The Rizwan-Muazzam () Qawwali Group is a Pakistani

Qawwali Qawwali ( Punjabi: (Shahmukhi), (Gurmukhi); Urdu: (Nasta'liq); Hindi: क़व्वाली (Devanagari); Bengali: কাওয়ালি (Bengali)) is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing, originating from the Indian subcontinent ...

group, headed by

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ( pa, ; born Pervez Fateh Ali Khan; 13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997) was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music director. He was primarily a singer of qawwali — a form of Sufi music, Sufi devotional music. ...

's nephews, Rizwan and Muazzam., Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Group

Career

Both of them are the sons of Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan, they have been performing together as Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Group since the late 1990s. They played their first major concert in 1998 at the Womad Rivermead festival in

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."Rizwan & Muazzam Mujahid Ali Khan-Qawwal"
Retrieved 19 May 2018 The two brothers lead singers team come from a direct family line of

music that spans over five centuries. Their grandfather ''Mubarak Ali Khan'' was an uncle of

and taught Nusrat the art of qawwali vocal music. They themselves studied under the supervision of their father, Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan, who died in 1996, and were then tutored by their uncle

. Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Group is made up of two lead singing brothers (Rizwan and Muazzam), five secondary singers leading the choral response with vigorous hand clapping, two harmonium players and a tabla player. They perform in traditional Qawwali style - sitting on the ground rather than on seats - which they believe brings them closer to God. They have given many joint performances at the

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in Pakistan in collaboration with various other fellow musicians including

Shazia Manzoor Shazia Manzoor ( Punjabi, ur, ) is a Pakistani playback and folk singer. She is known for her song, "''Chann Meray Makhna''". Early life and career Shazia Manzoor was born in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. She first started singing by perfor ...

that became very popular in Pakistan.Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwal performance at the Coke Studio (Pakistan)
Retrieved 19 May 2018

Discography

''Day Of Colours'' is an album of traditional qawwali, recorded in four days in a tiny studio in

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, with songs in Persian, Urdu and Punjabi languages. "Sayyedo-Sarwer Muhammad" (light of my life) was written by the 13th century Persian poet and mystic,

Rumi Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī ( fa, جلال‌الدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā ( fa, مولانا, lit= our master) and Mevlevî/Mawlawī ( fa, مولوی, lit= my ma ...

References

External links

Official website
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Group
An interview with Muazzam Fateh Ali Khan
Pakistani qawwali groups Pakistani musical groups Musical groups established in the 1990s Pakistani qawwali singers {{Pakistan-singer-stub

Career

Discography

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