He has spent 15 years in India, studying traditional music styles from the dhrupad to the qawwali. Yet somehow, Mumbai has never hosted Shye Ben Tzur on a commercial stage. This is set to change at the ninth edition of the National Centre for the Performing Arts’ Sama’s - Mystic Ecstasy festival. Ben Tzur, 42, the world’s first Jewish qawwal, composes and sings Sufi poetry in Hebrew that is inspired by Hazrat Amir Khusrau, Hazrat Rumi and Kabir Das. Also taking the stage for the first time this year, Munawar Masoom, the Indian qawwal from Bhopal who sings renditions of Hazrat Amir Khusro and Sufi Kalam.

Source: Hindustan Times November 04, 2017 19:18 UTC