Hor Hazreti Hamza

Was founded in 1993 during the aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina. The choir came together in the mosque Hazreti Hamza in the urban part of Sarajevo. Initially, the choir performed only in Sarajevo; this was during the war years when choir members were between 9 and 12 years old. Ilahis and Qasidas are forms of Islamic religious music in Bosnia. The choir is one of the best representatives of this form of music in Bosnia. The choir is part of the Naqshbandi order tradition, and after the war, they got in touch with this form of Sufi music. The choir has four of their own CD albums that have been very successful. Two of them are published in Bosnia: the first one is "JEDNA JE ISTINA" (Truth is One) 2004, and the other is "LEPTIR" (Butterfly) 2006; and their first CD in Turkey "KELEBEK" (Butterfly) 2007, "PUTNIK" (Voyager) 2010.

Many Sufi and music festivals are in our history, some of them are: Mystical Journey Tour of the USA and Canada, Sufi Festival of Karachi, Les Villes du Ramadan in Paris, Ask in Sarajevo, Balkan Trafik - Brussels, and many others.

The choir has, at this point, 15 regular members and 10 more that are in cooperation with the choir. The choir is working also as part of the Society for the Affirmation of Sacred Music and Culture "Hazreti Hamza" that is established by the choir members to help preserve old Sufi music in Bosnia.

The choir performs: Sufi music, Ilahije i Kaside (Sufi music), New Age Muslim religious music (they are one of the pioneers of this form), Pop music.