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AKDN runs a music and arts education programme and the Aga Khan Music Awards, helping to revitalise cultural heritage.
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There have been 26 Aga Khan Music Award recipients.
40,000
The Programme has supported over 40,000 musicians and musical educators.
30,000
More than 30,000 students have learned about the music traditions of their countries and regions.
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There have been 26 Aga Khan Music Award recipients.
Latest Aga Khan Award for Music Highlights
Watch the highlights of the Aga Khan Music Awards Ceremony, which took place in Muscat, Oman, in 2022, and included a performance by Zakir Hussain.
40,000
The Programme has supported over 40,000 musicians and musical educators.
Nowruz: A harmony of old and new
The Aga Khan Master Musicians, formed from the Aga Khan Music Programme's network of composers, performers and teachers, have released their debut album.
30,000
More than 30,000 students have learned about the music traditions of their countries and regions.
Promoting livelihoods in arts and culture in Egypt through musical education
The arts offer youth a chance to explore, grow and connect with their cultural heritage while creating pathways to promising new futures.
His Highness the Aga Khan
Lisbon, Portugal, March 2019
Our Work
The Aga Khan Music Programme (AKMP)
AKMP’s education activities include teaching and learning methodologies, teacher-training mechanisms, talent-support centres, and performance and artist-in-residence programmes that provide students an opportunity to experience the creative challenges of intercultural music making.
AKMP’s education activities include teaching and learning methodologies, teacher-training mechanisms, talent-support centres, and performance and artist-in-residence programmes that provide students an opportunity to experience the creative challenges of intercultural music making. Residencies and workshops featuring musicians from AKMP’s artist roster are presented at many academic and cultural institutions throughout the world. AKMP has supported more than 300 music teachers.
AKMP promotes the revitalisation of cultural heritage both as a source of livelihood for musicians and as a means to strengthen pluralism in nations where it is challenged by social, political and economic constraints. Projects have included publication of a comprehensive textbook, The Music of Central Asia (Indiana University Press, 2016), a 10-volume CD-DVD anthology, Music of Central Asia, co-produced with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, a worldwide performance and outreach programme that nurtures “East-East” as well as “East-West” musical collaborations, and a network of music schools and centres that develop innovative music curricula and curriculum materials.
The Aga Khan Music Awards
The Aga Khan Music Awards were established by His Highness the Aga Khan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence.
The Aga Khan Music Awards emerged from the AKMP. They were established by His Highness the Aga Khan to recognise exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, production, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across the world in which Muslims have a significant presence. Laureates share a US$ 500,000 prize fund. They also collaborate with the Music Awards to expand the impact of their work and develop their careers.
Where We Work
Music