23rd May 2014 at Royal Festival Hall (Bar level 2), London SE1.

Part of Alchemy Festival (free event).

Country: Afghanistan. Style: Traditional Afghan music.

Lineup: harmonium, rubab, ghichak, violin, oboe and tabla players.

This group consisted of 6 students aged between 11 and 17 at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music playing a combination of Afghan/South Asian and Western instruments. Rather than being a regular group, they were brought together for this tour. The Institute, based in Kabul, was inaugurated in 2010, arising out of a project to revive Afghan music.
More information: www.afghanistannationalinstituteofmusic.org/, www.facebook.com/AfghanistanNationalInstituteofMusic.

Tags:   World Music Afghanistan Traditional Afghan Music Afghanistan National Institute of Music Alchemy Festival Southbank Centre

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23rd May 2014 at Royal Festival Hall (Bar level 2), London SE1.

Part of Alchemy Festival (free event).

Country: Afghanistan. Style: Traditional Afghan music.

Lineup: harmonium, rubab, ghichak, violin, oboe and tabla players.

This group consisted of 6 students aged between 11 and 17 at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music playing a combination of Afghan/South Asian and Western instruments. Rather than being a regular group, they were brought together for this tour. The Institute, based in Kabul, was inaugurated in 2010, arising out of a project to revive Afghan music.
More information: www.afghanistannationalinstituteofmusic.org/, www.facebook.com/AfghanistanNationalInstituteofMusic.

Tags:   World Music Afghanistan Traditional Afghan Music Afghanistan National Institute of Music Harmonium [South Asian] Harmonium [with hand bellows] Harmonium Alchemy Festival Southbank Centre

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23rd May 2014 at Royal Festival Hall (Bar level 2), London SE1.

Part of Alchemy Festival (free event).

Country: Afghanistan. Style: Traditional Afghan music.

Lineup: harmonium, rubab, ghichak, violin, oboe and tabla players.

This group consisted of 6 students aged between 11 and 17 at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music playing a combination of Afghan/South Asian and Western instruments. Rather than being a regular group, they were brought together for this tour. The Institute, based in Kabul, was inaugurated in 2010, arising out of a project to revive Afghan music.
More information: www.afghanistannationalinstituteofmusic.org/, www.facebook.com/AfghanistanNationalInstituteofMusic.

Tags:   World Music Afghanistan Traditional Afghan Music Afghanistan National Institute of Music Harmonium [South Asian] Harmonium [with hand bellows] Harmonium Alchemy Festival Southbank Centre

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23rd May 2014 at Royal Festival Hall (Bar level 2), London SE1.

Part of Alchemy Festival (free event).

Country: Afghanistan. Style: Traditional Afghan music.

Lineup: harmonium, rubab, ghichak, violin, oboe and tabla players.

This group consisted of 6 students aged between 11 and 17 at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music playing a combination of Afghan/South Asian and Western instruments. Rather than being a regular group, they were brought together for this tour. The Institute, based in Kabul, was inaugurated in 2010, arising out of a project to revive Afghan music.
More information: www.afghanistannationalinstituteofmusic.org/, www.facebook.com/AfghanistanNationalInstituteofMusic.

Tags:   World Music Afghanistan Traditional Afghan Music Afghanistan National Institute of Music Rubab [Afghan] Alchemy Festival Southbank Centre

© All Rights Reserved

23rd May 2014 at Royal Festival Hall (Bar level 2), London SE1.

Part of Alchemy Festival (free event).

Country: Afghanistan. Style: Traditional Afghan music.

Lineup: harmonium, rubab, ghichak, violin, oboe and tabla players.

This group consisted of 6 students aged between 11 and 17 at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music playing a combination of Afghan/South Asian and Western instruments. Rather than being a regular group, they were brought together for this tour. The Institute, based in Kabul, was inaugurated in 2010, arising out of a project to revive Afghan music.
More information: www.afghanistannationalinstituteofmusic.org/, www.facebook.com/AfghanistanNationalInstituteofMusic.

Tags:   World Music Afghanistan Traditional Afghan Music Afghanistan National Institute of Music Rubab [Afghan] Alchemy Festival Southbank Centre

© All Rights Reserved