The first of its kind, the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, closed down in August 2021 as its members faced persecution from the Taliban, who violently opposed all secular music. Dr. Ahmad ...

Afghanistan's only music school, the Afghan National Institute of Music (ANIM), has been relocated to the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, so that young musicians can continue to learn and develop. Since ...

Gustav Mahler's "Symphony No. 5" is massive in both orchestra size and content. It embraces an emotional journey of the human spirit through courage and hope, as does Shulamit Ran's "Vessels of ...

Symphony of Courage tells the story of Farida and Zohra Ahmadi. They were the last students of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music to be evacuated from the country after the Taliban takeover ...