Aga Khan Music Awards 2019 | Laureates | Ballake Sissoko Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2019-04-03 | #BallakeSissoko, a #Laureate of the 2019 #AgaKhanMusic Awards, is a #Malian #kora player and #composer who is considered to be one of the most important #musicians of his generation.More about the @agakhanmusic: akdn.org/akmp
Imamat Day reception held at Diwan of the Ismaili Imamat Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2024-07-10 | On 4 July, members of His Highness the Aga Khan’s family welcomed senior leaders of the Portuguese government and other distinguished guests to a reception at the Diwan of the Ismaili Imamat in Lisbon. Many of the attendees have collaborated with the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) over several decades. Guests were treated to a special performance by the Aga Khan Master Musicians (Aga Khan Music Programme), renowned performers and composer-arrangers, in collaboration with the Amara Quartet, an all-female ensemble known for its contemporary renditions of the Portuguese traditional Fado. The reception marked Imamat Day, the 67th anniversary of His Highness’s ascension to the Ismaili Imamat. In attendance were Prince Amyn Aga Khan, Prince Hussain Aga Khan and his wife Princess Fareen, as well as some of the country’s most senior officials, including former presidents, prime ministers, foreign ministers and mayors, alongside members of the diplomatic community, civil society and AKDN leaders.
Hélène NGarnim-Ganga, AFDs Regional Director in Eastern Africa Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2024-03-25 | The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the Agence Française de Développement (@GroupeAFD), work together in East Africa to improve healthcare delivery. At the inauguration ceremony for the expanded Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu, Kenya, we spoke with Hélène N'Garnim-Ganga, AFD's Regional Director in Eastern Africa. She talked to us about the decade-long relationship between AKDN and AFD and its impact in the healthcare space.
Aga Khan University starts construction of its Kampala campus Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2023-04-29 | “Seeing a vision become a reality”: the Aga Khan University has started construction of its Kampala campus. The First Lady of #Uganda, Her Excellency Janet Museveni, Princess Zahra Aga Khan, Cornelia Penzel, KFW Country Director and #AKU President Sulaiman Shahabuddin all spoke at the ceremony.The 60-acre campus will significantly expand the School of Nursing and Midwifery in #Kampala and will allow the University to begin training medical specialists. It will also host the Aga Khan University Hospital, Kampala, which will offer care in nearly two dozen specialties.@AKUGlobal
The Aga Khan Polyclinic Opening Ceremony | Aga Khan Health Services, Tanzania Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2023-04-25 | The first Aga Khan Polyclinic has been opened by the Aga Khan Health Service, #Tanzania, with support from the Agence Française de Développement. The Polyclinic is one of 25 Outreach Health Centres that provide frontline care to over a million patients per year in Tanzania. It is situated in the Old Dispensary at Stone Town in #Zanzibar Island. The building dates from 1887 and was restored by the #AgaKhan Trust for Culture in the 1990s. Speakers at the launch included Her Excellency First Lady Mariam Mwinyi, Princess Zahra Aga Khan and His Excellency Nabil Hajlaoui, Ambassador of France to Tanzania.
