The nightingale in search of a rose garden: concert music sidelined in Muslim-majority countries
Photo: Asad Qizilbash, Pakistani Refugee and Sarod player, rehearses ahead of a performance of 'Refugees for Refugees', a musical project aimed at raising money for refugees and involving musicians from Belgium, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tibet, at Kortrijk's theatre, Belgium, May 4, 2017. Picture taken May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Clement Rossignol
In the absence of infrastructure for supporting original music, composers from Muslim-majority countries rely on sporadic commissions and opportunities in other parts of the world
A recent concert at New York’s prestigious showcase for young composers, Music at the Anthology (MATA), highlighted issues related not only to the treatment of composers from the Islamic world but also the way in which they make a living.
MATA featured music from Iran, Kurdistan and Syria, in a series titled New Music from the Islamic World, the first of which was The Tyranny of Separation.
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Shalini Seth, White Paper Media