Hidayat Inayat Khan and Jordan Zinovich Reading
New York City, April 24, 2005
From 4-6 pm on Sunday, April 24th, at the FusionArts Museum, 57 Stanton
Street, Hidayat Inayat Khan will launch his latest title, *Reflections on
Inner Sufi Teachings* in conjunction with the launch of *The Company I
Keep* a new poetry collection by Jordan Zinovich, a Canadian writer
resident in New York. The event is free and refreshments will be
provided.
Hidayat Inayat Khan is the leader of the International Sufi Movement, a
global philosophical organization based in the Netherlands. His father
was one of India's greatest musicians, and his grandfather was known as
the "Beethoven of India." His sister was the well known W.W.II heroine,
Noorunisa Inayat Khan (code name Madeleine), who received both the Croix
de Guerre and the George Cross and is the subject of the recent
biographical novel *The Tiger Claw.* Hidayat is a composer whose
symphonies, string quartets and choral works have been performed by
important European orchestras and are available on disk. His music blends
modern western composition (he studied in Paris under the renowned Nadia
Boulanger) with ancient Indian ragas for a true 'Fusion' of the
traditional and the avant-garde.
*Reflections on Inner Sufi Teachings* is
the latest in a series of books he has written interpreting Sufi teachings
for contemporary readers — all of which are published by Ekstasis
Editions of Victoria, BC under the Mystic Ocean Imprint (see
www.ekstasiseditions.com or www.canadabooks.ca).
Jordan Zinovich is a senior editor with the Autonomedia Collective. He
has authored seven books, was an early associate of The Unbearables,
helped birth the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, is an active member of the
Amsterdam Balloon Company, and is one of the organizers of the annual
Fiery Tongues Poetry Festival — which takes place every Whitsun weekend
in Amsterdam, Holland. *The Company I Keep* is his first publication with
Ekstasis Editions.
The FusionArts Museum launch is sponsored by FusionArts Museum and
Ekstasis Editions. It is one of a series of April events celebrating
poetry and the International Sufi Movement, including two notable ones: at
7 pm Tuesday, April 19, the Canadian Consulate and Poet's House will host
a reception celebrating Canadian poetry. (Contact Poet's House (212)
431-7920 for further information.) And on Friday, April 22, at 7:30 pm
Hidayat Khan's string quartet "La Monotonia," which is dedicated to his
martyred sister, will be performed as part of an evening of Sufi mystical
music and arts at St. Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue.
(Further
information is available from:
aishah1@iwon.com
