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Tengir-Too: Mountain Music of Kyrgyzstan Duration 5:27 The Tengir-Too is a new ensemble that plays old music. The group takes its name... click for more
Revitalizing Shashmaqâm: Court Music of Central Asia Duration 6:24 Maqâm-i Râst is one of the six maqâms, or suites, which constitute the systematically... click for more
Homayun Sakhi Duration 6:48 Homayun Sakhi is the outstanding Afghan rubâb player of his generation, a brilliant virtuoso endowed... click for more
Bardic Divas: Women's Voices in Central Asia Duration 5:37 Throughout Central Asia, female musicians, dancers, and entertainers have long been... click for more
Music and Dance in the Pamir Mountains Duration 5:45 The Badakhshan Ensemble takes its name from the mountainous region... click for more
Mugham: Spiritual Music of Azerbaijan Duration 5:53 Mugham, the indigenous classical music of Azerbaijan, belongs to a transnational... click for more
Popular Classics from Bukhara and Beyond Duration 5:38 Throughout Central Asia, female musicians, dancers, and entertainers have long been an... click for more
Making of the album "Rainbow" Duration 7:19 "Working with Kronos [America's premier new music quartet], I realized that through music you can cross... click for more
Making of the album "In the Footsteps of Babur" Duration 4:14 "In the month of Ramadan of the year 899 [June 1494] and in the twelfth year of my age... click for more
Music of Central Asia and the Aga Khan Music Initiative Duration 9:32 The Aga Khan Music Initiative promotes traditional music as part of a broader... click for more
N. Sengedorj of Mongolia demonstrates khöömei throat-singing Duration 0:54 Throat-singing, a guttural style of singing or chanting, is one of the world's oldest forms of music. It is predominantly... click for more
An ethnomusicologist gives a throat-singing lesson Duration 3:01 For those who think the human voice can produce only one note at a time, the resonant harmonies of throat-singing are surprising. In throat-singing, a singer can produce two or more notes simultaneously through a specialized... click for more
