When the Afghanistan fell under Taliban rule in 2021, instruments were destroyed and musicians were silenced.

Today, we hear from Afghan musicians taking part in a performance at the Bushnell Theater in Hartford entitled “Symphony of Resilience: The Afghan Orchestra Unsilenced.”

We’ll listen to some of their original music and learn how some artists in Afghanistan are finding ways to pursue and even record music abroad.

Plus, Kevin Bishop, the founder of Cuatro Puntos, a Connecticut non-profit that works to amplify persecuted and underrepresented music and musicians, joins us.

GUESTS:
Nazira Wali:musician and composer
Arson Fahim:musician, pianist, composer and conductor
Kevin Bishop:Founder and Executive Director of Cuatro Puntos

<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66357611">When the Afghanistan fell under Taliban rule in 2021, instruments were destroyed and musicians were silenced.</a>
Today, we hear from Afghan musicians taking part in a performance at the Bushnell Theater in Hartford entitled <a href="https://bushnell.org/shows-concerts/cuatro-puntos-symphony-of-resilience">“Symphony of Resilience: The Afghan Orchestra Unsilenced.”</a>
We’ll listen to some of their original music and learn how some artists in <a href="https://www.cuatropuntos.org/albums.html">Afghanistan are finding ways to pursue and even record music abroad.</a>
Plus, Kevin Bishop, the founder of <a href="https://www.cuatropuntos.org/">Cuatro Puntos, a Connecticut non-profit that works to amplify persecuted and underrepresented music and musicians,</a> joins us.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhZkEemrNaU">Nazira Wali:</a> musician and composer</li>
<li><a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/10/15/the-makers-arson-fahim">Arson Fahim:</a> musician, pianist, composer and conductor</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cuatropuntos.org/kevinbishop.html">Kevin Bishop:</a> Founder and Executive Director of Cuatro Puntos</li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

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Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

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