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Aga Khan music awards. An image of the awards on a table on stage.

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Aga Khan Music Awards Unveil 22 Finalists For 2025

World Music Central News Room October 8, 2025 No Comments Ali Kazemi Arabic music Derya Turkan Egyptian Center for Culture and Arts Makan Es’hak Baluch Nasab Farah Kaddour Ghalia Benali Hamid El Kasri Hayaf Yassine Indian classical music Juman Latif Kamilya Jubran Kyriakos Kalaidzidis Layth Sidiq Mariam Bagayoko Mohi Bahauddin Dagar Naseeruddin Saami Qalali Folk Band qawwali Rihab Azar Sahba Aminikia Senny Camara Ustad Noor Bakhsh Warsi Brothers world fusion world music

The Aga Khan Music Programme has named 22 finalists for the 2025 Aga Khan Music Awards, selected from more than 300 nominees across 16 countries.…

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Hayaf Yassine playing santur

Artist Profiles

Santur Maestro and Mashriq Expert Hayaf Yassine

Angel Romero October 7, 2025 No Comments Arabic music Hayaf Yassine Mashriq world music

Hayaf Yassine is a Lebanese musician, educator, and scholar celebrated for revitalizing the Arabic musical traditions of the Mashriq. A santur master, he founded the…

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