Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia
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The Smithsonian Folklife Festival and the Aga Khan Music Initiative in
Central AsiaThe Aga Khan Trust for Culture is the lead funder and creative partner of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and The Silk Road Project, Inc. At the same time the Trust promotes Central Asian music in Europe and North America, it is also working through the auspices of the Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia for the preservation and promotion of traditional music at the heart of the Silk Road.
The long-term goals are to revitalise the study and performance of traditional music and to make local festivals artistically and financially self-sustaining.
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The 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, to be held 26 - 30 June 2002 and July 3 - 7 2002 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C, USA, features 350 traditional artists - musicians, dancers, craftsmen, storytellers, artists, cooks, and more - from 20 nations including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, the United States and Uzbekistan.
Preserving and Promoting Traditional Music of the Silk Road (Click on the image to download PDF).
For more information on the Aga Khan Trust for Culture's activities in Central Asian Music, please see the information backgrounder Preserving and Promoting Traditional Music of the Silk Road (PDF, 61KB, English) and the Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia page.
The Silk Road Project, an ongoing series of concerts and festivals. The Trust is the lead funding agency and creative partner of the Silk Road Project, which was founded by reknowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma to "study the ebb and flow of ideas among different cultures along the Silk Road" and "plant the seeds of new artistic and cultural growth...".
For more information on Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Project, Inc., please see the Silk Road Project website.
Also see the Calendar of concerts on the Silk Road Project website.
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