http://www.kennedy-center.org/text/calendar/event_details.cfm?event=XNAFG
The Kennedy Center, in cooperation with the
Ministry of Education, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
present a FREE Millennium Stage Performance
Ensembles of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music
Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 at 6 p.m., Concert Hall
The Afghanistan National Institute of Music was founded in 2010 by Dr. Ahmad Sarmast. The tour to the United States of students from the Institute is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the World Bank, the Carnegie Corporation, and the Asian Cultural Council. Ensembles and artists performing include the Afghan Youth Orchestra, Young Afghan Traditional Ensemble, Sitar and Sarod Ensemble, conductor and arranger William Harvey, violinist Mikhail Simonyan, and members of the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra. The program features selections of traditional Afghan and Indian music as well as William Harvey’s The Four Seasons of Afghanistan, a recasting of Vivaldi’s masterwork in a thoroughly Afghan context.
