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Dr. Ahmad Sarmast, founder of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM), Afghanistan's first modern music academy, established in 2010 to preserve the beautiful musical heritage of his country after years of rule under the Taliban had attempted to ban and eradicate all musical culture. Bringing together a diverse student body that included young women and children from the most disadvantaged rung of society, ANIM was founded both to teach music and promote human advancement and social justice. Dr. Sarmast, a true musical hero, shares his powerful journey in this episode of The Gould Standard. We dive into the origins of ANIM, his experiences in Afghanistan, and the institute's saga of escape and survival as it continues its mission following the Taliban's return to power in 2021. Dr. Sarmast reflects on Afghanistan's rich musical heritage and its role in uniting a nation torn apart by ethnic, civil, and religious strife. Dr. Sarmast's dedication to the music and people of Afghanistan comes into dramatic focus as he recounts the personal threats he faced, including surviving a Taliban-orchestrated suicide bombing at a performance. Despite the dangers, Dr. Sarmast remained resolute in his mission to use music as a tool for education and healing. Dr Sarmast's inspiring love for music with its power to heal and unify, shines when discussing the work of his students, faculty and the pride that he has seen them bring to the people of Afghanistan as a beacon of hope and freedom in dark times.

Since its founding in 2010, the Afghanistan National Institute of Music has provided unique music training to Afghan children. In 2013, the group made a triumphant visit to the U.S. This month, three years after the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan, they returned amid a changed world. Jeffrey Brown reports for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. For more information visit anim-music.org. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Since its founding in 2010, the Afghanistan National Institute of Music has provided unique music training to Afghan children. In 2013, the group made a triumphant visit to the U.S. This month, three years after the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan, they returned amid a changed world. Jeffrey Brown reports for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. For more information visit anim-music.org. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Just as soon as Kamala Harris' presidential campaign began nearly four weeks ago, so too did the ugly, age-old racist attacks, with Donald Trump questioning his rival's race in a sit-down interview with Black journalists. Bianna speaks with Randall Kennedy, a law professor at Harvard, and an expert on the history of race and politics.  Also on today's show: Raj M. Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff, co-authors of “Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War”; Ahmad Sarmast, founder and director of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this talk, Dr. Sarmast, Founder and Director of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM), shares the inspiring journey of ANIM—a remarkable institution that has overcome adversity to emerge as a national and global symbol of hope, resilience, and artistic freedom. The presentation explores how ANIM—known as Afghanistan's happiest place— plays a critical role in preserving the nation's rich musical heritage, while offering a platform for all young Afghans to find their voices and develop their musical abilities. The narrative illustrates the unbreakable spirit of human creativity and music's transformative power in overcoming difficult circumstances by highlighting ANIM's role in advocating for music rights, while also fostering excellence, empowerment, and cross-cultural understanding. ANIM's story is an inspiring example of resilience and unity through the arts. Brought to you by Mubadala and Part of RIWAQ AL FIKR ADMAF Talks Speaker Dr. Ahmad Naser Sarmast, Founder and Director, Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM); UNESCO's Second Annual Cultural Heritage Rescue Prize; International Music Council Musical Rights Award; David Chow Humanitarian Award Moderated by Gwyneth Bravo, Assistant Professor of Music, NYUAD; Global Global Network Assistant Professor of Music, NYU

Musicians with the Afghanistan National Institute of Music arrived in Portugal in December 2021 with high hopes of working again in their profession. But six months later, the future remains uncertain for them.

