The March 2006 USA tour of Via Kabul: Central Asia Without Borders — presented and curated by the Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia — features three groups of performers: Tengir-Too, from Kyrgyzstan, The Academy of Shashmaqâm, from Tajikistan, and Homayoun Sakhi and Taryalai Hashimi, from Afghanistan (via California). 

All of these performers are featured on Music of Central Asia, volumes 1-3, which is being released by Smithsonian Folkways in March 2006. The innovative series, which will eventually comprise 10 volumes, includes a CD as well as a DVD featuring a documentary film on the musicians as well as interactive instrument glossaries and maps.

The Concert schedule is as follows:

American Concert Premiere
03/15/2006
Freer Gallery of Art, Meyer Auditorium, Washington, DC
Tickets: $18.00 - 25.00,
Performance: 7:30 pm

03/16/2006
Freer Gallery of Art, Meyer Auditorium, Washington, DC
Tickets: $18.00 - 25.00,
Performance: 7:30 pm

03/18/2006
Alfred Lerner Hall, Black Box Theatre, 5th Floor, Columbia University, New York
Free Admission,
Performance: 2:00 p.m. Interactive Family Concert, Ages: 6 to 17

03/21/2006
Miller Theater (Columbia University), New York
Tickets $25,
Performance: 8:00 p.m.

03/24/2006
Rudder Theater, College Station, TX
Free admission with ticket.
Performance: 8 pm

03/25/2006
KiMo Theater, Albuquerque, NM
Tickets: $20.00 - 25.00,
Performance: 8 pm

04/04/2006
Hall Auditorium (Miami University), Oxford, Ohio
Tickets: $5.00 - 10.00,
Performance: 7:30 pm

For more information:

Venues and tickets, please see the home of the USA tour.

About "Via Kabul" events.

Press enquiries, please contact:

In the USA:
Dmitri Vietze
rock paper scissors
216 west allen street, suite 137
Bloomington, in 47403 USA
Tel. +1.812.339.1195
Fax +1.801.729.4911
E-mail: music@rockpaperscissors.biz  
Website: http://www.rockpaperscissors.biz  

In Europe:
Sam Pickens
Information Officer
Aga Khan Development Network
P.O. Box 2049
1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland
Tel: (+41 22) 909 7277
Fax: (+41 22) 909 7292
Mobile: (+41 78) 661 8714
E-mail: info@akdn.org