Safar – Music from Afghanistan

Herat Suite 0:11, Raga Bayak 11:31, Qataghanni 28:28, Sabzajan Sabza 33:36, Moshk Taza Mibarad 37:44, Pashto Suite 42:08 

Afghanistan was well known for its cultural diversity, and equally renowned for its music. Under the Taliban regime, music was forbidden but many master musicians survived and, along with them, their knowledge. With the Safar project, ('safar' means 'journey') the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar and the Afghanistan Music Research Centre support Afghan musicians in their efforts to maintain and pass on their invaluable musical traditions and knowledge. 

The musicians and their instruments  appearing in the concert:

Kudsi Erguner – Ney

Khial Mohammad Saqi Zada – Rubab

Meyazada Feraydoon – Tabla

Abdul Latif Sharifi – Tula & Dhol

Mohammad Murad Sarkhosh – Kashgar Rubab

Mohammad Rasul Azizi – Tanbur

Christian Kögel - Guitar

Oliver Potratz - Bass/Arrangements

Safar is a production of the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar and the Afghanistan Music Research Centre in Cooperation with the Afghanistan National Institute of Music.

Recorded on 12th of September, 2016 in Fürstenhaus, Weimar. 

For more information about the project, visit: www.amrc-music.org/safar