Sufi kinship spellbinds
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Sufi kinship spellbinds
New Delhi, India September 17, 2011 |
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![]() The Sopori Academy of Music And Performing Arts is more than an academy and is a cultural movement credited to have brought a Cultural Revolution and to have created a new generation of music connoisseurs. SaMaPa has presented various pioneering & path breaking festivals, programmes & productions in the last 6 years and is also acclaimed as the “Cultural Bridge” of the Jammu & Kashmir State with the rest of the country and has been awarded the Dogri Award by the Governor of J&K and the RX Club Award of Excellence. Conceived and conducted by Abhay Rustum Sopori, the Sufi Kinship programme marked the beginning of a new style and era of Sufi music presentation which combined traditional Sufi, western and contemporary musical thought while maintaining the Indian melodic framework and nuances. The inaugural presentation of Sufi Kinship featured instruments like Violins, Cello, Guitars, Soprano Saxophone, Metal Flute, Bansuri, Tenor, Santoor, Sarangi, Piano, Synthesizers, Choir, Tabla, Dholak, Percussions, Drums, etc. His Excellency, Mr. Chandradath Singh, The High Commissioner of Trinidad & Tobago, also joined the Sufi ensemble on the Steel Drum. It was for the first time that an Ambassador joined a grand ensemble. ![]() Ragini, at her best, presented 10 Sufi Qulams like Baba Bulleh Shah’s ‘Dolan Mahi’, ‘Ranjha Jogiya’, ‘Uth Challe’, ‘Allah Hu’, Hazrat Amir Khusro’s ‘Chap Tilak’, Baba Farid’s ‘Subhan Allah’, etc. Abhay also joined Ragini in 2 songs – Shah Latif Butai’s ‘Ajab Nain Tere’ and HH. Swami ji’s ‘Jab Apne’. The Jam packed auditorium included Smt. Sheila Dikshit, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi, His Holiness Swami Yogiraj Amarjyoti ji, Sh. Rajiv Takru, CEO Prasar Bharati, Prof. Aparna Sopori, Sh. Ashok Angurana, Pt. Vijay Shankar Mishra, eminent musicologist and others. ![]() The Sufi ensemble owes its origin to the concept of folk ensembles introduced by Pandit Bhajan Sopori in the mid-1970s and his subsequent experimentation in the genre over the last three and a half decades. Abhay has furthered this effort putting his own distinctive stamp on the presentations often working with large ensembles of 60-70 musicians. He has also incorporated the more contemporary musical movements thereby increasing its appeal to the younger generations. Sufi music and philosophy has become very popular in recent years and its audience has grown across the world. There are many different schools of thought that are connected with Sufism and many different musical traditions that draw inspiration from Sufi thought and philosophy. Central to all these traditions are universal principles of brother hood and an intimate connection with the divine. ![]() |
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