WMI MISSION
Music and dance are both a means to communicate social values and a measure of a society's aspirations. Through its concerts WMI seeks to educate, entertain, and provide spiritual nourishment. WMI's programs are intended to reinforce the cultural values of the community and to communicate to all the unique power of each individual culture.
ABOUT WMI
World Music Institute is a not-for-profit concert presenting organization founded in 1985 and dedicated to the research, presentation and documentation of the finest in traditional and contemporary music and dance from around the world.
WMI encourages cultural exchange between nations and ethnic groups and collaborates with community organizations and academic institutions in fostering greater understanding of the world’s cultural traditions. WMI works extensively with community groups and organizations including Indian, Iranian, Chinese, Korean, Middle Eastern, Latin American, Hungarian, Irish, and Central Asian. This has enabled us to be at the forefront of planning and presenting the finest ensembles from these countries.
WMI presents a full season of concerts each year in New York City, and arranges national tours by visiting musicians from abroad, as well as US-based artists. WMI’s accomplishments and expertise in its field are recognized by major institutions throughout the US and internationally. Institutions such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and UCLA regularly seek our advice. Our board of advisors includes ethnomusicologists, anthropologists, senior musicians, and other experts.
Programs take place at venues throughout the city, including Symphony Space, Town Hall, Skirball Performing Arts Center at NYU, New York City Center, the Rose Theater (Jazz at Lincoln Center), and Carnegie Hall. The artists for
World Views, an annual series at Zankel Hall presented in partnership with Carnegie Hall, are chosen by WMI’s curatorial staff. Other collaborative partners have included Aaron Davis Hall, the Center for Traditional Music and Dance, City Lore, Lincoln Center, Skirball Center, and Summerstage.
WMI works closely with culturally specific organizations to promote its events. Many concerts are presented as thematic series; these have included
The Musical World of Islam,
Masters of Indian Music,
Africa in the Americas,
Music around the Mediterranean, and
National Heritage Masters. Others are presented as festivals such as the
New York Blues Festival,
Grassroots Gospel Festival,
Festival of Indonesia, and
Festival of India. In addition to its regular programming, WMI has also produced unique shows such as the
Gypsy Caravan, which featured artists from six Romani communities, as well as India, and toured throughout the US. An internationally acclaimed film of this tour was premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2006.
WMI has brought many musical, dance and ritual traditions to the New York stage for the first time, including Laotian sung poetry, folk music of Khorason and Bushehr (Iran), songs of the Yemenite Jews, Bardic divas of Central Asia, trance ceremonies from Morocco, music from Madagascar, and Theyyams (masked dances) of Kerala, South India. Many artists have been given their U.S. or New York debuts by WMI.
Dance has always been a significant part of WMI’s programming and the annual
New York Flamenco Festival at New York City Center and other locations has become a staple of the New York winter concert season, drawing visitors from across the country and abroad. Another important winter season event, the annual
globalFEST, a collaboration with Joe's Pub at the Public Theater and Acidophilus: Live and Active Cultures in association with The Bowery Presents, has become a mecca for presenters and young people seeking the cutting edge in current world music.
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FUNDING
WMI programs are made possible by: The National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency; and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.
Funding is also provided by: Aditi Foundation for the Arts, American Express, Anonymous, Asian Cultural Council, The Howard Bayne Fund, Caipirinha Foundation/Make Music Not War, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Chamber Music America, Chloe Trust, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, FJC-A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds, Japan Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund, Merrill Family Charitable Foundation, Merrill Lynch Access to the Arts, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, New York Community Trust, Nonprofit Finance Fund, Paradis Charitable Fund, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Jonathan F. P. Rose and Diana Calthorpe Rose Fund, Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, David & Sylvia Teitelbaum Fund, Traditional Crossroads, Trust for Mutual Understanding, Waka Foundation, and matching gifts from the Children’s Place, General Electric, Merck Partnership for Giving, the New York Times Company, IBM and Pfizer, and generous in-kind support from Morell & Company, Solera Restaurant, Tempranillo Wines, Paul J. Weinstein Quality Printing, and Frederick Wildman & Sons, Ltd. and from the Friends of WMI.