Enhancing the resilience of coastal communities in Gujarat | AKAH x Ericsson Mangroves Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2023-04-21 | Gandhinagar, India, 19 April 2023 – The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) in partnership with Ericsson today announced the launch of the Biodiversity and Ecosystem-Based Climate Change Adaptation project in Gujarat’s capital. The project will enhance the resilience of coastal communities vulnerable to climate change and natural hazards through a community-centred, ecosystem- and technology-based approach to adaptation.#AKAH #AKDN #mangroves
In Conversation with Michael Kocher | Aga Khan Foundation Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2023-04-13 | "Our priorities are what the communities establish as priorities. Our job is to provide technical inputs to help communities resource development initiatives. And also to work with them so this work becomes truly sustainable.”In the latest “In Conversation” interview we speak with Michael Kocher, General Manager of the Aga Khan Foundation, who outlines AKF's approach to development and shares examples of the work AKF is doing to improve the quality of life for disadvantaged communities.#AKF #AKDN #AgaKhanFoundation
In Conversation with Dr Gijs Walraven Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2023-04-06 | Dr Gijs Walraven, AKDN Director for Health, recounts the history of the Aga Khan Health Services and explains how its principles are put into practice.#AKDN #Health #Hospital
#QuoteoftheWeek: Prince Hussain Aga Khan | AKU President’s Challenge for Climate Solutions Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2023-03-28 | "We can shift to #sustainable sources of energy, as the Aga Khan University has done by installing more than a thousand solar panels. They will reduce AKU's emissions by 365 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent annually, the same amounts as driving from #Karachi to Islamabad 1000 times, or #Nairobi to Dar es Salaam 1800 times - and this is just a pilot to be scaled up at least five-fold in the coming year. We can keep a fundamental fact in mind as we go about our lives and make our choices. Namely, global warming is real and less warming is better. Recognition of that bedrock reality underlies the commitment of the Aga Khan Development Network, including AKU, to acheive net zero carbon emissions by 2030."@AKUGlobal youtube.com/watch?v=U2tsYHVfu8Q
#QuoteoftheWeek: His Highness the Aga Khan speaking at a state banquet in Bangladesh Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2023-03-21 | “Within our lifetimes, predominantly ‘#Agricultural Societies’ and ‘Industrial Societies’ of the past have been joined – and sometimes supplanted – by what many call the ‘Knowledge Society,’ propelled by the #digital revolution, and focusing on the creation and management of information. In a #Knowledge Society, the most productive investments we can make are investments in #education.”https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/state-banquet-during-golden-jubilee-visit-bangladesh-his-highness-the-aga-khan
#QuoteoftheWeek: Prince Rahim Aga Khan speaking at the Kusi Ideas Festival 2022 Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2023-03-14 | "We will exercise responsible stewardship of the environment: AKDN’s operations help to restore and protect the natural environment wherever possible and do not contribute to its degradation. We will put people at the centre and focus on improving the quality of life of the poorest and most vulnerable – our key stakeholders. We will demonstrate proactive, socially responsible and values-oriented leadership: All AKDN operations, across agencies and institutions, will have net-zero emissions before 2030. We will lead by example and share our experiences with others to influence policies, raise awareness, increase impact and effect social transformation."https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/address-by-prince-rahim-aga-khan-at-the-kusi-ideas-festival-2022
#QuoteoftheWeek: His Highness the Aga Khan speaking at the Evora University Symposium Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2023-03-07 | “We must do a better job of training #leaders and shaping institutions to meet more demanding tests of competence and higher standards of excellence. This means moving beyond the notion that better #education simply means broader schooling — wider access to formal learning. We must accompany our concern for quantity with a heightened concern for quality. Are the #curricula we teach relevant to the knotty problems of the future? Or are we still providing a twentieth century education for twenty-first century leaders?”https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/evora-university-symposium-his-highness-the-aga-khan
#QuoteoftheWeek: Princess Zahra Aga Khan speaking in Vancouver, Canada Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2023-02-28 | "This is the power of Canadian #pluralism – that it enables people of diverse backgrounds to come together in joint and common effort to improve the quality of life of all. And it is the reason that His Highness, in partnership with the Government of #Canada, chose to establish the Global Centre for Pluralism in this country. We live in a world grappling with increasing migration, too often caused by conflict, disaster, #climatechange, and poverty. Canada has shown that with clear intent, intelligent policy, considered leadership, and humility, it is possible to create the right conditions for people to flourish together."https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/remarks-by-princess-zahra-aga-khan-luncheon-hosted-by-lieutenant-governor-of-british-columbia-vancouver-british-columbia
#QuoteoftheWeek: His Highness the Aga Khan speaks at 50th Anniversary of the Nation Media Group Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2023-02-21 | "Over the longer term, the Graduate School of Media and Communication will ally itself with another new project of the Aga Khan University - a Faculty of Arts and Sciences, to be created over the coming years in Arusha. In a world of growing complexity, journalists must increasingly understand the substantive, sophisticated dimensions of the fields on which they report - from medical and environmental sciences, to economic and financial disciplines, to legal and constitutional matters. And a new generation of African media entrepreneurs could well be born from programs which blend economic and media disciplines."https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/conference-marking-50th-anniversary-nation-media-group-media-and-his-highness-the-aga-khan
In conversation with Onno Rühl Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2023-02-20 | Onno Rühl, General Manager of the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, recalls the early days of the agency and its current aims.
