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

Awards

Winners Unveiled for the 2025 Aga Khan Music Awards

World Music Central News Room November 4, 2025 No Comments Aga Khan Music Awards Derya Türkan Farah Kaddour Hamid El Kasri Kamilya Jubran Kyriakos Kalaidzidis Mariam Bagayoko Nasseruddin Saami Qalali Folk Band Sahba Aminikia Senny Camara world fusion world music

The Aga Khan Music Programme publicized November 3rd, 2025, the eleven winners of the prominent 2025 Aga Khan Music Awards, which will be held in…

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

Awards

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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Artist Profiles

Mariam Bagayoko, the Nightingale of Beledugu

Angel Romero October 7, 2025 No Comments Mali Malian music Mariam Bagayoko n’goussounbala ngussunbala world music

Identified as the ‘Nightingale of Beledugu (Bélédougou) in her native Mali, Mariam Bagayoko is a vocalist, dancer, and instrumentalist. Bagayoko is well-known for her vigorous…

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