SHASHMAQAM Comes To Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Today

On June 9 at 1 p.m. in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the SHASHMAQAM ensemble will perform music and dance from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

SHASHMAQAM specializes in wedding music for vocals, lute (tanbur), accordion, and percussion, as well as the region's classical repertoire for which the ensemble is named. The ensemble features music director Shumiel Kuyenov on frame drum (doira), David Davidov on lute (tar), Rafael Badalbaev on accordion, guest vocalist Rustam Samarqandi, and dancer Firuza Yagudaeva.

For more information, please visit https://www.freersackler.si.edu/events/all-events/#/?i=1

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