Os Prémios Aga Khan para a Música anunciaram hoje os membros do Grande Júri para o Ciclo de Prémios 2020-2022, que se irá reunir em Julho para selecionar os vencedores e finalistas de um prémio total 500 000 dólares.
Como parte do 16.º Festival Primavera da Cultura no Bahrein, os Mestres Músicos Aga Khan estiveram envolvidos numa residência de seis dias que consistiu em workshops participativos de produção musical para estudantes do ensino secundário, masterclasses com músicos locais e um concerto público.
Genebra, Suíça, 1 de Novembro de 2021 - Já estão abertas as nomeações para o ciclo 2020-22 dos Prémios Aga Khan para a Música. Estas condecorações trienais, com um total de 500 mil dólares distribuídos em prémios, distinguem a criatividade, o potencial e o empreendedorismo de exceção na área da música que tenham sobressaído em culturas moldadas pelo Islão.
Ayaan Allarakhia, 14-year-old Grade 9 student at the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa, Kenya, has been passionate about music his whole life. His new song and music video Unaweza (“You can”) – which has over 12,000 views on YouTube – reminds people “to know that this pandemic is just a passing cloud and to remind [them] that we can stay strong during this trying time.”
One of the Malian virtuoso of the Kora, Ballake Sissoko, released a new album. Titled "Djourou" or rope in Bamanankan, this opus is the result of its collaboration with eight other performers and instrumentalists.
The Aga Khan Master Musicians, a six-person ensemble brought together by the Aga Khan Music Programme to explore how musical innovation can contribute to the revitalisation of cultural heritage, made its North American debut last week in three specially-produced concert films commissioned and bro
The Aga Khan Master Musicians (AKMM), a six-person ensemble brought together by the Aga Khan Music Programme to explore how musical innovation can contribute to the revitalisation of cultural heritage, is making its North American debut this week in three specially-produced concert films commissioned and broadcast by prestigious arts presenters: Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College (10 Nov.); the Aga Khan Museum (13 Nov.), and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Asian Art (14 Nov.).