Polar Music Prize 2018 Goes To Afghanistan’s National Institute Of Music

“Dr. [Ahmad] Sarmast founded ANIM in Kabul in 2010 in response to that country’s civil war destruction of centuries of rich musical tradition. In the 1980s the pop music and film industries were thriving in Afghanistan, with hundreds of ensembles and a national radio orchestra playing Western and Afghan musical instruments. … Read entire story.

Source: MUSIC – ArtsJournal