Day One · Evening Concert
— Sufi Qawwali
Nizami Bandhu
The Nizami Brothers carry one of the longest unbroken lineages in qawwali — descended from the line of singers who have performed at the dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya for over seven centuries. Their voices are not trained for the stage. They are trained for the courtyard, the candle, and the saint.
"There are nights when their qawwali stops being a performance and becomes the air itself. SAMAA exists to make room for those nights."
The Profile
Khusro Nizami, Chand Nizami, Shadab Nizami — the present generation of the Nizamuddin Auliya gharana. Featured in Rockstar, performed at Jashn-e-Rekhta, Sufi Mahotsav, and Hazrat Nizamuddin's annual urs.
What to Expect
Two hours of qawwali built around classical kalams of Amir Khusro and Bulleh Shah, opened with a hamd, deepened by tarana, and closed — if the courtyard agrees — with Chhaap Tilak.