Every new dawn in Afghanistan seems to bring with it a new Taliban edict against women. Tolo News – Afghanistan's leading independent news channel – has been told by the Ministry of Virtue that its female presenters must cover their faces when anchoring. Tolo has a long history of success and sacrifice, with a display case in their bureau dedicated to two reporters killed in a bomb attack in 2018. Despite everything, it's managed to stay on the air, and female staff play a leading role. But now their future is in jeopardy, as Christiane found out today when she visited their newsroom.  Also on today's show: US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko, Afghanistan National Institute of Music founder Ahmad Naser Sarmast, Brown University Professor of Economics Emily Oster. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Les promesses des talibans faites aux démocraties tombent une à une concernant notamment les droits des femmes. Pour « La Story », le podcast d'actualité des « Echos », Pierrick Fay et ses invitées racontent le sauvetage d'une jeune afghane, Behishta, issue d'une famille progressiste mais qu'un oncle fondamentaliste, fort d'une autorité retrouvée, a voulu mettre sous sa coupe pour la marier.La Story est un podcast des « Echos » présenté par Pierrick Fay. Cet épisode a été enregistré en mai 2022. Rédaction en chef : Clémence Lemaistre. Invités : Behishta (réfugiée afghane), Laura-Maï Gaveriaux (correspondante des « Echos » au Moyen-Orient) et Anaïs Moutot (journaliste aux « Echos Week-End », pour la traduction). Réalisation : Willy Ganne. Chargée de production et d'édition : Michèle Warnet. Musique : Théo Boulenger. Identité graphique : Upian. Photo : Reuters/Mohammad Ismail. Sons : France 24, Bee Hashimi, France Musique, Zohra´s Afghan Waltz, Bob Marley « Get Up Stand Up », Afghanistan National Institute of Music. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

The Afghanistan National Institute of Music has been a source of national pride and a symbol of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan's renewed dedication to arts, culture and education. But what has the return of the Taliban meant for ANIM and music education in Afghanistan as a whole? How did the organization navigate the chaotic and rapid fall of the previous government? And what are its plans for the future? In December of 2021, Meditations On host Ilter Ibrahimof discussed these issues with ANIM founder and director Dr. Ahmad Sarmast at his and the school's new home of Lisbon, Portugal.

Our monthly Trailblazer episodes are back and Rhiannon had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Janielle Beh for this month's episode! After completing her schooling at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, Janielle graduated from the Melbourne Conservatorium with a Bachelor of Music in 2014, and then went on to complete her Master of Teaching (Music Education) at Monash University in 2017. Since then, she has taken her passion for music and combined it with social change and peacebuilding initiatives all across the globe. Janielle has run music workshops in Israel, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Rwanda, India and the United Arab Emirates, and was the Head of Piano at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music since 2018 into the period of the Taliban takeover in 2021. Janielle chats to Rhiannon about: transforming her creativity and passion for music into a global career path how she is developing programs for social change and peacebuilding through music her inspirations and motivations in her career teaching music during the Taliban takeover in 2021 Check out more of Janielle's work and experiences on her website. FOLLOW US: Follow Global Questions on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for more content! Find more about Young Diplomats Society on our website. CREDITS: This episode is produced by the Young Diplomats Society on the lands of the Wurundjeri/Gadigal people. We pay our respects to the traditional custodians of the lands upon which we operate and live.

Lyse Doucet is the BBC's award-winning chief international correspondent, reporting from a range of postings including in Kabul, Islamabad, Tehran and Jerusalem for nearly 40 years. Lyse was born in Bathhurst, New Brunswick, in eastern Canada and after graduating with a master's degree from the University of Toronto she set her sights on becoming a journalist. She took her first step by signing up with the volunteer agency Canadian Crossroads International which offered her a placement in Ivory Coast, West Africa. In 1982 the BBC set up a West Africa office and Lyse began filing reports as a freelance journalist. After stints working in London and Pakistan she made her first visit to Kabul in 1988 and covered the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. This trip was the beginning of her long association with the country – a country she now calls her ‘second home'. In 1989 she became the BBC's Afghanistan and Pakistan correspondent and later on in her career she reported from India and Indonesia in the aftermath of the tsunami. In 2011 she played a leading role in the BBC's coverage of the Arab Spring, reporting from Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. She was appointed an OBE in 2014 for services to British broadcast journalism and in 2019 she was admitted to the Order of Canada. DISC ONE: Habibi Nour Al Ain by Amr Diab DISC TWO: Passionate Kisses by Mary Chapin Carpenter DISC THREE: Searching for Abegweit (Live) by Lenny Gallant DISC FOUR: Annie's Song by John Denver DISC FIVE: Bi Lamban by Toumani Diabate and Ballake Sissoko DISC SIX: L Einaudi: Elegy For The Arctic, composed and performed by Ludovico Einaudi DISC SEVEN: Here and Now by Derek Roche, featuring Kathy Evans DISC EIGHT: Dawn by The Orchestra of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music BOOK CHOICE: A Persian language book LUXURY ITEM: Essential oils CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Searching for Abegweit (Live) by Lenny Gallant Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Paula McGinley

Dr Ahmad Sarmast created the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul and then managed to move it to Portugal when the Taliban returned.