#QuoteoftheWeek His Highness the Aga Khan speaking the Conference on Central Asia and Europe, Berlin Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2023-02-14 | "“Mountain peoples, in particular, have endured economic hardship, civil strife, arms and narcotics trafficking, an insecure food supply, earthquakes, water shortages -- the list could go on. But overcoming these problems will require a searching re-examination of what poverty really means… we are experimenting with innovative microcredit programs -- especially for the rural poor -- as well as with local efforts to increase agricultural output. Only as legitimate economic activity becomes a viable source of sustenance, and all the manifestations of poverty recede for the peoples of these regions, will the blight of crime, and drugs, and terrorism, be diminished.”"https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/conference-central-asia-and-europe-berlin-his-highness-the-aga-khan
#QuoteoftheWeek: Prince Rahim Aga Khan speaking in Vancouver, Canada Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2023-02-11 | "First amongst the challenges and risks that face humanity today is the climate emergency in all its dimensions... The climate adaptation model developed by the Climate Action Secretariat of British Columbia will be used by the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat to assess long-term risks and opportunities in the high mountains of South and Central Asia. The goal is to help communities, some of which have been badly affected by the recent floods, better plan their futures. In turn, we will share our field data and experience to help the Secretariat to refine its already excellent assessment tools."https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/remarks-by-prince-rahim-aga-khan-signing-of-agreement-of-cooperation-and-associated-appendix-between-british-columbia-and-the-ismaili-imamat-vancouver-british-columbia#climateresilience #vancouver
Aga Khan Trust for Culture | Qutb Shahi Tombs Baolis Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2023-02-10 | The Aga Khan Trust for Culture’s rehabilitation of the baolis at the Qutb Shahi Tombs won the 2022 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award of Distinction. Rainwater collected by the restored stepwells facilitated the replanting of the historic gardens, and provides irrigation and conservation of the wider site.#aktc #akdn #QutbShahiTombs @UNESCO @agakhanmusic
Aga Khan Music Programme | In Conversation with Fairouz Nishanova Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2023-02-10 | Find out about how the @agakhanmusic and Awards originated, with this film featuring their director, Fairouz Nishanova: “When we were building the #Music Programme, His Highness would never miss a live performance... That willingness to recognise how much #music does for a #community, for a society, that to me is unprecedented.”#AKMP #akdn
Aga Khan Development Network | Quote of the Week Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-12-27 | #QuoteoftheWeek: “As we expand our work in Kenya, one of our highest priorities is to achieve international standards of healthcare – especially for non-communicable diseases, such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Another special focus will be neuroscience, where the promises of stem cell technology must be brought massively and competently to Africa. Our overall plan is for a nationally integrated health system, built on the strong foundations already in place at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi. And our overall goal can be simply stated: we believe that no Kenyan should have to leave the country to seek quality medical care.”- His Highness the Aga Khan, Nairobi, Kenya, 2 March 2015https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/2015-aga-khan-university-convocation-nairobi-kenya-his-highness-the-aga-khan#AgaKhanUniversity #Hospital #Nairobi #Kenya #Graduation #Congratulations
Aga Khan Development Network | Quote of the Week Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-12-23 | #QuoteoftheWeek: "Architecture has immense potential to improve quality of life when done sensitively and well. It is this rigorous pursuit of hope for a better future that has characterised the Aga Khan Award for Architecture from its inception. Created in 1977, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture is not just simply a prize – it is an intellectual search, an inclusive process, one of deep reflection and meaningful action." - Princess Zahra Aga Khan, Muscat, Oman, 31 October 2022Read her full speech at https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/speech-by-princess-zahra-aga-khan-at-the-2022-aga-khan-award-for-architecture-ceremony-in-muscat-oman?fbclid=IwAR0GoqpXViRRt-LUn6WoZ5M1lWmX4hrFfRd7RhyB_96235G_gogUfLuFS-Q#AKAA2022 #AKAA #Architecture #AgaKhan #Awards
Prince Rahim Aga Khan speaks at the Kusi Ideas Festival 2022 Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-12-09 | At the Kusi Ideas Festival held by the Nation Media Group in Nairobi, Kenya, Prince Rahim Aga Khan spoke about the significance of climate change and AKDN’s efforts to mitigate its effects.
