VIDEO: 2019 0331 Mohammad Reza Sharjarian - Patron's Award
Both within Iran and worldwide, Mohammad Reza Shajarian is widely considered the foremost living exponent of Persian classical music (dastgah). ...
VIDEO: 2019 0331 Gurminj Museum of Musical Instruments - AKMA Laureate
The Gurminj Museum of Musical Instruments was established in 1990 by renowned Tajik actor and musician Gurminj Zavkibekov (1929-2003) to showcase an extensive private collection of musical instruments from his native Badakhshan. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0331 Farhod Halimov - AKMA Laureate
Farhod Halimov is a singer, ghijak (spike fiddle) player, tanbur (long-necked lute) player, and composer of Tajik descent who performs music from the maqom tradition of Samarkand and Bukhara. ...
Aga Khan Music Awards: A thrilling celebration of music from the Islamic world
theartsdesk.com, 3, April, 2019 The inaugural Aga Khan Music Awards, a three-day event held last weekend in Lisbon, celebrated nearly 20 years of wide-ranging work dedicated to the preservation of ancient ...
VIDEO: 20190 331 Franghiz Alizadeh - AKMA Laureate
Azerbaijani composer and pianist Franghiz AliZadeh has produced a prolific body of classical concert music that draws inspiration from Azerbaijan's venerable musical and literary traditions. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0331 Oumou Sangaré - AKMA Laureate
Oumou Sangaré is a celebrated Malian singer-songwriter widely known as "The Songbird of Wassoulou." ...
VIDEO: 2019 0331 Dariush Talai - AKMA Laureate
Dariush Talai is an Iranian tar and setar player, musicologist, composer, and educator who has become internationally recognised for his many contributions to the world of Persian art music. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0331 Baddia Bouhrizi - AKMA Laureate
Badiaa Bouhrizi, also known by her stage name Neysatu, is a singer-songwriter and composer who represents the alternative music scene in Tunisia. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0331 Ballake Sissoko - AKMA Laureate
Ballake Sissoko is a Malian kora player and composer who is considered to be one of the most important musicians of his generation. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0331 Omnibus Ensemble - AKMA Laureate
Omnibus Ensemble was established in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 2004 by a group of adventurous young musicians who, as they explained, "shared the aim of performing music never before heard in Central Asia." ...
VIDEO: 2019 0330 Ejaz Sher Ali Khan - AKMA Performance Finalist
Ejaz Sher Ali Khan is a Pakistani singer and harmonium player who takes an innovative approach to qawwali while honouring the roots of its tradition. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0330 Asin Khan Langa - AKMA Performance Finalist
Asin Khan Langa is a vocalist and sarangi player who performs folk music and Sufi poetry sung to both traditional and improvised accompaniment. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0330 Nasim Siabishahrivar - AKMA Performance Finalist
Nasim Siabishahrivar is an Iranian singer who specialises in the vocal repertoire of Persian classical music. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0330 Mohamad Osman - AKMA Performance Finalist
Mohamad Osman is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and music teacher from Syria. Born in Jarabulus in 1975, he began his musical studies playing the buzuq (lute) during his early childhood. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0330 Arash Mohafez - AKMA Performance Finalist
Arash Mohafez is a musician, ethnomusicologist, and composer whose work has established him at the forefront of the Iranian neoclassical movement. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0330 Ahmad Al Khatib - AKMA Performance Finalist
Ahmad Al Khatib began learning the oud at an early age with Palestinian master musician Ahmad Abdel Qasem, and later studied musicology and Western classical cello at Yarmouk University in Jordan, from which he graduated with honours in 1997. ...
VIDEO: The Moon: A Voyage Through Time March 9 - August 18, 2019
Take a journey to The Moon and a Voyage Through Time at the Aga Khan Museum. Join staff that can give a behind the scenes perspective on how the moon is represented in faith, science and the arts. Since the dawn of civilization, the moon has captivated cultures. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, The Moon: A ...
VIDEO: 2019 0330 Huda Asfour - AKMA Performance Finalist
Huda Asfour is a Palestinian oud and qanun player, composer, educator, social entrepreneur, and engineer. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0330 Nai Barghouti - AKAM Performance Finalist
Nai Barghouti is a Palestinian singer, composer and flute player. At the age of 14, she launched her professional singing career and completed her studies in classical flute performance at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music in Palestine. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0330 Reza Parvizade - AKMA Performance Finalist
Reza Parvizade is a kamancheh player from Lorestan, Iran. He began his music training playing the kamancheh in the Lori tradition, and later studied the Persian classical dastgah system. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0331 Oumou Sangaré and Ballake Sissoko - AKMA Special performance
AKMA concert in Lisbon, Portugal. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0330 Shahou Andalibi - AKMA Performance Finalist
Shahou Andalibi is an Iranian multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, and music teacher with an extensive background in traditional music from the Middle East. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0330 Burak Kaynarca - AKMA Performance Finalist
Burak Kaynarca is a Turkish oud player and musicologist who specialises in the performance and study of Turkish classical music. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0330 Sougata Roy Chowdhury - AKMA Performance Finalist
Sougata Roy Chowdhury is a sarod player who has been recognised as one of the most talented up-and-coming Hindustani classical musicians of his generation. ...