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FRIENDS OF WMI
While tickets sales provide about 50% of the income needed to run WMI's concert series, the rest must be raised from foundations, the government and individual donors. The support of our members is invaluable. Members are entitled to discounts on concert tickets and recordings, priority seating, the waiving of service charges on orders, special events, and a free gift.
Persian Artist Circle: Leslie Ogan, Persian Heritage Foundation.
Lifetime Member: Shujen Yeo
World Class: Anonymous, Thomas W. Buckner, Hans Li, Leslie Ogan, Daisy & David Paradis, and Anupam & Rajika Puri.
Artist Circle: Anonymous, Robert & Lauren Bresnan, Pierre & Ellen de Vegh, Andrew & Emily Faulkner, Martha Fleischman, Paul Merrill, Paul Palmer, Mark Satlof, Wendy A. Schantzer & Claire Li, Ehsan Yarshater.
Performer: Richard Baks, Barbara Bash and Steve Gorn, Helen Blitz, Amithaba Bose & Satinder Jawanda, Roger Davidson, Zette Emmons, Erwin Frankel, Kedar Gangopadhyay, Stephanie Astic George, Anne Gorrissen, Edward Haber, Habibi Magazine, Hanna & Les Lessinger, Arjun & Anjali Mathrani, Kathleen O'Connell & Peter Goldsmith, Zeyba Rahman, Ora-Abel Russell & Douglas S. Russell, Ralph & Andrea Samuelson, and Jack & Linda Vartoogian.
Supporting: Victoria Barr, Sasha Berry, Mary C. Bower, Aleksandr Bulkin, Amita & Purnendu Chatterjee, Johanna Climenko & Robert Brenner, Carina Courtright, Ronald Davidow, Topher Delaney, Manoj Fenelon, Lawrence Frost, Charles & Patricia Fuller, Sharon Gensler, Rene Goiffon, Mathew Goin, Nancy Hager, James Halper, Ann W. Harithas, Charles Hunter, Anu & Brajesh Kothari, Delrosa Marshall, James Meier, Ray Mortenson and Jean Wardle, Stephen Nelson, James Pritchett & Frances White, Alice Rosenwald, Mary Rower, Walter and Linda Sabolboro, Carolyn Stoloff, Alden Toevs, Soon Young Yoon as well as many Individual, Dual/Family, Student and Senior Friends.
Add your name to our list of supporters and patrons of the arts!A copy of World Music Institute’s latest annual report may be obtained, upon written request, from our office or from the New York State Attorney General’s Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271, tel. (212) 416-8400.
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WHAT THE PRESS SAYS
The World Music Institute presents just about every exotic style that musical man has devised...
--The New York Times
World Music Institute brings everything back home, from the great masters of Indian and Persian classical music to West African griots and drummers, Azerbaijani ensembles, and Norwegian fiddlers. From September to June, at least once a week, [WMI] makes it easy for New Yorkers to listen to the world without leaving town.
-- The Village Voice
It's hard to believe the World Music Institute has only been around for twenty years. Over that time, New Yorkers have come to count on its concerts as a way to discover music that may be ancient at home, but often sounds brand new and startling here.
-- The New York Times
Why get stuck in musical tourist traps when you can have the real thing?... WMI’s calendar covers a phenomenal range.