Filmmaker Andrea Arnold on her first documentary film, Cow, about the life of two cows, which one critic described as 'a meaty slice of bovine socio-realism.' We talk to Dr Ahmad Sarmast, founder and director of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, about the organisation's recent departure from the country. And Claire Fuller has won the Costa Novel Award 2021 for her book Unsettled Ground, about twins in their 50s living in rural England, struggling to make ends meet and negotiating family secrets. She'll talk about what winning the prize means to her. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Simon Richardson

The Cultural Frontline asks what's the future for arts, media and culture in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. Using their instruments for change. Sana Safi speaks to the musicians from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music about their fight to keep traditional Afghan music alive and their fears and hopes for musicians under a Taliban government. Over 250 newspapers, radio and TV stations closed in the first 100 days of Taliban rule following the withdrawal of US troops in August, and the Afghan press watchdog NAI says around 70% of journalists have lost their jobs. Our reporter Sahar Zand speaks to Massood Sanjer, one of Afghanistan's leading producers, about the future of Afghanistan's media landscape. #DoNotTouchMyClothes: We find out how Afghan women around the world used this hashtag to share photos of themselves in colourful traditional clothes in protest in response to pro-Taliban rally of women in Kabul - dressed all in black, full-veils, and long robes. Sana Safi speaks to Dr Bahar Jalil who posted the very first picture, and to Sabrina Spanta – once a refugee, and now a fashion designer in the USA, inspired by Afghan women, and who recently starred on TV fashion show Project Runway. (Photo: A traditional Afghan rubab. Credit: Marcus Yam)

Ils ont repris le contrôle de l'Afghanistan après vingt ans de présence américaine. Pour « La Story », le podcast d'actualité des « Echos », Pierrick Fay et son invitée font le point sur le nouveau pouvoir taliban qui règne à Kaboul et sur ses défis dans la région comme à l'international.La Story est un podcast des « Echos » présenté par Pierrick Fay. Cet épisode a été enregistré en septembre 2021. Rédaction en chef : Clémence Lemaistre. Invitée : Anne-Clémentine Larroque (spécialiste de l'idéologie islamiste, auteure de l'ouvrage « Le trou identitaire » à paraître le 8 septembre aux éditions PUF). Réalisation : Willy Ganne. Musique : Théo Boulenger. Identité graphique : Upian. Photo : WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP. Sons : France 24, AFP, World Economic Forum, Afghanistan National Institute of Music. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bianna Golodryga talks to Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba of Jackson, Mississippi, who is bracing his city as hurricane Ida continues to charge across the country as a tropical storm. As the chaos in Afghanistan continues, Mike Rogers, the former chair of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, discusses what happens now as the August 31 deadline looms. Mark Hetfield, President and CEO of HIAS Refugee Agency, talks about what lies ahead for those who have been evacuated from Kabul. Ahmad Sarmast, the founder of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, and Zarifa Adiba, the conductor of the Zohra Orchestra, discuss the importance of music is for their country - and how it could be taken away by the Taliban again.    To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Dr Ahmad Sarmast, founder and director of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music tells John Wilson of his fears and hopes for music-making as his country falls under the control of the Taliban. Some things can only be expressed in song. That's the idea behind The Song Project at the Royal Court Theatre where five of our foremost female playwrights - E.V. Crowe, Sabrina Mahfouz, Somalia Nonyé Seaton, Stef Smith and Debris Stevenson - collaborate with composer Isobel Waller-Bridge, choreographer Imogen Knight, designer Chloe Lamford and the Dutch singer Wende, who will be performing the songs. These explore the hopes and anxieties women face, diving into the messiness of birth, death, rage, grace, friendship, motherhood, mothers, loss and ageing. So, the whole of life and its end, then. Chloe Lamford and Wende talk to John Wilson about the project and Wende, accompanied by Nils Davidse sings, live, one of the songs. The Manchester Collective are making their debut at the Proms tomorrow. Founder Adam Szabo explains the ethos behind the group, why music genre shouldn't get in the way of programming, and bringing little-known composers to light. Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Julian May Studio Manager: Sue Maillot Production Co-ordinator: Hilary Buchanan

