Classical music
- Afghanistan, Classical music, Culture, Folk music, Human rights, Islam, Law, Middle East and North Africa, Music, Religion, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
The Taliban are burning musical instruments in the name of morality. It is an assault on all culture
The sounds of Afghan history are being erased to prevent music’s ‘moral corruption’ of the Afghan people. We c…
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‘Once-in-a-generation artist’ Arijit Singh to be first Indian musician to headline UK stadium
Bengali singer who has more Spotify followers than Taylor Swift to bring ‘sheer power’ to same London stage as…
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Zakir Hussain, legendary Indian tabla musician, dies aged 73
The classical musician, who performed with George Harrison and Van Morrison, died in a San Francisco hospital …
- Afghanistan, Classical music, Culture, Human rights, London, Music, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, Women, World news
‘Hope is essential’: Afghanistan’s silenced musicians find a new stage
A British orchestra will this week play, for the first time, a programme of Afghan music, featuring exiled Afg…
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How Beethoven inspired 50 years of cultural exchange between the US and China
A new book tells how classical music, played to the Chinese by the Philadelphia Orchestra, ushered in decades …
- Classical music, Culture, Drama films, Festivals, Film, India, Music, South and Central Asia, Venice film festival, World cinema, World news
The Disciple review – Indian classical musician sings a lonely tune
Years of adherence to stringent rules leave a performer at odds with modern society in this melancholy film fr…
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Pandit Jasraj: tributes paid to ‘incomparable genius’ of Indian classical music
Narendra Modi said the death of Jasraj, aged 90, leaves ‘a deep void in the Indian cultural sphere’. Here, his…