Aga Khan Development Network | Quote of the Week Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-29 | #Speech by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the new printing press for #NationMediaGroup in Nairobi, Kenya on 16 March 2016.Read the full speech here: https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/new-printing-press-nation-media-group-his-highness-the-aga-khan
Aga Khan Development Network | Quote of the Week Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-22 | #Speech by His Highness the #AgaKhan at the Global Virtual Convocation of @AKUGlobal on 20 May 2021.Read the full speech here: https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/global-virtual-convocation-aga-khan-university-his-highness-the-aga-khanFor more about the #AKDN: https://the.akdn/en/home
AKAH Avalanche Programme Resilience | #AKAH Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-21 | #Avalanches are an existential risk to #mountain communities affecting millions each year. The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) helps the inhabitants of the world's tallest mountains manage these risks. We work in 615 villages and towns in the Himalayas, Karakoram, Hindukush and Pamirs, combining data with community participation to empower people with the knowledge and tools to protect themselves.
Pakistan floods: Winter is approaching | #FloodsinPakistan Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-18 | The floods in Pakistan are subsiding, but the devastation remains. The summer’s unprecedented deluge caused by record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in the mountainous north has affected 33 million people, displacing more than 8 million. This disaster has caused $31 billion worth of damages and the UN estimates that nearly 15 million people continue to require emergency food assistance.The Aga Khan Development Network has been working to alleviate the impact on vulnerable communities across the country. As the crisis unfolded, thousands of people in affected areas were evacuated to safety, housed with host families or in temporary shelters, and provided with food and medical attention.Winter is fast approaching in places such as the high valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan, where temperatures are cool even in summer and below freezing for up to 10 months of the year.The people of Pakistan are grappling with radical changes to their lives and surviving the harsh cold will be yet another challenge. As the destruction caused by the floods continues to impact their living and health conditions and livelihoods, we remain committed to supporting them through this difficult time.https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/whats-new/spotlights/the-pakistan-floods-our-response?utm_source=Aga+Khan+Development+Network&utm_campaign=de0e15fb8d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_10_10_03_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3a2a5c9a5a-de0e15fb8d-#AKDN #Pakistan #Floods
Community Spaces in Rohingya Refugee Response | Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-18 | Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 winner - Community Spaces in Rohingya Refugee Response. The six temporary community spaces of the Rohingya Refugee Response programme provide a dignified, sensitive and ingenious response to emergency needs related to the major influx of Rohingya refugees into Bangladeshi host communities, with particular attention to the safety of women and girls. The concept and design of the six spaces are the result of appropriate planning, solid partnerships and inclusive processes involving the diverse refugee and host communities, such as defining spatial and functional needs.The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of societies across the world, in which Muslims have a significant presence.https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/akaa/community-spaces-rohingya-refugee-response#AgaKhanAwards2022 #AgaKhanAwardsOman #AKAA2022 #AKAA #AKMA2022 #AKMA #Music #Architecture #AgaKhanTrustForCulture #AKDN #AKTC #Oman #Muscat #communityspace #community #rohinga #bangladesh
Farrokh Derakhshani speech at Aga Khan Award for Architecture | #AKAA2022 Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-18 | Farrokh Derakhshani, Director of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture gave a speech at the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Awards, in his address he spoke about how the history of the awards.The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, established in 1977, is considered one of the most renowned and prestigious awards of its kind. The Award championed many of the concerns that are now common today: sustainability, human scale, climate adaptation and quality of life. Read his full speech on our website!https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/speech-by-farrokh-derakhshani-at-the-2022-aga-khan-award-for-architecture-ceremony-in-muscat-oman#AKAA2022 #AKMA #AgaKhanAwards #AgaKhan ##AgaKhanAwards2022 #Music #AKDN #AKTC #AKAA
