Faiz Ali Faiz - The New Voice of Qawwali

Thanks to his voice and his ability, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan has brought before the whole world the power of Qawwali. One waited for an artist with sufficient virtuosity and liberty to re-light the flame. It is now achieved. Born in 1962, Faiz Ali Faiz has distinguished himself by a tone and expansive vocal abilities reminiscent of his illustrious predecessor whose works he loves to copy. He doesn't hesitate to disorganise the ritual to rouse the audience and impose his personality as a soloist. Faiz Ali Faiz is indisputably the great new voice of Qawwali. Between Lahore and Faisalabad, he started his professional career in 1978, creating at the same time his own qawwali ensemble. Practising the lusty Punjabi doaba style, Faiz's voice is characterised by its wide range and a particularly rich tone which reminds us the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who has been his referred inspiration and whose compositions Faiz enjoys singing. Faiz admits to Sham-Chaurasi's influences, a famous Khayal singing school, which Ustad Salamat Ali Khan attends. Faiz Ali Faiz learned classical music with Ustad Ghulam Shabbir Khan and Ustad Jafar Khan and received Qawwali training with Masters Muhammad Ali Faridi and Abdur Rahim Faridi Qawwal. Among other musicians, his uncle Rehmat Ali Khan, who has been performing for decades within Nusrat's party, accompanies him as the first harmonium player.

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