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The Orchestral Music of Afghanistan:
Looking Forward

Promoting the flourishing of Afghanistan's orchestral music internationally

Featured Composition
HOPE

Mohammad Qambar Nawshad, composer

News and Events

The Orchestral Music of Afghanistan

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

Qais Essar, rubab

Thur 15 Jun 2023

Sheldonian Theatre

Oxford 

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Composer Elaha Soroor in conversation and in concert

Composing 'Baran'

Fri 10 Feb 2023

The University of Sheffield

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"The Taliban found music..."

Richard Morrison

Tues 5 July 2022

The Times

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Music Matters w/Tom Service

BBC Radio 3

Sat 25 June 11.45

Mon 27 June 22.00

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Concert in Solidarity With Afghan Musicians

Longy School of Music

Mon 20 Mar 2023

First Church

11 Garden Street

Cambridge, MA

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Filling the silence: The powerful music of  Afghanistan's...

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Fri 26 Aug 2022

The University of Sheffield

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Spitalfields Music Festival 

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

EartH, London

Tues 5 July 2022

7.30pm

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9 Composers 

8 Premieres

The voices of a generation

Read more here

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US Premiere:  Karimi's 'Dawn'

Elizabeth Simkin, cello

Sun 24 July 2022

GrassRoots Festival Orchestra

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"Hope is essential"

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Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey

Mon 4 July 2022

The Guardian

This website and commissioning initiative is part of the The Orchestras of Afghanistan research project led by Dr Cayennna Ponchione-Bailey at the University of Sheffield, funded by the Leverhulme Trust. 
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