Fareed Ayaz

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Fareed Ayaz Qawwal
Origin	Pakistan
Genre(s)	Qawwali
Instrument(s)	harmonium

Ustad Ghulam Fariduddin Ayaz Al-Hussaini Qawwal is a renowed Pakistani Qawwal.

Fareed Ayaz Qawwal belongs to the best-known gharana of Qawwali, Qawwal Bachchon Ka Gharana of Delhi. Fareed Ayaz started his training in classical music at a tender age under the rigorous and critical tutelage of his late father, Ustad Munshi Raziuddin Ahmed Khan, who himself was an outstanding Qawwal and classical musician and a recipient of the Pride of Performance medal. Fareed Ayaz is an accomplished musician in the genre of classical music in the traditional classical music. He has been performing professionally for the last thirty years, and not only has performed extensively at the national and international level but has been a cultural representative for Pakistan abroad. Fareed Ayaz Qawwal & Bros. have performed in the United Kingdom, USA, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Portugal, Austria, India, Kenya, Nepal, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Croatia, Turkey, Morocco, Greece, Egypt, Bulgaria, Tunisia, Belgium, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan.

Fareed Ayaz has total mastery over various genres of classical music, such as dhrupad, khayal, tarana, thumri and dadra, which he blends beautifully during his performances of Qawwali. His mastery over classical music was acclaimed at the All Pakistan Music Conference's annual festival in 2005, where he was invited to perform as a classical musician. Fareed Ayaz is well-versed and can perform in several languages, namey Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi, Pushto, Hindi, Poorbi, Bengali, Marathi, Persian, Arabic, and Turkish in addition to Japanese.