Audio & Video Tracks | CHAPTER 31

Revitalizing Musical Traditions

  • Ref. 31.1
    Improvisation of "Qushtar"
    Performed by Sirojddin Juraev (Tajikistan, dutar), Rebal Alkhodri (Syria, vocal), and Badiaa Bou Hreizi (Tunisia, vocal). Performance at Remix interregional music workshop, Al Ganaina Theater, Al Azhar Park, Cairo, co-produced by Al Mawred Al Thaqafy (Cultural Resource) and the Aga Khan Music Initiative.
    Filmed by Ahmed Zeidan.
  • Ref. 31.2
    Homayun Sakhi
    Homayun Sakhi (Afghanistan/USA, Afghan rubab), leads an arrangement of the Indian raga madhuvanti at Remix interregional music workshop, Al Ganaina Theater, Al Azhar Park Cairo, co-produced by Al Mawred Al Thaqafy (Cultural Resource) and the Aga Khan Music Initiative.
    Filmed by Ahmed Zeidan.
  • Ref. 31.3
    Kronos Quartet and Alim Qasimov
    Excerpt from documentary film by Saodat Ismailova and Carlos Casas in Rainbow: Kronos Quartet with Alim & Fargana Qasimov and Homayun Sakhi (DVD), vol. 8 of Music of Central Asia (SFR, 2010).
  • Ref. 31.4
    "Mehriban Olaq" (Let's be kind)
    Music and lyrics by Shafiqa. String quartet parts arranged for Kronos by Jacob Garchik. Performed by the Kronos Quartet (David Harrington, violin; John Sherba, violin; Hank Dutt, viola; and Jeffrey Zeigler, cello) and the Alim Qasimov Ensemble (Alim Qasimov, vocal; Fargana Qasimova, vocal and daf; Rafael Asgarov, balaban; Rauf Islamov, kamancha; Ali Asgar Mammadov, tar; and Vugar Sharifzadeh, naghara). From Rainbow: Kronos Quartet with Alim & Fargana Qasimov and Homayun Sakhi, vol. 8 of Music of Central Asia (SFR, 2010), track 3.
  • Ref. 31.5
    Excerpt from "Rangin Kaman" (Rainbow)
    Composed by Homayun Sakhi (2008). Arranged by Stephen Prutsman. Performed by Kronos Quartet (David Harrington, violin; John Sherba, violin; Hank Dutt, viola; and Jeffrey Zeigler, cello) and Homayun Sakhi, (Afghan rubab), Salar Nader (tabla), and Abbos Kosimov (doira and qayraq). From Rainbow: Kronos Quartet with Alim & Fargana Qasimov and Homayun Sakhi, vol. 8 of Music of Central Asia (SFR, 2010), track 1.

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