Aga Khan Music Initiative Launches University Residency Series 2012 in United States

Geneva, 8 February 2012 - Following the success of its 2010 University Residency Series, the Aga Khan Music Initiative is launching a new programme of workshops, lecture-demonstrations and concert performances at seven prestigious American colleges and universities: Brandeis, Dartmouth, Emory, Harvard, Stanford, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Maryland.
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Musical conversation across cultures enthrals audience at the Ismaili Centre, Dubai

Twelve inspiring and talented artists from across the Middle East and Central Asia performed a beautiful and thought-provoking concert at the Ismaili Centre, Dubai recently. Mirroring the diversity of the musicians was an audience captivated by the performance.

The Aga Khan Music Initiative and Al Mawred Al Thaqafy Bring Together Arab and Central Asian Musicians at Sixth Remix Music Workshop in Aswan

Aswan, 18 September 2011 - The Aga Khan Music Initiative and Al Mawred Al Thaqafy (Culture Resource) launched the Sixth Remix music workshop and tour under the leadership of Egyptian music director Fathy Salama and Lebanese composer and oud player Charbel Rouhana
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Collaboration between the Kronos Quartet and the Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia

The Aga Khan Music Initiative and the San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet have inaugurated a pioneering musical collaboration that brings the quartet together with leading musicians from Azerbaijan and Afghanistan to compose, arrange, and perform new music rooted in Central Asian tradition. Founded 35 years ago, Kronos is celebrated for its singular commitment to expanding the range and context of the string quartet. In 2008, the AKMICA-Kronos collaboration will produce two music programmes, and world premieres of both programmes have already been booked by leading arts presenting organisations. The first programme, featuring compositions by Homayoun Sakhi for Afghan rubab, tabla, and string quartet, is to be premiered at the Yerba Buena Arts Center Festival in San Francisco on 2 August, 2008. The second programme, featuring works for the Kronos Quartet and the Alim Qasimov Ensemble, is scheduled to open the Ramadan Nights series at the Barbican Arts Centre in London on 26 September, 2008.



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Remix Asia: A Catalyst for New Music

Aleppo, Syria, 18/10/2009 - Nineteen musicians from eight countries in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia participated in Remix Asia, a workshop and concert tour created in collaboration with the Aga Khan Music Initiative.

	Participants from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan in Remix Asia concert at El Genaina Theatre in Al Azhar Park, Cairo. Photo credit: AKDN
	Nargesse Salmouna and Yosra Hamzaoui, Remix Asia participants from Tunisia. Photo credit: AKDN
	Mohammad Ali (violin), and Basel Rajoub (saxophone), Remix Asia participants from Egypt and Syria. Photo credit: AKDN
	Ney solo by Moslem Rahal (Syria) at Rajab Pasha House, Aleppo. Photo credit: AKDN
	Alim Qasimov (Azerbaijan), one of three music directors of Remix Asia performing at Dar al-Assad Centre for Culture and Arts, Damascus. Photo credit: AKDN
	Concert at Dar al-Assad Centre for Culture and Arts, Damascus. Photo credit: AKDN
	Performance of "Bashraf and Qassida Fi Rahat-al-Arwah" by Mustafa Said at Dar al-Assad Centre for Culture and Arts, Damascus. Photo credit: AKDN
	Solo by Fargana Qasimova (Azerbaijan), Dar al-Assad Centre for Culture and Arts, Damascus. Photo credit: AKDN

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