SPOTLIGHT ON Central Asian Music
Kronos Quartet and Music Initiative in Pioneering Collaboration
The Aga Khan Music Initiative and the San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet have embarked on a pioneering musical collaboration that brings the quartet together with leading musicians from Azerbaijan and Afghanistan. The first programme, featuring compositions by Homayun Sakhi, premiered in San Francisco on 2 August 2008. The second programme, featuring works for the Kronos Quartet and the Alim Qasimov Ensemble, is scheduled to open the Ramadan Nights festival at the Barbican in London on 26 September 2008. more
