One of the striking things about this music is how surprisingly accessible it is to Western ears, compared to, say, Indian or Chinese music. Fairouz Nishanova, a director of the Aga Khan Trust, ...

The Aga Khan Music Awards heads to the UK for the first time at venues across London's Southbank from 20th-23rd November 2025.

Music of Central Asia, the Aga Khan Music Initiative's panoramic 10-volume audio-visual survey of contemporary tradition-based music from Central Eurasia, produced in conjunction with Smithsonian ...

This month's Transglobal World Music Chart has plenty of interesting new albums, with many released to coincide with the ...

The Aga Khan Music Initiative Ensemble is a collective of master musicians who create new music inspired by their own deep roots in the cultural heritage of the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin, ...

LONDON, July 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Aga Khan Music Awards heads to the UK for the first time at venues across London's Southbank from 20th-23rd November 2025. The four-day music festival ...

The inaugural Aga Khan Music Awards, a three-day event held last weekend in Lisbon, celebrated nearly 20 years of wide-ranging work dedicated to the preservation of ancient and threatened cultures, an ...

World music star Wu Man—a founding member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad Ensemble—hosts and performs in this debut broadcast of new music by artists from the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, and China ...

I vividly remember celebrating when Shah Karim Aga Khan IV announced the Aga Khan Music Initiative — a moment of validation that artistic expression is a meaningful avenue of faith.

Nishanova has served as the director of the Aga Khan Music Initiative at the Geneva-based Trust for Culture since 2005. The Initiative was launched by His Highness the Aga Khan to support talented ...

LONDON, July 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Aga Khan Music Awards heads to the UK for the first time at venues across London's Southbank from 20th-23rd November 2025. The four-day music festival ...