-- Time Out New York
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WMI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Paul Palmer, Chairman
Zette Emmons, Secretary
Robert H. Browning
Cindy Byram
Andrew Faulkner
Hans Li
Daisy Paradis
HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS
Muhal Richard Abrams
Philip Glass
Zakir Hussain
Mira Nair
Ravi Shankar
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HISTORY
World Music Institute is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 1985, and dedicated to the research, documentation and presentation of traditional and contemporary music and dance from around the world. Since its founding, World Music Institute has built the most comprehensive concert series of traditional music and dance in the United States. Through its concerts WMI seeks to entertain, educate and to provide spiritual nourishment. Music and dance in their myriad forms are both a means to communicate social values and a measure of a society's aspirations. WMI's programs of traditional music and dance are intended to reinforce the cultural values of the communities and to communicate to outsiders the unique power of each individual culture. Growing out of the concert program developed at New York's Alternative Museum between 1976 and 1985, the series has included music from more than 70 countries and ethnic minorities in Africa, Asia, Oceania, Europe, The Americas and the Middle East as well as regional music from throughout North America. In addition, WMI has presented innovative programs of contemporary music by American composers. WMI presents more than 60 concerts a year in New York City at locations varying from the 250-seat Washington Square Church to such formal concert venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall and City Center. WMI pioneered the presenting of world music at The Borough of Manhattan Community College's Triplex Theater and New York's Symphony Space, an 850-seat theater on Manhattan's upper west side, for which we have received numerous praises. In the 1980's WMI administered and co-presented with the Society of Asian Music, a concert series at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. WMI works extensively with community groups and organizations including Indian, Iranian, Chinese, Korean, Middle Eastern, Latin American, Hungarian, Irish, and Central Asian. This has enabled us to be at the forefront of planning and presenting the finest ensembles from these countries, as well as the opportunity to do direct outreach to the communities whose music we are presenting.
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MEMBERSHIP/FRIENDS
With more than 1,200 Friends of World Music Institute to date, our membership has grown steadily over the years. While tickets sales provide about 50% of the income needed to run WMI's concert series, the rest we must raise from foundations, the government, individual donors and our members. Our members provide insight into programming and fundraising and are our biggest supporters. The massive cuts in federal and state funding for the arts over the past few years have made your membership dollars more important than ever. Members get discounts on tickets, a free gift, no service charge for orders, and first class mailings.
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OUTREACH & TOURING
WMI arranges a select number of tours for both resident and visiting artists throughout the US and Canada. Tours we have organized or co-produced include
Grupo Aymara (Bolivia),
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Pakistan),
African Troubadours (Gambia, Morocco, Uganda and Mali),
African Heritage (Puerto Rican, Gospel, Gambian and South African), the
Baluch Ensemble of Karachi (trance music of Baluchistan),
White Cockatoo (Australian Aboriginal music, dance and ritual), the
Ghazal Ensemble: Persian and Indian Improvisations with Kayhan Kalhor and Shujaat Husain Khan,
Masters of Persian Music,
The Gypsy Caravan: A Celebration of Roma Music and Dance I & II (Spain, Russia, Romania, India, Hungary, Macedonia and Bulgaria),
Mehr Ali and Shehr Ali (Qawwali music from Pakistan),
The Whirling Dervishes of Syria,
Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia,
Gods, Goddesses and Ancestors: Rituals of Kerala,
Whirling Dervishes of Syria, and many others.
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EDUCATION, SYMPOSIA & MASTER CLASSES
WMI does not separate art from education. Program notes are provided at our concerts to familiarize audiences with the context, song translations (when possible), and other relevant information. For selected events pre-concert lecture/demonstrations, workshops or master classes are offered. A collaboration with the Juilliard School has yielded a very successful annual series of master classes. Artists have included Simon Shaheen (‘ud), Kayhan Kalhor (kamancheh), Gustavo Casenave (piano) and others
WMI also seeks to act as a bridge between the general public and the academic community. A symposium entitled
Immigrant Music in New York was held at Hunter College/CUNY in 1988.. This was the first of a series of symposia intended to create an ongoing dialogue between scholars, musicians, and the general public. In 1990, we organized
Re Sounding: Women and World Music, which brought together female scholars and artists from around the country. This first of its kind symposium focused on women’s musical traditions, particularly from the perspective of the artists' themselves. Our most recent collaborative symposium was
Friends of Old Time Music, co-sponsored with City Lore and Brooklyn College.
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AUDIO & VIDEO ARCHIVE
World Music Institute maintains an extensive collection of audio and video recordings from many of our concerts for archival purposes. This archive is catalogued and is available by appointment to students, scholars and our members. Some of these have been released commercially onto CD format.
In the 1980s two 8-cassette series were made: Voices of the Americas (VOA) and The New Americans.Voices of the Americas included blues, gospel, Cajun, Native American and Appalachian music as well as music from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Mexico, Columbia and the Andes.VOA was also made into a radio series which was broadcast on public radio stations througout the United States. The New Americans featured performances by recent immigrant musicians from Afghanistan, Arab countries, Cambodia, India, Iran, Laos, Morocco and Vietnam. Many of these cassettes are now available as CDs. We also executive produced our first series of recordings with the Persian and Indian ensemble Ghazal, with Kayhan Kalhor, Shujaat Husain Khan and Swapan Chaudhuri.
