A live interview to present a Kurdish Kamanche player and composer Shahriyar Jamshidi, will be hosted by Ottawa Kurdish Cultural Forum. Jamshidi will be talking briefly about his professional instrument Kamanche how it become a main Kurdish instrument, the role of Music in Kurdish culture. As well, he will focus on his long term interestRead More
Three days public free talk and play Kamānche by Shahriyar Jamshidi at Aga Khan Museum, “Bellerive Room” There is a chance to learn about West-Asian culture particularly Kurdish Music and a bowed instrument called Kamāncheh at Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada. The songs of mountains from Kurds who are living in a area whereRead More
Ten ground-breaking Ontario-based musical acts will ascend the virtual stage on Wednesday for the Aga Khan Museum’s remixTOGETHER Festival. Each artist on the diverse bill takes a much-beloved musical tradition and infuses it with unexpected sonic colors and fresh ideas. Performing from home will challenge their ingenuity even further. Tune in to see artistic innovatorsRead More
As part of his 4-day residency in Toronto, Baaba Maal will be joined by three local artists, active in the Toronto music scene, who work across different genres and practices. Collectively, they will discuss music as a platform for social change, and, by extension, music as a unifying agent. Panelists: Baaba Maal April Aliermo AlannaRead More
Join us for a moving chamber concert that translates the stories of Syria’s war survivors into symphonic form. Meaning Love Syria in Italian, AMATA SIRIA features local musicians performing in the western classical tradition in harmony with the eastern kamancheh. This symphonic work was created exclusively for the Museum by Syrian-Italian composer and conductor Nahel Al Halabi, who willRead More
