Aga Khan Master Musicians Concert

On November 13, the Aga Khan Museum hosted an exclusive online presentation featuring the Aga Khan Music Programme's Master Musicians. The ensemble of elite international players debuted new original compositions including footage from an exclusive 2019 concert performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

This soirée celebrated intercultural exchange and musical excellence including contributions from world-renowned pipa virtuoso Wu Man. Performing with Wu were Master Musicians ensemble members Jasser Haj Youssef (violin and viola d'amore), Feras Charestan (qanun), Basel Rajoub (saxophone, tárogató, and duclar), Sirojiddin Juraev (dutar and tanbur), and Abbos Kosimov (doira).

Click here to download the programme for Aga Khan Master Musicians in Concert (PDF)

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The Aga Khan Master Musicians create music inspired by their own deep roots in the cultures of the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin, South Asia, Central Asia, and China.

Brought together by the Aga Khan Music Programme to explore how musical innovation can contribute to the revitalization of cultural heritage, the Master Musicians are venerated performers and composer-arrangers who appear on the world’s most prestigious stages while also serving as preeminent teachers, mentors, and curators.

Each of these exceptional artists has achieved mastery within a rigorous musical tradition defined by canonical styles, repertoires, pedagogy, and performance techniques. At the same time, they share a belief that tradition can serve as an invaluable compass for an artistic search into new forms of creativity inspired, but not constrained, by the past. This search has led to a strikingly original body of work composed, arranged, and performed by the Master Musicians, often joined by distinguished guests. Recent concerts have featured Kronos Quartet, Malian ngoni virtuoso Bassekou Kouyaté, and the Lisbon-based Gulbenkian Orchestra.

Read more about the musicians here.