Photos of Silk Road Musicians Performing
at a Special Concert Hosted by His Highness the Aga
Khan at the Library of Congress During the
Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C.,
27 June 2002
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His Highness the Aga Khan meeting
musicians from the Kyrgyz Republic. The troupe
was brought to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
(Photo
credit: Zahur Ramji/Aga Khan Development Network)
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From
Afghanistan, Homayoun Sakhi on the lute (rabab),
Araa Zalmai on the doyra and Toryalay on the tabla.
The troupe was brought by the Aga Khan Trust for
Culture to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in
Washington, DC.
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Ruslan Jumabaev of
the Kyrgyz Republic, one of the most brilliant
exponents of the three-string lute (komuz). Jumabaev
was brought by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture
to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington,
DC.
(Photo by Zahur Ramji/Aga
Khan Development Network)
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Satar Fozilov with
the frame drum (dap) and Tughluk Rozi with the
lute (tanbur) perform the Uyghur Muqam, a repertoire
of vocal and instrumental music in widely varying
tempos and rhythms from Chinese Turkistan. The
troupe was brought by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture
to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington,
DC.
(Photo by Zahur Ramj/Aga
Khan Development Networki)
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