Carnegie Hall presents in partnership with Robert Browning Associates
Friday, April 24, 2015 at 8:30pm
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BABUR
Music of the Mughal Court
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Seventh Avenue between 57th and 56th Street
Friday, April 24, 2015 at 8:30pm
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BABUR
Music of the Mughal Court
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Seventh Avenue between 57th and 56th Street
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This program brings together remarkable musicians from Afghanistan, India and Tajikistan in a program that celebrates the exuberant vitality of the Mughal court in the 16th century. Artists include Afghan rubab virtuoso Homayun Sakhi, Indian santur (hammered dulcimer) master Rahul Sharma, Tajik dutar (lute) master Sirojiddin Juraev, Badakhshani setar (lute) master Mukhtor Muborakqadomov, and Afghani tabla player Salar Nader.
In the Footsteps of Babur represents a modern-day version of Mughal artistic fusion. It is inspired by visual and literary descriptions of high-spirited music-making in the Mughal courts which stretched across a vast area of the Indian subcontinent beginning in 1526 when Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur laid the foundation of the empire. This program was conceived by the Aga Khan Music Initiative which brought together musicians from Afghanistan, India, and Tajikistan with the aim of merging their talents, traditions, and musical instruments to create new sounds. |
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