Tag: Video
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Embassy of India: ‘The Rhythm of Kathak’
‘The Rhythm of Kathak’ featuring sarangi musician Murad Ali Khan and classical Kathak danseuse Mahua Shankar. Born into a family of musicians originally from Moradabad, Murad Ali Khan is a sixth generation sarangi player. He is presently regarded as one of the leading sarangi players of the younger generation, and comes from a lineage of…
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Muwashahat
‘Muwashahat’ featuring musician and conductor Adel Abdul-Aziz, Yousef Bara, and the Angham Sharq Music Band. Muwashah is a type of vocal composition common in modern classical Arabic songs which follows the rules of muwashah poetry with respect to the number of lines, the length of the line, meter, and rhyme. It is a sophisticated musical…
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Embassy of Czech Republic: ‘Prague Guitar Quartet’
‘Prague Guitar Quartet’, an ensemble of 4 virtuosos – Marek Veleminsky, Vaclav Kucera, Matej Freml, Patrick Vacik. The Quartet’s repertoire has grown to over a ten hours of music transcending all styles and periods from Renaissance to the present times. Bach, Vivaldi, de Falla, Ravel and others are the musical foundations on which they have…
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Trip to Iran
Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (DAI) organises cultural expeditions for its members, Friends of Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, to a nearby region. This year that place is the Islamic Republic of Iran. From 14- 25 April, Friend of Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah will explore the Persian lands with pre-arranged accommodations, transportation, meals; and of course guides that are well-versed…