“This will be new to a lot of audiences, but I’m trying to make sure that the music doesn’t need translation, literally, in order for it to be enjoyable and moving and touching.” – Amirali Alibhai, head of performing arts at the Aga Khan Museum
The Aga Khan Museum has launched the second half of its inaugural performing arts series that showcases the global reach of the Muslim culture.
The winter and spring series will feature artists from India, Iran, Siberia, China, Canada and elsewhere.
“We’re looking at the entire breadth of where Muslim civilizations and cultures have either, historically or in contemporary times, been present or had an influence in culture, especially in the arts,” said Amirali Alibhai, head of performing arts at the museum.
The series looks at arts cultures from a wide area, including the Iberian Peninsula in Spain to China, and south to Africa and Indonesia and north to Siberia.
The point of this program is to demonstrate the actual diversity or start to transmit the diversity of where Muslim civilizations have had influence or relationships in the past,” Alibhai said.
He said cultural influence can really be heard in music, whether you’re listening to traditional cultural music or contemporary forms.
More Aga Khan performance series showcases global Muslim influence.
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