2010 Concerts Sponsored by the Aga Khan Music Initiative

Please also see information about the releases of the Music of Central Asia CD/DVD series produced in collaboration with Smithsonian Folkways. In 2010, concerts by the tradition bearers of the Aga Khan Music Initiative and their collaborators will range from New York to Cairo. In addition to individual concerts highlighting specific artists, there will be a number of concerts featuring collaborations between the Kronos Quartet, Homayun Sakhi and Alim Qasimov.

Please also see: 2009 Concerts sponsored by the Aga Khan Music Initiative

31 January
AKMI presentation & concert (AQE), Royal College of Music, Manchester, UK

1-3 March
AKMI residency & concert (AQE), Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA

4-6 March
AKMI residency & concert (AQE), Brandeis University, Boston, USA

12 March
AKMI lecture & concert (AQE), Asia Society, New York, USA

14 March
Kronos Quartet with AKMI artists (AQE & HS), Carnegie Hall/Zankel, New York, USA

30 March
Sacred Music of Central Asia at Semana de Música Sacra , Segovia, Spain

1 April
Sacred Music of Central Asia , Santiago de Compostela, Spain

6 April
Music and voices of Central Asia at Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi TIC Culture Department TBC, multiple events, Abu Dhabi

6 May
AKMI artists from Afghanistan & Uzbekistan, Cairo Spring Festival, Egypt

7 May
AKMI artists from Afghanistan & Uzbekistan, Beirut Spring Festival, Lebanon

9 May
Kronos Quartet with AKMI artists , Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, France

11 May
Kronos Quartet with AKMI artists , Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

29-30 May
Music from Chitral, Tajik & Afghan Badakhshan, Théâtre de la Ville/Abbesses, Paris, France

7 June
Music and Voices from Afghanistan, Festival de Fès des Musiques Sacrées, Morocco

17 June
Chants Qawwâli, Nizamuddin Basti, Cité de la Musique, Paris, France

7 July
Girona Sacred Music Festival, Girona, Spain

13 July
Kronos Quartet with AKMI artists, Festival La Mar de Músicas , Cartagena, Spain

19 July
Kronos Quartet with AKMI artists, Les Nuits de Fourvière, Théâtres gallo-romains de Fourvière, Lyon, France

24 July,
AKMI presentation & concert (AQE), WOMAD Festival TBC, Wiltshire, UK

September
Music and Voices of Central Asia, Notes d'Equinoxe Festival, Delémont, Switzerland

21 November
AKMI commissions: New music from India & Afghanistan , Théâtre de la Ville, Paris TBC, France

December
AKMI commissions: New music from Central Asia & Middle East, London Jazz Festival, UK

Aga Khan Trust for Culture

2010 Concerts Sponsored by the Aga Khan Music Initiative