Kate Molleson is joined by musicians in Kabul to discuss the new restrictions on women singing - the ban, from the Afghan Ministry of Education, has caused concern that the Taliban is increasing its influence in the Afghan government as western forces prepare to pull out of the country. With contributions from Ahmad Sarmast, Director of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, and pianist Maram Abdullah. Following the death earlier this month of the conductor James Levine, Kate hears from the American music critic Anne Midgette and conductor Kenneth Woods as they discuss the moral questions surrounding Levine’s recorded legacy in the light of the controversy over his personal life. Ahead of World Autism Awareness Week, Kate talks to Adam Ockleford, who has worked extensively in the field of autism and music, and to Joe Stollery, a composer who regards his own autism as both a help and a hindrance in his musical life. And, the broadcaster Jennifer Lucy Allan speaks about her new book 'The Foghorn's Lament', which documents the role this coastal 'music' has played in our life and culture.

Ambassador Nirupama Menon Rao speaks to artists and scholars Ahmad Naser Sarmast, Neil Nongkynrih and Ravibandhu Vidyapathi about how a South Asian identity can be expressed through music. This is a follow-up to Episode 86 of BIC Talks, and an edited version a live online event hosted by the South Asian Symphony Foundation. The foundation’s co-founder Ambassador Menon Rao spoke to five artistes from across South Asia, and three of them are featured on this episode. The full event can be accessed on the SASF YouTube channel. Ahmad Naser Sarmast is an Afghan-Australian ethnomusicologist. He is the founder and director of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music. Neil Nongkynrih is a concert pianist and founder, mentor, and conductor of Shillong Chamber Choir. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2015. Ravibandhu Vidyapathy is a dancer, veteran choreographer and musician from Sri Lanka. An acclaimed classical Kandyan dancer, Kathakali actor-dancer, trained in Hindustani music, his work today spans through a wide range of styles such as traditional choreographies, full-length ballets of linear narrative style, contemporary dance pieces and short ballets of thematic & abstract styles.  BIC Talks is brought to you by the Bangalore International Centre. Visit the BIC website for show notes, links and more information about the guests.

Ep. 141: David Korevaar, "You can access the world, it's not easy to reach the world..." Let's Talk Off The Podium with Tigran Arakelyan. In this episode Korevaar talks about his studies with Earl Wild and David Diamond, recordings, teachings and much more. Hailed for his “wonderfully warm, pliant, spontaneous playing” by the Washington Post, award winning pianist David Korevaar is in demand as a soloist, chamber musician and collaborator. Korevaar has performed and given master classes throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Central and South America. Recent highlights include recitals and master classes in Taipei, and a tour of Brazil, with recitals and master classes in São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, João Pessoa, Recife and Natal. He has also concertized and given master classes in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan as part of the U.S. State Department’s Cultural Envoy program and taught at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM) in Kabul. Korevaar’s active career includes solo performances with the Rochester Philharmonic, Colorado Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Japan’s Shonan Chamber Orchestra, Brazil’s Goiania Symphony, and with acclaimed conductors Guillermo Figueroa, Per Brevig, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski and Jorge Mester. His performance of John Cage’s Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Paul Zukofsky was praised by the New York Times “as admirably projected in the devoted and lovely performance of David Korevaar.” David was honored to work with Cage to prepare the concerto. © Let's Talk Off The Podium, 2020  

The TV talent show Afghan Star has been running for 14 years, and has never been won by a woman singer. This year one of the two finalists is an 18-year-old girl – if she wins, it will be a historic breakthrough for the country. Sahar Zand meets finalist Zahra Elham, who has received death threats for singing on the show, and Afghanistan's most famous woman pop star Aryana Sayeed, a judge in the competition, who is constantly accompanied by an armed guard. She also visits the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, which is defying tradition as well as the Taliban in teaching musical instruments to young women. Afghan Star is much like any other TV talent show – except that its context is a war zone. The studios are guarded by bomb-proof gates and snipers, and the participants arrive by armoured vehicle. It is watched by millions throughout the country – and has led the way in a resurgence of music in Afghanistan despite constant threats.

