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The Afghan concept of music is closely associated with instruments, and thus unaccompanied religious singing is not considered music. Koran recitation is an important kind of unaccompanied religious performance, as is the ecstatic Zikr ritual of the Sufis which uses songs called na't, and the Shi'a solo and group singing styles like mursia, manqasat, nowheh and rowzeh.
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[4] [3] [9] In 2006, Sarmast had outlined his proposal in the Revival of Afghan Music (ROAM), wanting to open a dedicated music school with a curriculum combining both Afghan and Western music. [3] [9] Sarmast returned to Afghanistan in 2008. [2] He formally opened the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM) in Kabul on June 20, 2010. [3]
Afghan musicians, Herat 1973 The classical music of Afghanistan is called klasik , which includes both instrumental ( rāgas , naghmehs ) and vocal forms ( ghazals ). [ 1 ] Many ustad , or professional musicians, are descended from Indian artists who emigrated to the royal court in Kabul in the 1860s upon the invitation of Amir Sher Ali Khan .
A few years after the Taliban were ousted in 2001, and with Afghanistan still in ruins, Ahmad Sarmast left his home in Melbourne, Australia, on a mission: to revive music in the country of his birth.
Jill Turner of GondwanaSound Radio rated it amongst the best compilation albums of the year. [5] Chris Nickson of AllMusic praised the variety of the recording, [6] while Deanne Sole of PopMatters wrote that Broughton's choice to select a wide range of styles meant that the listener would not hear the absolute best of Afghan music, but that the album gives an "opportunity to listen to the ...
Taranasaz sang more than 300 songs in Persian.He composed traditional and popular songs and some that were critical of the Taliban. [3]After fleeing Afghanistan, Taranasaz moved to New York City, and later to Fremont, where he could be closer to the Afghan music scene.
In April 2008, after two years of negotiations with Afghan authorities, Sarmast went again to Afghanistan to lead and implement the establishment of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM). [7] In 2013, ANIM's Afghan Youth Orchestra toured the United States, including performances at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. [3] [6]