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WORLD MUSIC CDS, VIDEOS & BOOKS
WMI maintains an extensive selection of more than 4,000 recordings, videos and books of traditional and contemporary world music for sale directly from our office, at our concerts or by mail order. Our office carries a large stock of these titles and is open to the general public.
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RADIO & RECORDINGS
Two radio series have been made for National Public Radio, Voices of the Americas (1987) and Worlds of Music (1996). The latter was a 13-part series which was produced in collaboration with WNYC, New York City's public radio station. WMI produces an ongoing CD series with the US based label World Village, of which two cds have been nominated for Grammys.
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ARTISTS PRESENTED BY WMI 1985-2008
World Music Institute has presented more than 1,500 ensembles and soloists representing over 90 countries and regions.
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AFGHANISTAN
John Baily
Siar Ahmed Hazeq
Aziz Herawi
Ustad Mahwash
Nashenas
Quraishi
Wali Ahmed Raoufi
Chetram Sahni
Homayoun Sakhi
Wali Taranasaz
Ahmad Wali
ALBANIA
Merita Halili
Raif Hyseni
ALGERIA
Abdelli
Houria Aichi
Mohammed Khaznaji
Nassima
Zakia Kara Terki
ANGOLA
Bonga
ANDES - BOLIVIA, PERU, ECUADOR
Andes Manta
Corazon Al Sur
Eva Ayllón
Grupo Aymara
Susana Baca
Ernesto Cavour
Inkhay
Tania Libertad
Fabian Mozaurieta
Sisa Pacari
Atahualpa Poalasin
Pepe Santana
Peru Negro
Sukay
Taquig-Inti
Tahuatinsuyo
ARAB WORLD
Al Mayadine Ensemble
Natacha Atlas
Anouar Brahem
Nadeem Dlaikan
Youssef Kassab
Marcel Khalife
Near Eastern Music Ensemble
Qantara
Aicha Redouane
Sabah
Simon Shaheen
ARGENTINA
Pablo Aslan’s Avantango
Los Chaskis
Roxana Fontan
Mariela Franganillo
Los Hermanos Macanas
Juan Jose Mosalini
The N. Y. Buenos Aires Connection
Suni Paz
Guillermina Quiroga
Roberto Reis
Romulo Larrea Tango Ensemble
Chango Spasiuk
Fernando Tarres
ARMENIA
Armenian Music Ensemble
John Berberian Orchestra
Djivan Gasparyan
Richard Hagopian
George Mgrdichian
Shoghaken Ensemble
AUSTRALIA
Matthew Doyle
Adam Plack
Tjapukai Dance Theater
White Cockatoo
AZERBAIJAN
Osher Baraev
Fuad Jalilov
Alem Kassimov
Kavkazi
Nisim Nismov
BELGIUM
Limbrant
BRAZIL
Badi Assad
Bale Folclorico Da Bahia
Beat the Donkey
Berço do Samba de São Mateus
Brazilian Guitar Quartet
João Grande
Capoeira Angola Palmares with Mestre Ombrinho
Dandara
Duofel
Iyakekere
Lenine
Marcio Local
Marlui Miranda
Mestre No
Mestres do Forró
O Samba!