Eddie Ayres shares two stories from the 1960s to remind us how to be brave. Eddie Ayres learnt the viola as a child in England, studying in Berlin and London before eight years with the Hong Kong Philharmonic. He presented a long-running and extremely popular breakfast radio program on ABC Classic FM, while teaching music privately and professionally. In 2016, he accepted a teaching position at the world-renowned Afghanistan National Institute of Music but returned to Australia to begin transitioning. He’s written two books - Danger Music and Cadence: Travels with Music, as well as a children’s picture book, Sonam and the Silence, published this year. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and follow Queerstories on Facebook. The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased from your favourite independent bookseller or on Booktopia. To support Queerstories, become a patron at www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter And for gay stuff and insomnia rants follow me - Maeve Marsden - on Twitter and Instagram.  

        Colin's Website: http://colindavin.com/ Afghanistan National Institute of Music Website: http://www.anim-music.org/ The post CGC 032 : Teaching in Afghanistan with Colin Davin first appeared on Classical Guitar Corner.

Bestselling author of the Shopaholic series Sophie Kinsella has written her first book for young adults. She joins Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein on Saturday live to talk about her joy in writing for different audiences, having a film of her book made, and getting into the mind of a teenager. Listener Rob Cain emailed to tell Saturday Live about his volunteer work with 'Luthiers sans Frontiers -UK' (violinmaker's without borders ). He has just spent two weeks in Kabul, at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, repairing and teaching staff how to look after their instruments. Rob shares his experiences and talks about the impact of his work. Heath Bergersen is a didgeridoo player and actor who, as a 19 year old starred alongside Heath Ledger in a TV series. He's come over from Australia for the Origins festival, and joins us to talk about finding his aboriginal heritage through the didgeridoo. Charita Jones came to fame through Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares, which featured her Brighton restaurant, Momma Cherri's Soul Food Shack. After huge success, she closed the restaurant and returned to fulltime foster caring with her librarian husband Phil. They have two children and she's fostered in excess of 30 others. She joins us to talk food and fostering. Actress Pauline McLynn is best known for her roles as Mrs Doyle in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted, Libby Croker in the Channel 4 comedy drama Shameless, and Yvonne Cotton in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. She joins JP to talk about her passion for knitting. Entrepreneur and businesswoman Michelle Mone chooses her inheritance tracks. She chooses Because you loved me by Celine Dion and Haven't Met you yet by Michael Bublé. And Nicholas Parsons says thank you to an unknown valet. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Karen Dalziel Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella is out now The Origins Festival runs until the 25 June at various London venues My Fight to the Top by Michele Mone is out now.

To help celebrate Benjamin Britten's centennial this year, Colin Davin discusses his long-standing relationship with Britten's only work for the solo guitar, Nocturnal (after John Dowland), Op.70. Conveniently, the piece was written for Julian Bream, who is also celebrating this year, both his eightieth birthday and his receipt of the Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award. Davin also brings us a new commission, with Dowland and Britten in mind, from Pulitzer Prize Winner Caroline Shaw. Having just recently debuted Shaw's work Come Again (Again) written for Davin and singer Estelí Gomez, Davin was kind enough to send All Strings Considered an excerpt from the premiere. If your interest hasn't yet been piqued, Davin gives us some great sight-reading advice, you'll hear some great selections from his debut CD, The Infinite Fabric of Dreams, and he describes his impressions of being the youngest guitarist to reach the finals in the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America Competition. Finally, Colin shares his experiences serving as guest artist-faculty at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, and discusses their current need for guitar faculty.

NATO hosts a classroom-to-classroom video exchange of musical selections and questions between students of Kelly High School in Chicago and the Afghanistan National Institute of Music. Includes sound bites from Ahmad Sarmast, Founder and Director of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, NATO Ambassador, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Mohammad Khan, Music Teacher, Negin Khapawlak, Student, Hojat Hameed, Student, and Ricardo Fores, Student of Kelly High School.