Sirojiddin Juraev dutar, tanbur, sato; Alim Qasimov Ensemble
Date
Thu 14 Jul 2016, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 90 minutes in duration, without an interval
Availability
Artists
Sirojiddin Juraevdutar, tanbur, sato
Alim Qasimov Ensemble
Overview
Linked by a millennium-old tradition of classical music known variouslyas mugham, maqom, and muqam, the celebrated Azerbaijani vocalistsAlim Qasimov and his daughter, Fargana, accompanied by their four-manensemble, are paired with Tajik instrumentalist Sirojiddin Juraev, theleading dutar player of his generation and an influential composer ofnew tradition-based music.
This concert is generously presented in collaboration with the Aga Khan Music Initiative, a programme of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (www.akdn.org/what-we-do/music)