André Heller’s Sufi Night

feat. Hind Ennaira (Morocco) / Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad Brothers (Pakistan) – Opening Concert of Reflektor André Heller

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Hind Ennaira
Hind Ennaira
Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad Brothers
Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad Brothers © Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad Brothers
  • Doors open 19:00

  • Start 20:00

  • End ca. 22:45

Spiritual opening

André Heller’s Reflektor festival opens with an evening of spiritual music from Morocco and Pakistan. The rhythmic music of the gnawa singer Hind Ennaira from Essaouira, Morocco, in the first half of the concert is followed by the powerful qawwali of the Sufi ensemble of Fareed Ayaz and his brother Abu Muhammad from Pakistan. Listening to gnawa music, with its dynamic rhythms and chants, is a physical experience that brings both the players and the listeners to ecstasy. This ecstatic state induced through the medium of music is also important in qawwali, and is said to bring the audience and the performers closer to God.

The concert begins with the powerful qawwali singing of the Pakistani Sufi ensemble led by Fareed Ayaz and his brother Abu Muhammad. The ensemble’s musical roots reach back 700 years to the tradition of Delhi’s devotional singers. In Sufi mysticism, qawwali – which is known as the »path of the heart« – expresses fervent devotion to God. The music begins with a meditative rhythm of chants, melodies and percussion. Gradually, the rhythm ramps up, reaching intoxicating climaxes that are said to lead the musicians and listeners closer to the divine. The brothers and their ensemble have been internationally known for more than 30 years, and are Pakistan’s most popular qawwal group.

They are followed by the 26-year-old gnawa musician and gimbri player Hind Ennaira who is one of the few female maâlems or master musicians among the hundred or so gnawa artists in Morocco, whose musical tradition is usually passed down from father to son. As a maâlem, she – with her bassy gimbri lute – leads the gnawa ensemble consisting of dancing singers who play the castanet-like instrument krakebs.

Performers

Hind Ennaira vocals, gimbri

Hicham Bilali vocals, krakebs, gimbri, tbel

Black Koyo

Fareed Ayaz Abu Muhammad Qawwal & Brothers

Programme

Spiritual music from Morocco and Pakistan

Part 2: Qawwali by Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad Brothers from Pakistan
– Interval –
Part 1: Gnawa music by Hind Ennaira, Hicham Bilali & Black Koyo from Morocco

Festival

Reflektor André Heller

Promoter: HamburgMusik

Supported by Stiftung Elbphilharmonie

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