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SOAS Student Middle East Ensemble performs in an end-of-term event
In a vibrant musical showcase, the SOAS Middle East Ensemble performed in the “Acoustic Evening” held on March 15th at SOAS. This event serves as an opportunity for SOAS Music students to showcase their musical skills and accomplishments gained over the academic year. Comprising some ten students from diverse musical backgrounds (both undergraduate and postgraduate) the ME Ensemble embodies a collective eagerness to learn about musical cultures within the realm […]
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Dr Saeid Kordmafi delivers a Keynote Speech in Cardiff
In a notable academic event, Dr. Saeid Kordmafi took the stage as a keynote speaker at the 2024 BFE/RMA Research Students’ Conference, hosted by the University of Cardiff. His lecture, titled “Performing Transnationality: Thresholds of Artistic Research in 21st-Century Music Studies,” delved into the theoretical frameworks and methodological tools of practice-based research, which are also integral to the “Maqam Beyond Nation” project. Dr Saeid Kordmafi delivering a keynote at Cardiff […]
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Maqām Beyond Nation
Maqām Beyond Nation explores a field of music-making that stretches from North Africa to Central Asia; a set of historically fluid and inter-connected creative practices which were transformed under 20th century nationalisms into fixed repertoires. The project seeks to understand the major changes which are now weakening these nationalist models. We attend to the musical materials and their potential for new creativity, and to the social: how a focus on expressive culture […]