Sufi Music Festival – Bilal Chishty & The National Sufi Ensemble

• Dhruv Sangari (Bilal Chishty), voice

Celebrate Mawlid, the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, with NMAA!

Experience the sounds and sights of both past and current traditions of this Islamic holiday. Enjoy Indian, Moroccan, and American Sufi music ensembles, and learn from artists and authors about how they draw on their spiritual journey in their art. Enjoy special performances, food, programming from local community groups, and more!

The Sufi Music Festival is co-presented by the National Museum of Asian Art and the Reed Society of Sacred Arts.

Bilal Chishty will be joined by the multi-faith National Sufi Ensemble for this special performance.

The Sufi Music Festival is co-presented by the National Museum of Asian Art and the Reed Society of Sacred Arts. 

About National Sufi Ensemble

https://www.reedsociety.co/national-sufi-ensemble

About Smithsonian Music

https://music.si.edu/

About Dhruv Sangari (Bilal Chishty), voice

Dhruv Sangari, aka Bilal Chishty, is a Sufi qawwal and classical Indian vocalist, composer, teacher, and scholar based in New Delhi, India and Konya, Turkiye. Drawn to Sufism and its music from an early age, Dhruv began visiting the courtyard of the shrine of Saint Nizamuddin Auliya. An eventual meeting with the legendary maestro late Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and his brother the late Ustad Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, led Dhruv to become their disciple as well, and solidified his bond with qawwali and Sufi music.

Chishty's repertoire includes Farsi, Arabic, Punjabi, Urdu, and Hindi verses from the works of famed poets and saints. In addition to stage concerts at major festivals and international collaborations with artists in more than 15 countries, he has recorded for a number of private albums, the Bombay film industry, and most recently, Coke Studio.