Toronto Music Event: Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia

Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia:
Nomads, Mystics and Troubadours
Credit: Roy Thomson Hall

October 14, 2007 update to the concert announcement:
Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia has been postponed.
(NEW DATES TBA)
Ticket holders will be notified as soon as a new date has been confirmed.
Tickets held for Oct. 12 will be honored on the new date.
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Roy Thomson Hall presents
Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia: Nomads, Mystics and Troubadours

Friday, October 12, 2007
Time: 8:00 pm

Riveting, virtuosic, gifted — 18 musicians from six countries present a cultural tapestry of the rich musical and poetic traditions of Central Asia. It’s a sophisticated multi-media event: brief documentary films give the music context, live camera feeds provide close-ups of the artists, and super-titled lyrics present the texts of Rumi, Hafez and more.

Program features: Alim Qasimov Ensemble, Bardic Divas & Badakhshan Ensemble

This is a Share the Music event.

Roy Thomson Hall
Location & Directions: 60 Simcoe Street, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2H5
(at the corner of King and Simcoe Streets)
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Tickets: $59.50 - $39.50
Box Office: (416) 872-4255

Sponsored by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture-Music Initiative and World Music Institute.

WMI Tours 2007/8: Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia: Nomads, Mystics and Troubadours
Credit: World Music Institute

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Audio and Video Clips of Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia on World Music Institute Website

Alim Qasimov Ensemble

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Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia (AKMICA)

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ANTHOLOGY
The “Music of Central Asia” series is a co-production of the Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia and the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. The aim of the series, released worldwide by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, is to present leading exponents of Central Asia’s rich and diverse musical heritage to listeners outside the region. As a new generation of talented performers reinterprets this heritage — much of it ruptured or lost during the Soviet era — older traditions are reanimated and transformed. Music of Central Asia documents the work of musicians who represent both a mastery of their own tradition and a contemporary spirit of innovation expressed through new approaches to performance style, repertory, and technique. Each release includes a DVD with a documentary film on the featured performers as well as a map, musical instrument glossary, and short introduction to Music of Central Asia and the Aga Khan Music Initiative. These intimate, often poignant, musical portraits bring to life a group of remarkable artists whose creative achievements proclaim Central Asia’s prominence on any musical map of the world.

Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia
Alim & Fargana Qasimov, Badakhshan Ensemble, Bardic Divas
Saturday, October 27, 2007 8:30 pm
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
West 57th St and 7th Avenue
New York

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