'Music binds people together': Prince Amyn Aga Khan during celebration of music awards in Lisbon
Gulbenkian Orchestra performing alongside the Master Musicians of the Aga Khan Music Initiative.
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Article Author: 'Music binds people together': Prince Amyn Aga Khan during celebration of music awards in Lisbon
Media Source: Ahram (Egypt)
Date: 31 March 2019
On 29 March, at a grand ceremony at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon, the Aga Khan Music Initiative launched the first-ever edition of the Aga Khan Music Awards. The inaugural celebrations took place for three days and acted as a meeting forum for artists from the Middle East, North Africa and Middle East, regionally…
On 29 March, at a grand ceremony at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon, the Aga Khan Music Initiative launched the first-ever edition of the Aga Khan Music Awards. The inaugural celebrations took place for three days and acted as a meeting forum for artists from the Middle East, North Africa and Middle East, regionally renowned cultural players including the directors of the festivals held across the mentioned regions, and promoters of arts, culture and artistic education in the region, among others. Introducing the concert and the music awards, Prince Amyn Aga Khan underlined the mission of the newly launched initiative saying: "the award aims to recognise an exceptional creativity, promise, the musical performance," yet another aspect of the already two decades-old involvement of Aga Khan in the development and preservation of regional music and its values.