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The Orchestras & Orchestral Music of Afghanistan

Promoting the flourishing of Afghanistan's orchestral music internationally

Featured Composition
HOPE

Mohammad Qambar Nawshad, composer

News and Events

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Orchestras of Afghanistan Intl. Study Day

Max-Planck-Institut für empirische Ästhetik and online

Fri 8 Sept 2023

Frankfurt, Germany

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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

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

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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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