbul, and 7:30 pm in New Delhi. Please see timeanddate.com for the time in your region.
We will do our best to live stream, though much may depend on factors beyond our control. Please check back here for the link on February 9th, if available. We hope either way you will join us in spirit or across the airwaves as Murshid’s compositions once more resound where he lived with Maula Bakhsh. A video will be posted as soon as possible after the event at vimeo.com/inayatiyya.
If you have questions about our special Sama Live from Baroda please email music@inayatiyya.org. This event is hosted by the Inayatiyya Music Activity.
Speakers
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Pir Zia Inayat KhanPir Zia Inayat Khan, PhD, is a scholar of religion and teacher of Sufism in the universalist Sufi lineage of his grandfather, Hazrat Inayat Khan. Pir Zia is president of the Inayatiyya and founder of Sulūk Academy, a school of Sufi contemplative study and practice.
He is author of Tears from the Mother of the Sun with visual artist Amruta Patil, Immortality: A Traveler’s Guide; Mingled Waters: Sufism and the Mystical Unity of Religions; and Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity and the Mystical Quest. Pir Zia divides his time between Richmond, Virginia and Suresnes, France. -
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.
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Srinivas ReddySrinivas Reddy is a scholar, translator and musician. He studied classical South Asian languages and literatures at UC Berkeley and currently teaches at Brown University and IIT Gandhinagar. Srinivas is also a concert sitarist who trained in the traditional guru-shishya parampara in the lineage of late maestro Pandit Nilkhil Banerjee. He spends his time performing, teaching and conducting research around the world. His latest book is Raya: Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara (2020). www.srinivasreddy.org
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Shams al Haqq FarzadShams al Haqq Farzad is classically trained in the practice of sama. He has extensively studied Sufi whirling, sama meditation, as well as mysticism and Persian mystical poetry of Sufism. He curated and has taken part in many spiritual music ceremonies and sama presentations with organizations such as the Aga Khan Museum. Farzad serves the Sufi communities in Canada, presenting some of their work through Rumi Canada. He is also a student within the Inayatiyya and a graduate of Sulūk Academy.