16 March, 2006 - The Killid Group (TKG) and the French Cultural Center in Afghanistan have established a strategic partnership to organize the first in a series of concerts showcasing Afghan classical music.
The highlight of the first concert will be a performance by Ustad Neesar Hussein, one of Afghanistan’s few remaining classical masters. The concert will include the famous Kabuli Ghazals so deeply entrenched in and reflective of the Kharabat tradition.
Ustad Neesar Hussein belongs to that illustrious lineage of Afghanistan’s classical musicians. He is the son of Ustad Ghulam Hussein and brother of the most well known icon of Afghan classical music, Ustad Mohammad Hussein Sarahang. Ustad Ghulam Hussein and Ustad Sarahang alongside Ustad Qacimi are considered to be the founding fathers of the 20th century classical music of Afghanistan.
After five years in exile in Pakistan, Ustad Nasser Hussein returned to his homeland in 2002 to help revive the rich musical heritage of his country.
The concert will be held in the French Cultural Center (Esteqlal High School) this Saturday, 18 of March at 6.00 pm.
This first in a series of such concerts showcasing Afghan classical music is jointly organized by TKG owned Radio Killid (FM 88) and the French cultural association ‘Riscquat’.
For more information please contact:
Jerome Louis on 0799 056411 or email jlouis@thekillidgroup.com.
Backgrounder
Development and Humanitarian Services for Afghanistan (DHSA) is one of Afghanistan’s leading non-profit development NGOs. Operating in Afghanistan since the early 1990s, DHSA is widely accredited with having provided critical services to vulnerable populations displaced by internal conflict and drought.
With the political changes of 2001, DHSA turned its focus from humanitarian assistance to long term development and independent media by transforming its knowledge of local communities and issues and its networks of aid distribution into ones dedicated to enhancing public access to independent information and basic resources. It was as a result of this transformation that The Killid Group (TKG – www.thekillidgroup.com) was born. TKG is a public service of DHSA and an independent Afghan media and public communication initiative.
The mission of DHSA, to include The Killid Group (TKG) is to significantly improve literacy and public awareness levels by increasing opportunities for education, increasing access to information and encouraging civic participation and accountability.
Specifically, TKG’s mission is to improve public access to independent media, information and basic resources. TKG’s primary interest is in publishing, production & broadcast and nation-wide distribution.
TKG owns and operates Radio Killid broadcasting on 88 FM in Kabul and the western city of Herat and publishes the country’s most popular cultural quarterly magazine Sapaida and two national weeklies. Killid Weekly (25,000 copies) and Mursal (15,000), a women’s magazine reach every province through the Group’s distribution network, Nye Express.
Nye Express is the only institutional capacity in Afghanistan with nation-wide reach to distribute independent press and media resources.