Forbes.com: Project To Build Ismaili Center Houston, First in U.S.
Published April 2, 2019 A prime, vacant parcel near Houston's Buffalo Bayou and sited just west of downtown is slated for the first Ismaili Center in the U.S., joining a series ...
VIDEO: 2019 0331 Mustafa Said - AKMA Laureate
Mustafa Said is an Egyptian oud player, singer, composer, musicologist, and music teacher. Born and raised in Cairo, Said was introduced to music as a child and learned to read and write music in Braille at an early age. ...
Rays of Light, a global exhibition comes to Islamabad
Pakistan -- The Aga Khan Foundation is hosting the "Rays of Light" exhibition at the Serena Hotel Islamabad from 2-3 April 2019. The exhibit, which was first inaugurated in Paris in 2008, is a unique, experiential journey showcasing the contributions of Mawlana Hazar Imam to human development. Pakistan's Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination, the Honorable Makhdum Aamir ...
The uncreative mind can spot ...
AZQUOTES.COM -- "The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions." -- Antony Jay ...
Miraj
Para os muçulmanos de todo o mundo, o Mi'raj é uma ocasião em que se assinala a viagem espiritual do Profeta Muhammad (que a paz esteja com ele e com a sua família) aos sete céus. De acordo com a tradição, certa noite, estando o Profeta a dormir, foi acordado pelo anjo Jibra'il que lhe pediu para montar uma criatura alada ...
VIDEO: 2019 0330 AKMA concert with Homayoun Sakhi
Rangin Kaman composed by Homayoun Sakhi. Concert featuring Gulbenkian Orchestra, conductor Pedro Neves, and Homayoun Sakhi, Afgan rubab; Abbos Kosimov, doira, qayraq; Siar Hashimi, tabla. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0330 AKMA concert with Sirojiddin Juraev
Suite for Dutar and Orchestra composed and arranged by Sirojiddin Juraev. Concert featuring Gulbenkian Orchestra, conductor Pedro Neves. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0330 AKMA concert with Feras Charestan
Samai composed by Feras Charestan. Concert featuring Gulbenkian Orchestra, conductor Pedro Neves. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0330 AKMA concert in Lisbon
Tashkent composed by Basel Rajoub. Concert featuring Gulbenkian Orchestra, conductor Pedro Neves, and master Musicians of the Aga Khan Music Initiative. ...
VIDEO: 2019 0330 AKMA concert with Basel Rajoub
Golden waves composed by Basel Rajoub. Concert featuring Gulbenkian Orchestra, conductor Pedro Neves, and Master Musicians of the Aga Khan Music Initiative. ...
Walāyah in the Fātimid Ismā'īlī Tradition
Book review by: Shafique N. Virani, Distinguished Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto. The Fāṭimid caliphate was the apogee of Shīʿī Ismaili political successes. Among the dynasty's most ...
Zulfikar Hirji: To humanize Muslims, let's start in the classroom
A number of years ago, my son came home from school excited to tell me that he was studying the medieval era. "That's great," I said. "Where?" Looking confused, he turned ...
Walt Disney on How to Stay Motivated and Bounce Back From Failure In Life
MAYOOSHIN.COM -- Long before Disney's success, and the fairy-tale, 'happily ever after' Disney films, Disney lived a much less privileged life. A life of poverty, adversity and failure. At the tender age of nine years old, Disney was working seven days a week as a newspaper delivery boy for his father's newspaper business. Unlike other kids his age, Disney would wake up at 3.30 a.m. each day, deliver newspapers before heading to school and return back to work before the end of the school day. The work was especially grueling during the winter. Oftentimes, Disney would ...
GALLERY: Aga Khan Music Awards - Prize-giving Ceremony
Lisbon, Portugal, 31 March 2019 - The gala concert and prize-giving ceremony recognised all the laureates and finalists of the Aga Khan Music Awards 2019. It was attended by His Highness the Aga Khan, Prince Amyn Aga Khan, Prince Hussain Aga Khan, Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan, and His Excellency the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. ...
Portugal Awarded National Citizenship to His Highness the Aga Khan
Google Translated Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary Imam and spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, is the latest Portuguese citizen . The announcement was made by the President of the ...
His Highness the Aga Khan donates three paintings to Ancient Art and Soares dos Reis museums
Google Translated 29 March 2019, Lisbon, Portugal The curator of the culture folder was speaking at a ceremony to deliver two paintings by the painter Bento Coelho da Silveira (1617-1708) to ...
