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Afghanistan’s First All-Women Orchestra Is Now Touring Abroad

MUSIC Posted: March 15, 2019 7:04 am

The ensemble Zohra, named for the ancient Persian goddess of music, was created five years ago for the female students at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, itself founded only in 2008. “The music performed is a combination of traditional Afghan music and western classical. For instance, their new arrangement of ‘Greensleeves'” — made for its tour of England — “contains attractive new instrumentation probably not envisaged by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1934.” – BBC

MUSIC Published: 03.15.19, sjm

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