Aga Khan Development Network | Quote of the Week Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-15 | #Speech by His Highness the #AgaKhan upon receiving the "Tolerance" award at the #Tutzing Evangelical Academy in Germany on 19 June 2008.Read the full speech here: https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/upon-receiving-tolerance-award-tutzing-evangelical-academyFor more about the #AKDN: https://the.akdn/en/home
Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 | Princess Zahra Speech Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-11 | At @TheAgaKhanAward for Architecture 2022, Princess Zahra #AgaKhan delivered an address congratulating laureates on behalf of His Highness the Aga Khan and spoke about the power of #architecture. "Over the years, the Award has been a lighthouse for those who feel we can design and build differently; to those who believe that we have a responsibility to build appropriately – with thought, with consideration and with the knowledge that architecture at its best is an inherently pluralistic exercise."The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of societies across the world, in which Muslims have a significant presence.Read her full speech here: https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/speech-by-princess-zahra-aga-khan-at-the-2022-aga-khan-award-for-architecture-ceremony-in-muscat-omanFor more about #AKAA2022 Award Winners: https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-award-for-architecture/aga-khan-award-for-architecture-2022-winners
Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 Stamp Cancellation | #AKAA2022 Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-09 | The 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Stamp Cancellation ceremony took place in Muscat, the Sultanate of Oman. The event is part of a series of ceremonies held as part of the Aga Khan Awards events. Watch more videos from the event on our YouTube channel. @TheAgaKhanAward #AgaKhanAwards2022 #AgaKhanAwardsOman #AKAA2022 #AKAA #AKMA2022 #AKMA #Music #Architecture #AgaKhanTrustForCulture #AKDN #AKTC #Oman #Muscat
Aga Khan Development Network | Quote of the Week Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-08 | #Speech by Prince Amyn #AgaKhan at the at the Municipal #Honours Ceremony in Toronto, Canada on 25 September 2022Read the full speech here: https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/aga-khan-music-awards-prize-giving-ceremony-calouste-gulbenkian-his-highness-the-aga-khanhttps://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/remarks-by-prince-amyn-aga-khan-at-the-municipal-honours-ceremony-in-toronto-25-september-2022For more about the #AKDN: https://the.akdn/en/home
Aga Khan Trust for Culture | In Conversation with Luis Monreal Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-07 | “Culture is not a mortgage but an asset to be exploited for the benefit of communities”: Luis Monreal, General Manager of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, shares his perspective on culture’s potential to transform lives.@agakhanmusic @TheAgaKhanAward #LuisMonreal #Culture #akdn #development
Banyuwangi International Airport | Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-02 | Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 winner - Banyuwangi International Airport, Indonesia.Shunning the standardised international style of most airports, this domestic airport embraces a context-conscious design approach. Serving over 1,100 passengers daily, it caters to the hot climate through a large-scale, contemporary interpretation of vernacular passive design principles. Openings and overhangs are optimised for temperature control through natural ventilation and shading. A continuous arrangement from landscape to interior space helps airflow, with lush plantings bringing nature inside the building.The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of societies across the world, in which Muslims have a significant presence.https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-award-for-architecture#AgaKhanAwards2022 #AgaKhanAwardsOman #AKAA2022 #AKAA #AKMA2022 #AKMA #Music #Architecture #AgaKhanTrustForCulture #AKDN #AKTC #Oman #Muscat #BlimbingsariAirport #Airport #Banyuwangi #Indonesia #andramatin
Aga Khan Award for Architecture Highlights | #AKAA2022 Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-02 | Highlights of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture awards ceremony that took place in Muscat, the Sultanate of Oman, yesterday. At the event His Highness Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitam Al Said, Crown Prince of Oman and Princess Zahra Aga Khan presented the certificates to the 2022 winners. The event is part of a series of ceremonies being held this week in Muscat as part of the Aga Khan Awards events. Watch more videos from the event on our YouTube channel. @TheAgaKhanAward #AgaKhanAwards2022 #AgaKhanAwardsOman #AKAA2022 #AKAA #AKMA2022 #AKMA #Music #Architecture #AgaKhanTrustForCulture #AKDN #AKTC #Oman #Muscat
