Fairouz Nishanova with New Sounds of the Arab Lands, a lecture and musical performance Feb. 15 in Piper Auditorium at the Graduate School of Design, focused on how the transmission of musical traditions contribute to cultural and urban development in the rapidly changing landscape of the Middle East. A panel discussion featured Fairouz Nischanova, the director of Aga Khan Music Initiative (under the Aga Khan Development Network), Theodore Levin, professor of music at Dartmouth College, and Kay Shelemay, professor of music and African American studies at Harvard. Their conversation explored the desire for a revival of traditional music and arts that would act as a catalyst for cultural development in countries of the Middle East and Central Asia.
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