Last night the Garrison Institute hosted a concert with Riyaaz Qawwali. Before the show, Sufi scholar and teacher Pir Zia Inayat-Khan gave an illuminating talk on music as a devotional practice in the Sufi tradition. Listen to his talk below.
Tomorrow night, March 17, the Garrison Institute will host a concert with Riyaaz Qawwali. The evening will also feature a special dinner followed by a talk by Pir Zia Inayat-Khan on music and sound as a devotional practice in the Sufi tradition. (You can read more about the festivities here and here.) To get a sense of Riyaaz Qawwali’s music and…
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