Argo Contemporary Art Museum and Cultural Centre | Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-02 | Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 winner - Argo Contemporary Art Museum and Cultural Centre, Iran.Tehran’s first independent contemporary art museum is housed in a more-than-100-year-old former brewery that had been abandoned for decades. The Iranian-Austrian architect’s aim was to create a dialogue between old and new by inserting a new foundation and metal structure to support floating concrete floors and roofs independently of the original exterior walls, thus allowing generous ceiling heights (up to 12 metres) for the climate-controlled galleries.The Aga Khan Award for Architecture seeks to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of societies across the world, in which Muslims have a significant presence.https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-award-for-architecture#AgaKhanAwards2022 #AgaKhanAwardsOman #AKAA2022 #AKAA #AKMA2022 #AKMA #Music #Architecture #AgaKhanTrustForCulture #AKDN #AKTC #Oman #Muscat #iran #museum #factory #culturalcentre #AhmadrezaSchricker #argofactory #ArgoFactoryContemporaryArtMuseumandCulturalCentre #HamidrezaPejman #pejmanfoundation #asanorth #tehran #rehabilitation #contemporaryartmuseum #contemporaryart
Aga Khan Music Awards 2022 | Prince Amyn Aga Khan | Speech Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-01 | At the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, Prince Amyn Aga Khan delivered an address congratulating laureates on behalf of His Highness the Aga Khan and spoke about the power of music. “While there is no single music that one could say is a universal language, the urge to make music and to have music in our lives is universal.” The #AgaKhanMusicAwards were established by His Highness the #AgaKhan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence.Read his full speech here: https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/speech-by-prince-amyn-aga-khan-at-the-2022-aga-khan-music-awards-ceremony-in-muscat-omanFor more about the #AKMA2022 laureates: https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-music-programme/aga-khan-music-awards/2022-aga-khan-music-awards-laureatesLearn more about the @agakhanmusic at https://the.akdn/en/what-we-do/honouring-cultural-heritage/music
Aga Khan Music Awards 2022 | Fairouz Nishanova | Speech Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-01 | Fairouz Nishanova, Director of the Aga Khan Music Programme gave a speech at the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards ceremony, in her address she spoke about how pluralism is at the core of the programme. “At the root of this community,” she added, “is the key idea of pluralism, which His Highness the Aga Khan has repeatedly underscored as a fundamental condition for a peaceful and prosperous world.”The #AgaKhanMusicAwards were established by His Highness the #AgaKhan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence.Read her full speech here: https://the.akdn/en/resources-media/resources/speeches/speech-by-fairouz-nishanova-at-the-2022-aga-khan-music-awards-ceremony-in-muscat-omanFor more about the #AKMA2022 laureates: https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-music-programme/aga-khan-music-awards/2022-aga-khan-music-awards-laureatesLearn more about the @agakhanmusic at https://the.akdn/en/what-we-do/honouring-cultural-heritage/music
Aga Khan Music Awards 2022 | Laureates | Zarsanga Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-01 | Zarsanga, laureate of the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, is a singer from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan who is known as the Queen of Pashtun Folklore for her career-long devotion to the orally transmitted musical traditions of the tribally-organised Pashtun. The #AgaKhanMusicAwards were established by His Highness the #AgaKhan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence.For more about the #AKMA2022 laureates: https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-music-programme/aga-khan-music-awards/2022-aga-khan-music-awards-laureatesLearn more about the @agakhanmusic at https://the.akdn/en/what-we-do/honouring-cultural-heritage/music