Ologunde
Roots of Brazil
Monica Salmaso
Sambacumba
Nana Vasconcelos
Jelon Vieira’s DanceBrazil
BRITISH ISLES
Aly Bain
Battlefield Band
Capercaillie
Martin Carthy
Joseph Cormier
Johnny Cunningham
Phil Cunningham
Alasdair Fraser
Alasdair Gillies
John Kirkpatrick
John Renbourn
Sileas
Silly Wizard
Andy M. Stewart
Waterson:Carthy
The Watersons
Tannahill Weavers
Robin Williamson
BULGARIA
Angelete
Balkana
Bulgari
Bulgarian Women’s Choir “Angelite”
Ivo Papasov
Lyuben Tachev
Yuri Yunakov
BURKINA FASO
Farafina
BURMA
U Win Maung
Daw Li Li Kya Nyunt
BURUNDI
Drummers of Burundi
CAMEROON
Francis Bebey
CAMBODIA
Angkor Dance Troupe
Apsara Ensemble
Sam-Ang Sam
CANADA
La Bottine Souriante
Andre Brunet
Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer
Natalie MacMaster
Tanya Tagaq
CAPE VERDE
Mayra Andrade
Lura
CENTRAL ASIA
Alim & Fargana Qasimov
Badakhshan Ensemble
Bardic Divas
Fatima Kuinova & Shashmaqam
Ilyas Malayev
Shashmaqam
CHINA
Yao An
Bay Area Chinese Shawm Band
Beijing Kunju Opera Troupe
Liu Fang
Gang-a-tsui Nanguan Music Ensemble
Gao Hong
Huaxia Chamber Ensemble
Tang Liangxing
Wu Man
Music From China
Peking Opera Troupe of Hebei
Qi Shu-Fang’s Peking Opera
Tien-juo Wang
Wenguang Wu
Yeh Yu Chinese Opera Assoc.
COLOMBIA
Aires Colombianos
Rene Devia
Impacto Vallenato
Los Macondos
Eugenio Ortega
Maria Olga Pineros
Lucia Pulido and Palenque
Toto La Momposina
CONGO
Kékéle
CROATIA
Singers of St. Stephen’s Church
CUBA
Francisco Aguabella
Obini Ashé
Ban Rra Rra
Emilio Barreto & Santisimo
Mario Bauza
Bellita y Jazztumbata
Candido Camero
The Conga Kings
David Oquendo’s Raíces Habaneras & Havana Tres
Lázaro Galarraga
Reynaldo Gonzalez
Grupo AfroCuba de Matanzas
Giovanni Hidalgo
Los Munequitos de Matanzas
Pedro Morejon
Orquesta Aragon
Raul Paz
Daniel Ponce
Patakin
Pancho Quinto
Orlando "Puntilla" Rios
Son de la Loma
Carlos "Potato" Valdez
CYPRUS
Michalis Ttlerlikkas
CZECH REPUBLIC
Vera Bílá & Kale
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Los Amigos del Ritmo
AsaDife
Cieguito de Nagua
Espiritu Dominicano
Jose Quesada
Super Uba Y Su Conjunto
EASTERN EUROPE
Frula
The Tamburitzans
EGYPT/NUBIA
Hamza El Din
Aicha Radouane with Ensemble Al-Adwar
ESTONIA
Vägilased
ETHIOPIA
Aster Aweke
Seleshe Damessae Melaku Gelaw
Nile Ethiopian Ensemble
FINLAND
JPP Art Moilanen
Varttina
FRANCE – BRITTANY, CORSICA
Babylon Circus
Lo Cor de la Plana
Serge Desauney
Vents D’Ouest
Kornog
L&O
Gilles Le Bigot
Christian LeMaitre
I Muvrini
Les Primitifs du Futur
Gabriel Yacoub
Les Yeux Noirs
Samarabalouf
Watcha Clan
GARIFUNA
Garifuna Collective
Umalali
GAMBIA
Amadou Bansang Jobarteh
Dance Company of Gambia
Fabala Kanute Jali Madi
Abdou Rahman Mangara
Jali Foday Musa Suso
Papa Susso
GEORGIA
Rustavi Choir
GHANA
Abraham Adzinyah
Odadaa!
GREECE
Acroama
I Chrisodaktili Brass Band
Chronis Aidonidis
Akrites Dance Troupe
Haris Alexiou
Eleftheria Arvanitaki
Athos Daniels & Karaghiozis
Nikos Filippidis Ensemble
Petros Gaitanos
Gevgelis Trio
Gledistades of Lesvos
Petroloukas Halkias
Agathonas Iakovidis
Nikos Ikonomidis
Michalis Kaliontzidis Ensemble
Ilias Kementzides
Keros Music Ensemble
Spyros Liosis
Grigoris Maninakis
Maryo & Tombourlika Ens.
