• The Sufi music ensemble captivates the audience at the Ismaili Centre, Toronto. Gulam Ali Kassam
    19 June 2015 | Ismaili Centre Toronto

    Sufi music ensemble performs at the Ismaili Centre Toronto

    The Sufi music ensemble captivates the audience at the Ismaili Centre, Toronto. Gulam Ali Kassam
7:00 PM
21 June 2015
6:45 PM
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Toronto, 20 June 2015 — Echoes from the Mughal era, a music and culture programme featuring Dr Karim Gillani and a Sufi music ensemble, enchanted the audience at the Ismaili Centre, Toronto.

Based in Edmonton, Alberta, the ensemble is a blend of Persian and Indian musicians. Using stories of the past, musical compositions and interpretations of modern art, the ensemble echoed the sentiments of tolerance and acceptance of the Mughal civilisation. The musicians used a variety of traditional instruments such as the Persian santur, Persian sitar, Persian tombak, Persian tar, Indian sarangi, Indian tablas, Indian harmonium, and their voices.
 
The ensemble performed original compositions based on classical poems of the Mughal era with a theme of Rah e Ishq – The Path of Love. This theme is particularly relevant in the Canadian context, where traditions from around the world come together.