Aga Khan Music Awards 2022 | Laureates | Zulkifli and Bur’am Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-01 | Zulkifli and Bur’am, laureates of the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, are revitalising community traditions of music making in Banda Aceh, the capital of the Indonesian province of Aceh. Zulkilfi and Bur’am have created a contemporary form of artistic expression that Acehnese Muslims not only recognise as being in accordance with their religious traditions but that deepens their religious faith.The #AgaKhanMusicAwards were established by His Highness the #AgaKhan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence.For more about the #AKMA2022 laureates: https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-music-programme/aga-khan-music-awards/2022-aga-khan-music-awards-laureatesLearn more about the @agakhanmusic at https://the.akdn/en/what-we-do/honouring-cultural-heritage/music
Aga Khan Music Awards 2022 | Laureates | Seyyed Mohammad Mousavi Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-01 | Seyyed Mohammad Mousavi, laureate of the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, founded the Mahoor Institute of Culture and Arts in 1987 to contribute to the development and dissemination of Iranian music and musicology. Over the past 35 years, the Institute has produced more than 600 recordings of music from Iran and neighbouring countries that include important historical recordings of Persian classical music, regional folk music, and new initiatives by young musicians, including female vocalists.The #AgaKhanMusicAwards were established by His Highness the #AgaKhan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence.For more about the #AKMA2022 laureates: https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-music-programme/aga-khan-music-awards/2022-aga-khan-music-awards-laureatesLearn more about the @agakhanmusic at https://the.akdn/en/what-we-do/honouring-cultural-heritage/music
Aga Khan Music Awards 2022 | Laureates | Sain Zahoor Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-01 | Sain Zahoor, laureate of the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, has devoted his long life to the performance of mystical Sufi poetry. He left home at age 10 and began a spiritual search that eventually led him to the ancient city of Uch Sharif, in southern Punjab, a site of many Sufi shrines. There he learned Sufi devotional songs (kalams) from local singers. The #AgaKhanMusicAwards were established by His Highness the #AgaKhan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence.For more about the #AKMA2022 laureates: https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-music-programme/aga-khan-music-awards/2022-aga-khan-music-awards-laureatesLearn more about the @agakhanmusic at https://the.akdn/en/what-we-do/honouring-cultural-heritage/music
Aga Khan Music Awards 2022 | Laureates | Yahya Hussein Abdallah Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-01 | Yahya Hussein Abdallah, laureate of the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, is a singer and composer of devotional songs and reciter of the Qur’an from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He performs praise songs and sings both a cappella and with the accompaniment of instruments, which can range from violin and oud to electric keyboard and synthesiser.The #AgaKhanMusicAwards were established by His Highness the #AgaKhan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence.For more about the #AKMA2022 laureates: https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-music-programme/aga-khan-music-awards/2022-aga-khan-music-awards-laureatesLearn more about the @Aga Khan Music Programme at https://the.akdn/en/what-we-do/honouring-cultural-heritage/music
Aga Khan Music Awards 2022 | Laureates | Peni Candra Rini Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-01 | Peni Candra Rini, laureate of the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, is an Indonesian composer, improviser, vocalist, and educator. She creates work that combines her deep knowledge of Indonesian performing arts, in particular, the art of the pesindhen (female solo singer in a gamelan ensemble), with innovative musical projects around the world that represent a new vision for Javanese music.The #AgaKhanMusicAwards were established by His Highness the #AgaKhan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence.For more about the #AKMA2022 laureates: https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-music-programme/aga-khan-music-awards/2022-aga-khan-music-awards-laureatesLearn more about the @agakhanmusic at https://the.akdn/en/what-we-do/honouring-cultural-heritage/music
Aga Khan Music Awards 2022 | Laureates | Musallam Al-Kathiri Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-01 | Musallam al-Kathiri is the recipient of a Special Award for Excellence in Service to Omani Musical Heritage. He is a music researcher, arts manager, performer, and composer from Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. This Award recognises his many important contributions to the collection, documentation, preservation, and dissemination of Omani music.The #AgaKhanMusicAwards were established by His Highness the #AgaKhan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence.For more about the #AKMA2022 laureates: https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-music-programme/aga-khan-music-awards/2022-aga-khan-music-awards-laureatesLearn more about the @agakhanmusic at https://the.akdn/en/what-we-do/honouring-cultural-heritage/music
