Afghanische Musik vom Genfersee

Podcast
by Thomas Burkhalter

Khaled Arman spielte in Kabul Funk, in Prag und Paris zeitgenössische Gitarrenmusik und in Genf afghanische Populärmusik. Mit dem Ensemble Kaboul hat Arman einen BBC World Music Award gewonnen, und als Solomusiker geht er mit seiner umgebauten Rubab eigene Wege. Eine Radiosendung von Thomas Burkhalter.

Biography

Dr. Thomas Burkhalter is an anthropologist/ethnomusicologist, AV-artist, and writer from Bern (Switzerland). He is the founder and director of Norient and the Norient Festival (NF), co-directed AV-performances and documentary films (e.g. «Contradict», Berner Filmpreis 2020 + Al-Jazeera Witness), and is the author and co-editor of several books (e.g., «Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut», Routledge, «The Arab Avant Garde: Musical Innovation in the Middle East», Wesleyan University Press). He teaches regularly at universities, and runs workshops for arts institutions. Since 2022 he produces the Norient Mixtape for Swiss National Radio SRF3. Currently, he is working on his new music project «Melodies In My Head», and on the podcast series «South Asian Sound Stories» with musicians from the UK, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. Follow him on Spotify, Research Gate, Academia.edu, Instagram, X, or Facebook.

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Published on December 07, 2004

Last updated on August 21, 2020

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