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Article Author: Ismaili a Go-Go: How the Aga Khan funded a music renaissance
Media Source: The Arts Desk (UK)
Date: 19 June 2018
The Aga Khan Music Initiative (AKMI) has widened its horizons (including to West Africa) and it will be possible to see a truly dazzling array of musicians on 20 June at the Royal Albert Hall. The concert, "Jubilee" , is to mark the Diamond Jubilee of His Highness. The first half of the concert features Master Musicians of AKMI…
The Aga Khan Music Initiative (AKMI) has widened its horizons (including to West Africa) and it will be possible to see a truly dazzling array of musicians on 20 June at the Royal Albert Hall. The concert, "Jubilee", is to mark the Diamond Jubilee of His Highness. The first half of the concert features Master Musicians of AKMI and Kronos Quartet, the world-renowned collective who have been working with AKMI since 2008. In the second half of the programme, AKMI’s Masters will be joined by a trio of Malian musicians led by the ngoni player Bassekou Kouyaté, a long-term AKMI collaborator whose recording Segu Blue won Album of the Year & African Artist of the Year at the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music.