Hidayat Inayat Khan (born London, England in 6th August 1917) is the son of Sufi Master Hazrat Inayat Khan and Pirani Ameena Begum. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Hazrat Inayat Khan ( July 5, 1882 &ndash February 5, 1927) was the founder of Universal Sufism and the Sufi Order International
His western musical education began in Paris 1932 at the L'Ecole Normale de Musique, in the violin class of Bernard Sinsheimer; the composition class of Nadia Boulanger; and the orchestra class of Diran Alexanian. L'École Normale de Musique was founded in 1919 by the famous pianist Alfred Cortot and his partner Auguste Mangeot. Nadia Boulanger (September 16 1887 &ndash October 22 1979 was an influential French Composer, conductor, and Music professor Diran Alexanian (1881 Constantinople &ndash 1954 New York) was an Armenian Cello teacher Later, he attended chamber music courses given by the Lener Quartet in Budapest. The Léner String Quartet, sometimes written the Lehner String Quartet was a very famous Musical ensemble of Hungarian origin founded in Budapest Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political,
In 1942 Hidayat Inayat Khan became Professor of music at the Lycee Musical de Dieulefit, France, and later, in Holland, joined the orchestra of Haarlem as violinist. He followed the courses of orchestra conducting by Toon Verhey. In 1952 Hidayat Inayat Khan conducted the orchestra of ‘s-Hertogenbosch for the world wide broadcasting of his Po’me en Fa for orchestra and piano and in the same year, founded his first chamber music orchestra ensemble.
Performance highlights in Hidayat Inayat Khan’s professional life include the playing, on 4th May 1957, of his Zikar Symphony at Salle Pleyel, Paris, conducted by George Pretre, in a Pasdeloup concert. On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s centenary, on 21st November 1969, the Gandhi Symphony was played in a special concert organized by UNESCO in Holland. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી moɦən̪d̪äs kəɾəmʧən̪d̪ gän̪d̪ʱi (2 October 1869 – 30 January This was repeated in 1971 during a broadcasting of "The voice of America", as well as on the United Nations Radio in the USA and was later recorded by the US Armed Forces Radio Stations in a world-wide Carmen Dragon show.
On 15th October 1971 the Virginia Symphonic Poem was played in honor of the Bicentennial of America. On Bavarian Radio La Monotonia was played in a Composer’s Portrait in 1972 and The Message Symphony was played in 1977.
More recently, on 15 and 16 February, 2002, the Suite Symphonic and La Monotonia, Op. 7 for Orchestra were performed by the Symphonisches Orchester München-Andechs with Andreas Pascal Heinzmann conducting in Munich, Germany.
On 5 May, 2007, the Royal Legend Symphonic Poem (op. 46) will receive it’s world premiere in Munich. It will be performed by the Zorneding-Baldham Orchestra with Andreas Pascal Heinzmann conducting.
He has composed numerous works, among them Concerto for strings Op 38, Quartet for Strings Op. 45, Poem in F, and a number of choral pieces including Chanson Exotique, Awake for Morning, and a collection of Sufi hymns. He is a founding member of the European Composers' Union, and his music has frequently been broadcast internationally. Besides his symphonic works Hidayat Inayat Khan has written choral compositions, Sufi songs and hymns as well as chamber music. Many of his compositions are now available on CD.
Hidayat Inayat Khan’s research in music could be described as a cross-point between eastern monophony and western polyphony; respecting western harmonic structures while also expressing the inspiring flavor of eastern ragas.
In 1988 Hidayat Inayat Khan assumed the role of Representative-General of the International Sufi Movement and Pir-o-Murshid of its Inner School. Sufi Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882–1927 brought Universal Sufism to the West in 1910 Pir-o-Murshid is an esoteric title signifying the head of the some Sufi Schools He divides his time between Holland and the family home in Suresnes, but travels extensively, giving classes and lectures on Sufism. Holland is a region in the western part of the Netherlands. A maritime and economic power in the 17th century Holland today consists of the Dutch provinces of Suresnes is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. Sufism ( تصوّف - taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفیگری sufigari, Turkish: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف
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