Music Initiative at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

In the Footsteps of Babur: Musical Encounters from the Lands of the Mughals”
Geneva, 18 November 2011 – As part of the opening of New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum will co-present a concert of new music featuring music commissioned by the Aga Khan Music Initiative on 9 December 2011.


The concert, entitled “In the Footsteps of Babur: Musical Encounters from the Lands of the Mughals”, features musicians from the Music Initiative’s roster:

• Homayun Sakhi, Afghan rubab;
• Rahul Sharma, santur;
• Salar Nader, tabla and zerbaghali;
• Sirojiddin Juraev, dutar and tanbur; and
• Mukhtor Muborakqadomov, Badakhshani setar.

Homayun Sakhi, who leads the ensemble, is the most renowned virtuoso of the Afghan rubab (short-necked, double-chambered lute) of his generation. For more information about Homayun Sakhi, please see the Music Initiative website.  For inforrmation about ordering the CD/DVD of the ensemble's music, please see Smithsonian Folkways.
http://www.akdn.org/Content/1097