Special Project toTour
A remarkable project promoting understanding, peace and collaboration between cultures. During the time of the Taliban, music was banned in Afghanistan. Many instruments were destroyed and many musicians were jailed. Today the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul has been working to rebuild the musical culture of the country. They have been working with music students, among them orphans, street vendors and other disadvantaged children. They study a mix of western and traditional Afghan instruments and the school includes a ground breaking all-girls ensemble. Cuatro Puntos is a U.S. based string sextet whose mission is to build culture bridging programs in war-torn and isolated areas including Afghanistan.
New Project in conjunction with the Afghan National Institute of Music-Rosegarden of Light