Masters of the Psaltic Art Microcosmos
Manolis Mitsias
Momogeri Dance Ensemble
Lela Papadopouloy
Sophia Papazoglou
Pericles Halkias Orchestra
Romeiko Ensemble
Nikos Saragoudas Ensemble
Vasilis Skoulas
Stavrakakides
Polyphoniko Syngrotima
Christos Tsiamoulis
Giouli Tsirou
Panayiotis Vassiliades
Savina Yannatou
Michalis Zografidis
GUADELOUPE
Klod Kiavue & Philippe Makaia
GUINEA
Les Ballets Africains
Ladji Camara
Naby Camara Keda Cissoko
Sidiki Conde
Fula Flute Ensemble with Bailo Bah
Mamady Keita
Les Merveilles de Guinée
Les Percussions de Guinée
Mor Thiam Wofa
HAITI
Frisner Augustin
Dernst Emile Ensemble
Yanik Etienne
La Troupe Makandal
Emeline Michel
HAWAII
Keola & Moana Beamer
Halau Hula Ka No’eau
Daniel Ho
Ledward Kaapana
Keoki Kahumoku
George Kahumoku Jr.
Dennis Kamakahi
Ray Kane
Halau O Kekuhi
Cyril Pahinui
Princess Owana Salazar
HUNGARY
Kálmán Balogh
Honvéd Dance Company
Kalyi Jag
Little Cow
Muzsikas
Sandor Fodor “Neti”
Okros Ensemble
Beáta Palya
Marta Sebestyen
Szasczsavas
INDIA
Anjani Ambegaokar
Anjani’s Kathak Dance Co.
Raghurama Ayyar
Nanda Banerjee
Nikhil Banerjee
Subhankar Banerjee
Purna Das Baul
Vastuvadi Baul
Jamal Uddin Bhartiya
Krishna Bhatt
Debashish Bhattacharya
Gobindo Bose
Kumar Bose
Kamala Cesar
Ajoy Chakraborti
Sikkil Mala Chandrasekher
Satyanarayan
Charka Anindo Chatterjee
Purbayan Chatterjee
Samir Chatterjee
Debu Chaudhuri
Swapan Chaudhuri
Vijay Chauhan
Hariprasad Chaurasia
Bahauddin Dagar
Wasifuddin Dagar
Anando Gopal Das
Chitresh Das
Kushal Das
Buddhadev Dasgupta
Girija Devi
Ritha Devi
Sitara Devi
Sita Doraiswamy
Ganga Ganesh & Kumaresh Selva Ganesh
Vijay Ghate Ghazal Ensemble
Dhruba Ghosh Sandip Ghosh
K.S. Gopalkrishnan
M.S. Gopalkrishnan
Kadri Gopalnath
Nikhil Gosh
Priyadarsini Govind
Subhra Guha
Shobha Gurtu
Ramya Harishankar
Zakir Hussain
B. Rajam Iyer
Pandit Jasraj
Bombay Jayashri
Shweta Jhaveri
V.G. Jog
Kathakali Kalakeli Troupe
A. Kanyakumari
Ulhas Kashalkar
Aashish Khan
Ali Akbar Khan
Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan
Amjad Ali Khan
Asad Ali Khan
Bismillah Khan
Hidayat Khan
Imrat Khan
Irshad Khan
Kadar Khan
Nishat Khan
Rashid Khan
Shafaat Ahmed Khan
Shafat Khan
Shujaat Khan
Sultan Khan
Vilayat Khan
Kailash Kher’s Kailasa
Ravi and Vijay Kichlu
Balamurali Krishna
Vaduvur S.N.R. Krishnamurti
Lalgudi Krishnan
T.N. Krishnan
Laihui
Lakshmi Lalgudi
Jayaraman Lalgudi
Padmavathy Ananthagopalan
The Langas & Manghaniyars of Rajastan
Birju Maharaj Tejendra
Narayan Majumdar
Mallik Family
Prabha Marathe
Anjika Manipuri Dance Troupe
Rajan and Sajan Misra
Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra
Vijaysaree Mokkapati
Manilal Nag
Mita Nag
Musafir/Maharaja
