Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, in collaboration with the Aga Khan Music Initiative, presents ten volumes of Music from Central Asia. This ground-breaking series presents authentic musical traditions performed by the region's most outstanding artists.
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings released nine volumes of its new Music of Central Asia series from 2006-2010.This ground-breaking, newly recorded series presents authentic musical traditions of Central Asia as they are performed today, featuring some of the region's most outstanding artists. From the nomadic and bardic cultures of the steppes to the classical court traditions of the cities, this series celebrates musicians who display a mastery of older traditions and also embody a contemporary spirit of innovation. Produced in conjunction with the Aga Khan Music Initiative, each release includes an extensive color booklet and comes with a vivid bonus DVD containing a series introduction, 24-minute film, interactive glossary and map.
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. We believe that musical and cultural diversity contributes to the vitality and quality of life throughout the world.
The Aga Khan Music Initiative was created by His Highness the Aga Khan in 2000 to support the efforts of Central Asian musicians to sustain musical traditions which had become vulnerable. Its activities are centered on three programme areas: Supporting Tradition-Bearers, Documentation and Dissemination, and International Performance and Outreach. Its overarching objectives are to assure the transmission of musical skills, knowledge and experience from one generation to the next, raise the prestige of traditional music and musicians in their own communities, and stimulate innovative collaborations between musicians from Central Asia and beyond the region.

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