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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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Ustad Noor Bakhsh - Photo by Jan-Eric Wendt. Playing the zither.

Artist Profiles

Benju Virtuoso Ustad Noor Bakhsh

Angel Romero October 6, 2025 No Comments benju Pakistan Pakistani music Ustad Noor Bakhsh world music

(headline image: Ustad Noor Bakhsh – Photo by Jan-Eric Wendt) Ustad Noor Bakhsh is a renowned musician from Pakistan’s Balochistan Province. Bakhsh is particularly well…

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Events

Catch Ustad Noor Bakhsh Live at The Sultan Room

World Music Central News Room August 9, 2024 No Comments Pakistani music Ustad Noor Bakhsh world music

Ustad Noor Bakhsh is set to perform at The Sultan Room in New York City on Wednesday, September 25, 2024. Pakistan’s Ustad Noor Bakhsh is…

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Clockwise from top left: Etran De L'Aïr, Thandiswa Mazwai, Zakir Hussain, Paolo Angeli, Ustad Noor Bakhsh, Las Migas

Events

World Music Institute Unveils 2024-25 Fall-Winter Season

World Music Central News Room August 7, 2024 No Comments Etran de L'Aïr Las Migas Paolo Angeli Thandiswa Mazwai Ustad Noor Bakhsh world fusion world music Zakir Hussain

(Clockwise from top left: Etran De L’Aïr, Thandiswa Mazwai, Zakir Hussain, Paolo Angeli, Ustad Noor Bakhsh, Las Migas. Photo Credits: Etran De L’Aïr – Larry…

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