About This Event
Join IMRC for Dinner and Qawwali event at Ehlers Event Center – Heritage Hall, Buena Park, 90620 on Friday October 16th, 2026 at 6:30pm
Overview:
About this Event
IMRC presents an evening of traditional qawwali music with Bilal Chishty. Proceeds from this event will benefit IMRC's Programs.
- $200 - Preferred table of 8.
- $30 - Individual Tickets
Speaker:
Zakir Gunja:
Zakir Gunja was recently named a member of the Prudential Advisors’ President Council. This program, established in 2011, recognizes the prestigious achievement of top-performing financial professionals. This distinguished affiliation reflects an extraordinary commitment to helping clients achieve financial well-being by offering insurance and financial products that support their individual financial goals, whether estate planning strategies, business needs or retirement plans. Zakir Gunja, a resident of Diamond Bar, is active with many charitable organizations. He is married for forty years, his wife is a physical therapist; with son's ages 39 and 36 and daughter age 30, both sons graduated of Ivy League colleges, and daughter, a graduate of Evergreen State College in Washington State. He has been an IMRC supporter & volunteer for more than 30 years.
Entertainment by Qawwali artist Bilal Chishty:
Bilal Chishty (also known as Dhruv Sangari), is a Sufi vocalist, lyricist, composer and scholar based in New Delhi. He leads a number of well known bands including ‘Rooh Sufi Ensemble’, ‘Humble Mystic’ and the Washington DC based ‘National Sufi Ensemble’.
Bilal learned classical music at a young age and soon developed an interest in sufi music and began learning qawwali under Ustad Meraj Ahmed Nizami, of the Delhi gharana. Bilal has a Masters degree in Hindustani classical music and has been performing professionally since 2001. Over the last two decades he has taught at a number of schools and universities both in India and overseas. Currently, in addition to his full time recording and performing career, he holds the position of Co-Founder and Executive Director at the Naadvistaar Foundation for Music.
Known as the ‘Prince of Qawwali’, Bilal has performed on Coke Studio MTV and at many prestigious US institutions like the Kennedy Center, Stanford University and the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art.
Supporting Musicians:
Raj Sharma – Dholak
Deepak Kumar – Tabla
TBD - Keyboard & Sound
Lives in Corona, CA. from Chandagarh, Punjab. Has a Masters in Music. He’s taught music for 12 years. Deepak’s playing Tabla from his teenage years.
About This Event
Join IMRC for Dinner and Qawwali event at Ehlers Event Center – Heritage Hall, Buena Park, 90620 on Friday October 16th, 2026 at 6:30pm
Overview:
About this Event
IMRC presents an evening of traditional qawwali music with Bilal Chishty. Proceeds from this event will benefit IMRC's Programs.
- $200 - Preferred table of 8.
- $30 - Individual Tickets
Speaker:
Zakir Gunja:
Zakir Gunja was recently named a member of the Prudential Advisors’ President Council. This program, established in 2011, recognizes the prestigious achievement of top-performing financial professionals. This distinguished affiliation reflects an extraordinary commitment to helping clients achieve financial well-being by offering insurance and financial products that support their individual financial goals, whether estate planning strategies, business needs or retirement plans. Zakir Gunja, a resident of Diamond Bar, is active with many charitable organizations. He is married for forty years, his wife is a physical therapist; with son's ages 39 and 36 and daughter age 30, both sons graduated of Ivy League colleges, and daughter, a graduate of Evergreen State College in Washington State. He has been an IMRC supporter & volunteer for more than 30 years.
Entertainment by Qawwali artist Bilal Chishty:
Bilal Chishty (also known as Dhruv Sangari), is a Sufi vocalist, lyricist, composer and scholar based in New Delhi. He leads a number of well known bands including ‘Rooh Sufi Ensemble’, ‘Humble Mystic’ and the Washington DC based ‘National Sufi Ensemble’.
Bilal learned classical music at a young age and soon developed an interest in sufi music and began learning qawwali under Ustad Meraj Ahmed Nizami, of the Delhi gharana. Bilal has a Masters degree in Hindustani classical music and has been performing professionally since 2001. Over the last two decades he has taught at a number of schools and universities both in India and overseas. Currently, in addition to his full time recording and performing career, he holds the position of Co-Founder and Executive Director at the Naadvistaar Foundation for Music.
Known as the ‘Prince of Qawwali’, Bilal has performed on Coke Studio MTV and at many prestigious US institutions like the Kennedy Center, Stanford University and the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art.
Supporting Musicians:
Raj Sharma – Dholak
Deepak Kumar – Tabla
TBD - Keyboard & Sound
Lives in Corona, CA. from Chandagarh, Punjab. Has a Masters in Music. He’s taught music for 12 years. Deepak’s playing Tabla from his teenage years.