Hidayat inayat khan biography of nancy
Born in New Zealand but raised in Australia, Nancy studied journalism in London before moving to France.!
In 1913 Lucien Guitry organised Prof. Inayat Khan‘s first concert in Paris, where Claude Debussy was also inspired by the charm of Indian music.
Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Kahn was born to an Indian father and American mother (Noor-un-Nisa was the name her family used to refer to her).
He learned to play the Vina. Later, my father met Scriabin in Moscow, to whom he handed several Indian melodies. One of them, Dance of the Sword was taken by the Russian composer for his symphony, which was to be performed under the title Mystères‘, but, due to the Russian Revolution never came to completion.
It was again in Moscow, where my father met the son of Sergey Tolstoi.
Jointly they planned, with the help of the Russian composer Vladimir Pohl, the performance of a musical theatre.
In 1922 my father created the International Sufi Movement, a movement of Unity of Religious ideals, a philosophical school with various cultural activities.
My mother Ora-Ray Baker-Inayat-Khan was born in 1882 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Her ancestors were of French (Claude Bernard) and bavarian origin (Family Kemp). My mother&l