Aga Khan Music Awards 2022 | Laureates | Daud Khan Sadozai Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-01 | Daud Khan Sadozai, laureate of the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, has had a profound impact on the preservation, development, and dissemination of Afghan music. He has trained many young musicians in the unique Kabuli style of Hindustani raga performed on the Afghan rubab as well as in instrumental music from Afghanistan’s regional folk traditions. The #AgaKhanMusicAwards were established by His Highness the #AgaKhan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence.For more about the #AKMA2022 laureates: https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-music-programme/aga-khan-music-awards/2022-aga-khan-music-awards-laureatesLearn more about the @agakhanmusic at https://the.akdn/en/what-we-do/honouring-cultural-heritage/music
Aga Khan Music Awards 2022 | Laureates | Yasamin Shahhossaini Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-01 | Yasamin Shahhosseini, laureate of the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, a native of Tehran, has distinguished herself as a leading young master of the oud. She is highly regarded for her work with a variety of innovative ensembles as well as for her solo compositions and improvisations. She is an active musical collaborator across styles and genres both within Iran and internationally as she explores and expands the possibilities of the oud.The #AgaKhanMusicAwards were established by His Highness the #AgaKhan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence.For more about the #AKMA2022 laureates: https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-music-programme/aga-khan-music-awards/2022-aga-khan-music-awards-laureatesLearn more about the @agakhanmusic at https://the.akdn/en/what-we-do/honouring-cultural-heritage/music
Aga Khan Music Awards 2022 | Laureates | Soumik Datta Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-01 | Soumik Datta, laureate of the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, is a sarod player, composer, and advocate for the preservation of Indian music. He is strongly committed to using music to raise awareness about urgent social issues including climate change, refugees and mental health, and fuses his training in Hindustani classical music with pop, rock, electronica, and film soundtracks. The #AgaKhanMusicAwards were established by His Highness the #AgaKhan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence.For more about the #AKMA2022 laureates: https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-music-programme/aga-khan-music-awards/2022-aga-khan-music-awards-laureatesLearn more about the @agakhanmusic at https://the.akdn/en/what-we-do/honouring-cultural-heritage/music
Aga Khan Music Awards 2022 | Laureates | The Golshan Ensemble Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-01 | The Golshan Ensemble, laureates of the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, brings together four young artists from Tehran who interpret the canonical Iranian repertoire of seven dastgahs while also studying and revitalising the works of the great Iranian traditional composers and performers of the last hundred years. Though inspired by traditional models of timbre, voicing, and form, Golshan Ensemble creates its own contemporary sound that is uniquely theirs.The #AgaKhanMusicAwards were established by His Highness the #AgaKhan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence.For more about the #AKMA2022 laureates: https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-music-programme/aga-khan-music-awards/2022-aga-khan-music-awards-laureatesLearn more about the @agakhanmusic at https://the.akdn/en/what-we-do/honouring-cultural-heritage/music
Aga Khan Music Awards 2022 | Laureates | Dilshad Khan Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) 2022-11-01 | Dilshad Khan, laureate of the 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards, belongs to the 10th generation of a hereditary lineage of sarangi players and vocalists from Rajasthan. Dilshad Khan continues the legacy of his lineage within the Hindustani classical tradition while expanding the language of the sarangi in film music and through innovative cross-cultural collaborative projects.The #AgaKhanMusicAwards were established by His Highness the #AgaKhan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence.For more about the #AKMA2022 laureates: https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-music-programme/aga-khan-music-awards/2022-aga-khan-music-awards-laureatesLearn more about the @agakhanmusic at https://the.akdn/en/what-we-do/honouring-cultural-heritage/music
