Illustration of the Archimedes automatic wind instrumentalist (image courtesy Hatje Cantz) In 2009, Tokyo’s Waseda University built a fedora-sporting flautist robot powered by cranked air. But this is ...
Asia Society presents the Alim and Fargana Qasimov Ensemble, offering New York audiences a rare opportunity to experience Azerbaijani classical music, or mugham, a modal art music popular among the ...
Music in its most basic form—vocalization—saturates Islamic society: the muezzin’s call to Friday prayer and the melodious recitation of the Quran are experiences with musical as well as devotional ...