Hidayat Inayat Khan

Since 1922, he lived with his family in France, in Suren , a suburb of Paris. He studied traditional Indian music from his father. He began his Western musical education in Paris ^[4] in 1932 at the L'Ecole Normale de Musique, in the violin class of Bernard Sinsheimer ; according to the composition class of Nadi Boulanger ; and the orchestration class with Diran Aleksanyan . Later, he attended chamber music courses given by participants in the Hungarian string quartet Jeno Lenera in Paris.

In 1942, Hidayat Inayat Khan became a professor of music at the Musical Lyceum de Dieffeit in France. After the Second World War, he worked as a violinist in the symphony orchestra of Haarlem (Netherlands). He graduated from conducting courses by the orchestra of the Dutch conductor Thun Verhei. In 1952, Hidayat Inayat-Khan conducted the 's-Hertogenbosch orchestra and made his debut as a composer on the Dutch radio “Fa Poem” for orchestra and piano. In 1952 he founded his first chamber music orchestra.

In subsequent years, several performances of Hidayat Inayat Khan's music took place. On May 4, 1957, his Zikar Symphony was performed in the Pleyel Hall in Paris, conductor Georges Pretre . November 21, 1969 on the occasion of the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi was performed by his Gandhi Symphony ^[5] in a special concert organized by UNESCO in the Netherlands. In 1971, this symphony was performed in the USA for the world premiere at the Voice of America radio station.

October 15, 1971, Virginia Symphonic Poem premiered in honor of the Bicentennial of America.

In 1972, on the Bavarian Radio in the program “Portrait of the Composer”, the suite “La Monotonia” was performed. Post Symphony was played in 1977.

In Munich on February 15 and 16, 2002, the premiere performance of the "Symphonic Suite" by the Munich Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Andreas Pascal Heinzmann.

On May 5, 2007, the Royal Legend (op. 46) premiered in Munich. Zorneding-Baldham Orchestra.

Khidayyat Inayat-Khan is the author of numerous works among them concerts of symphony orchestras, quartets, choral and piano works. Many of his compositions are now available on CD.

He is one of the founders of the European Union of Composers, and his music is often performed internationally.

The music of Khidayyat Inayat Khan is in many ways an attempt to combine Eastern monophony and Western polyphony; a combination of harmonic structures characteristic of Western music and their combination with the traditions of Indian music.

In the period from 1988 to the present, he wrote several books on the philosophy of yoga, Sufism, as well as several books with memories.

In 1988, Hidayat Inayat Khan is the Secretary of the International Sufi Movement founded by his father Hazrat Inayat Khan ^[6] . In the last years of his life he lived in Europe: Munich, Haarlem and Suren. He continued to travel, giving classes and lectures on philosophy, creativity and Sufism.

• Nous vous invitons à la Priere and other compositions and Sufi songs of Hidayat Inayat-Khan - smaller compositions for voice, instrument, quartet. Mirasound Classics 399277 Holland 1997 ASIN: B0002NBLQC
• Symphonic Works. Hidayat Inayat-Khan. “Sound of Light”, Banff, Canada 1999 Double CD, total time 108 min. ASIN: B000LE1A04
• Message from the Heart. Hidayat Inayat-Khan - extracts from his symphonic works, Oreade Music 2000, Haarlem. ORS 59622. CD total time 52:16 ASIN: B00004U0Y3
• Suite Symphonique Op. 7 by Hidayat Inayat-Khan - Live in Munich 2002. Symphonisches Orchester München-Andechs - Conductor Andreas Pascal Heinzmann (also in the concert: Symphonie Nr. 1 ° C. Moll von J. Brahms)
• Monotonia. Mystery. Hidayat Inayat-Khan. CJ Music 2003. Novosibirsk (Russia) CD, total time 68:30
• Ballet Rituel Op. 17 Hidayat Inayat-Khan - Live 19. Juli 2003 in München. Symphonisches Orchester München-Andechs - Conductor Andreas Pascal Heinzmann (also in the concert: Rhapsodie von Rachmaninov, Symphonie Nr. 2 D-Dur von J. Brahms)

• Sufi Teachings: Lectures from Lake O'Hara by Hidayat Inayat-Khan. Publisher: Ekstasis Editions (August 15, 1996), 120 pages, ISBN 0-921215-66-5
• The Inner School: Esoteric Sufi Teachings by Hidayat Inayat-Khan. Publisher: Ekstasis Editions (August 15, 1997) ISBN 0-921215-98-3 Google Books
• Reflections on the Art of Personality by Hidayat Inayat-Khan. 128 pages Publisher: Ekstasis Editions (December 25, 2001) ISBN 1-894800-01-X Google Books
• Once Upon a Time. Early Days Stories About My Beloved Father and Mother by Hidayat Inayat-Khan. 2002
• Reflections on Philosophy, Psychology and Mysticism: Contemplations on Sufi Teachings by Hidayat Inayat-Khan. Ekstasis Editions (2003) 96 pages, ISBN 1-894800-44-3 Google Books
• Reflections on Inner Sufi Teachings by Hidayat Inayat-Khan. Ekstasis Editions (2006) 120 pages, ISBN 1-894800-58-3 Google Books
• Reflections on Spiritual Liberty by Hidayat Inayat-Khan. Ekstasis Editions (October 15, 2007) 122 pages, ISBN 1-897430-14-0
• Spiritual Liberty by Hidayat Inayat-Khan. Readworthy Publications (April 1, 2011) 180 pages ISBN 93-5018-009-X
• Sufi Message of Unity of Religious Ideals Readworthy Publications (April 3, 2012) 102 pages ISBN 93-5018-134-7

in German:

• Eine Fackel in der Dunkelheit von Hidayat Inayat-Khan Heilbronn Verlag (1997) ISBN 3-923000-86-3
• Geistige Freiheit von Hidayat Inayat-Khan. Petama Project Verlag, 185 pages, ISBN 3-907643-00-3
• Es war einmal ... von Hidayat Inayat-Khan. Heilbronn Verlag (1998) 88 pages, ISBN 3-923000-91-X

in Russian:

• "Teaching of the Sufis" Pir-o-Murshid Hadayat Inayat Khan. "Novosibirsk. (2002), 148 pages.

• Hidayat Inayat Khan. La Monotonia, choreography by Petreg Leung. Performers Maria Sasha Khan and Vieslav Dudek (Staatsballett Berlin). 2007 [1]
• Hidayat Inayat Khan. Interview for the program "Chai Time" (Vancouver) [2]
• Hidayat Inayat Khan. "Concerto for strings op 48." Novosibirsk. 09/13/2010. Novosibirsk String Quartet: Hovhannes Giranyan, violin; Alexander Kashcheev, violin; Ilya Tarasenko, viola; Stanislav Ovchinnikov, cello; Victor Murashov, double bass. [3]

• The Wisdom of the Sufis: A Dialogue Between Hidayat Inayat-Khan and Deepak Chopra, (Dialogues at the Chopra Center for Well Being) (Audio Cassette) Hay House Audio Books (February 2000) ISBN 1-56170-734-1