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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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Rihab Azar sitting, holding an oud.

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Brilliant Syrian Oudist Rihab Azar

Angel Romero October 7, 2025 No Comments Arabic music Rihab Azar Syria Syrian music world music

Syrian oud master Rihab Azar was born in the Syrian city of Homs. She grew up in a musical family. Her father, luthier Samir Azar,…

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