Chicago Public Radio’s program Radio M recently profiled Choir Hazreti Hamza, a group of sufi singers who are performing at A Mystical Journey – Sufi Music and other Expressions of Devotion from the Muslim World, which is a Golden Jubilee International Programme commemorating the Golden Jubilee of His Highness the Aga Khan.
Choir Hazreti Hamza is a choir which performs in the naqshibandi tradition of Sufi music. The Choir was founded in 1993, during the civil war occurring in the former Yugoslavia. The Choir first came together at the Hazreti Hamza mosque in Sarajevo.
Initially, the Choir performed traditional qasidas in Sarajevo, and then began performing nationally and internationally with tours in Croatia, Germany, Pakistan, Switzerland and Turkey. The Choir’s first album, Jedna Je Istina (There is Only One Truth), was released in June 2004 and featured nine devotional songs, six of which were written by the Choir members. Their second album, Leptir (Butterfly), was released in 2006. Their website. Artist Profiles at theismaili.org/amj.
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