The Qawwals of Pakistan, Sufi devotional musicians Mehr and Sher Ali, will perform on April 17, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in Murch Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Qawwali is is the devotional music of the Sufis to attain trance and mystical experience -- originating in the 10th century and blossoming into its present form from the 13th century onwards.
An ensemble of usually twelve male performers convey a religious message through music and song based on mystic poetry by Sufi masters. The texts usually deal with divine love ('ishq), the sorrow of separation (hijr, firaq) and the union (visal), these concepts being symbolically reinforced and illustrated by the music. Qawwali blends Iranian and Central Asian poetic, philosophical and musical elements into a North Indian base, combining popular music with classical traditions.
Mehr and Sher Ali were born in the Pakistani border-town of Kasur in the early 1950s and received their earlier training in classical music from their father who was a court classical singer at the small Sikh principality of Patiala (now in India).
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Kemal Karpat Lecture - Jews and Turks: A Model of Coexistence
Jews and Turks: Model of Coexistence
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGE
Dr. Kemal Karpat will deliver a lecture entitled "Jews & Turks: Model of Coexistence" discussing the relations between the Turkish-Muslim population and the Jewish population in the Ottoman State. The event is organized by SEF, and sponsored by Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, and Students for Dialogue at OSU. The lecture is open to the public.
Date: 24 April 2008, 5:30pm
Location: Dreese Lab 113, OSU Campus
Parking: Tuttle Park Place Garage
About Kemal Karpat
Kemal Karpat is a Turkish historian and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his LLB from the University of Istanbul, his MA from the University of Washington and his PhD from New York University. He has previously worked for the UN Economics and Social Council and taught at Montana State University and New York University. He has several books on the history of the Ottoman State such as The Politicization of Islam (Oxford UP, 2001), The Ottoman Past and Today's Turkey (Brill, 2000), An Inquiry into the Social Foundations of Nationalism in the Ottoman State (Princeton UP, 1973).
The Scioto Educational Foundation, SEF, is a non-profit organization whose aim is to promote understanding and respect between the diverse groups of Central Ohio by creating peaceful settings for interaction. It was with the help of community-oriented professionals in industry and academia along with university students that SEF was founded in 2003 as a means to aid the area through education, dialogue, and community service. For more information about SEF, please visit our website.
Sincerely,
Scioto Educational Foundation
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGE
Dr. Kemal Karpat will deliver a lecture entitled "Jews & Turks: Model of Coexistence" discussing the relations between the Turkish-Muslim population and the Jewish population in the Ottoman State. The event is organized by SEF, and sponsored by Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, and Students for Dialogue at OSU. The lecture is open to the public.Date: 24 April 2008, 5:30pm
Location: Dreese Lab 113, OSU Campus
Parking: Tuttle Park Place Garage
About Kemal Karpat
Kemal Karpat is a Turkish historian and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his LLB from the University of Istanbul, his MA from the University of Washington and his PhD from New York University. He has previously worked for the UN Economics and Social Council and taught at Montana State University and New York University. He has several books on the history of the Ottoman State such as The Politicization of Islam (Oxford UP, 2001), The Ottoman Past and Today's Turkey (Brill, 2000), An Inquiry into the Social Foundations of Nationalism in the Ottoman State (Princeton UP, 1973).
The Scioto Educational Foundation, SEF, is a non-profit organization whose aim is to promote understanding and respect between the diverse groups of Central Ohio by creating peaceful settings for interaction. It was with the help of community-oriented professionals in industry and academia along with university students that SEF was founded in 2003 as a means to aid the area through education, dialogue, and community service. For more information about SEF, please visit our website.
Sincerely,
Scioto Educational Foundation
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Spring Celebration Indian Classical Music Concert
Our friend Hans Utter, who played his sitar for zikrs with Sheikh Firdousi many times, invites us to a house concert on April 18 in Worthington. If you've not been able to attend Hans' house concerts in the past it will be more than worth the effort! - Hilal
Spring Celebration Indian Classical Music Concert
Sitar and Tabla
Friday April 18th,
8 Pm
194 Sinsbury Dr. Worthington, Ohio 43085
Light refreshments will be provided
Hans Utter: Sitar
Jim Fiest: Tabla
“Hans Utter is a name to reckon with in Indian classical music… brings to light the various aspects of Indian classical music … one of the most talented names in the industry” The Telegraph, Calcutta, India. May 16 2007.
The Performers
Hans Utter has studied sitar with master sitarist Ustad Shujaat Khan of the Imdad Khan Gharana for the past decade. He performs regularly in the US, Europe and India.
Jim Feist has been performing and teaching the tabla for the last 16 years. He has traveled to India several times to learn tabla from the late, legendary Ustad Allah Rakha, and Vibhav Nageshkar. He has performed around the world with a variety of artists.
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