Aruna Narayan
Brij Narayan
Ram Narayan
Kalanidhi Narayanan Ensemble
Balambal Natarajan
Sri A.K.C. Natarajan
Nrityagram Dance Ensemble
Lata Pada
Anuradha Pal
Daisy Paradis
Shaheed Parvez
Ellora Patnaik
Pratap and Priya Pawar
Vijay Prakash
Prasanna
Fazal Hussain Qureshi
Taufiq Qureshi
Ramnad V. Raghavan
Sudha Ragunathan
Ustad Alla Rakha
Hema Rajagopalan
Ranganayaki Rajagopolan
N.Rajam
Susheela Raman
Vellore Ramabhadram
R. Ramesh
Ranganiketan
Nageswara Rao
Shubhendra Rao
Ravikiran
Rupayan
G.S. Sachdev
Samar Saha
Aruna Sairam
Trichy Sankaran
T.V. Sankaranarayanan
Maharajapuram Santhanam
Gulabi Sapera & Party
Mallika Sarabhai
Saswati Sen
Sarang Sisters
Malavika Sarukkai
Kartik Seshadri Madurai
T.N. Seshagopalan
Raghunath Seth
Shankar
Lakshmi Shankar
Ravi Shankar
Rahul Sharma
Shivkumar Sharma
Shobha Sharma
Shashank
Shobana
K. Sridhar
U. Srinivas
L. Subramaniam
Sunayana
Padma Talwalkar
Rajeev Taranath
David Trasoff
Laxmi Tewari Lalgudi
J. Vijayalakshmi
T.H ‘Vikku’ Vinayakram
T. Viswanathan
Ken Zuckerman
INDONESIA - JAVA, BALI, SUMATRA
Irati Durban Ardjo
Batak of North Sumatra
Ni Ketut Cenik
Dancers & Musicians of Bali
Dharma Swara Gamelan
Idjah Hadidjah
I.M. Harjito
I Made Jimat
Ida Bagus
Suteja Manuaba
Sal Murgiyanto
N. Y. Indonesian Consulate Gamelan
Endang Nrangwesti Sarno
Gamelan Sekar Jaya
Ni Wayan Sekarriani
Endo Suanda
Asep Sunandav Sunarya
Idan Subasrana
Ben Suhardo
Arja Sujana
I Nyoman Sumandhi
Sumarsam Sundanese Performing Arts Ensemble
Sri Susilowati
Joko Waluyo
Nyoman Wenten
Widiyanto Wiwin Widjajawati
IRAN
Salar Aghili
Hossein Alizadeh
Khosro Ansari
Sima Bina
Bushehri Music Ensemble
Djamchid Chemirani
Darvish
Dastan Ensemble
Reza Derakhshani
Dariush Dolatshahi
Ghazal Ensemble
Gholamhosain Janati-Ataie
Hamavayan Ensemble
Kayhan Kalhor
Ardavan Kamkar
Madjid Khaladj
Majid Kiani
Mohammed Reza Lotfi
Mojdeh Ensemble
Ali Akbar Moradi
Oshagh
Hossein Omoumi
Shahram Nazeri
Parisa
Homayoun Shajarian
Mohammad Reza Shajarian
Shanbehzadeh
Kavous Shirzadian
Hadj Ghourban Suleimani
Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zedeh
Dariush Tala’I Amir
Ali Vahabzadeh
Zarbang
Jalal Zoufonoun
Mahmoud Zoufonoun
Soheil Zoufonoun
IRAQ
Rahim AlHaj
Omar Bashir
Farida & Iraqi Maqam Ensemble
IRELAND
Altan
Boys of the Lough
Kevin Burke
Jean Butler
Dennis Cahill
Liz Carroll
Karan Casey
Cherish the Ladies
Seamus Connolly
Brian Conway
Jackie Daly
Danu
Joe Derrane
Dervish
John Dillon
Maureen Doherty
Tom Doherty
Felix Dolan
Seamus Egan
Donny Golden
Maureen Glynn
Len Graham
Greenfields of America
Martin Hayes
Andy Irvine
Eileen Ivers
James Keane
Jimmy Keane
Joanie Madden
Lunasa
Manus Lunny
Magical Strings
Cathal McConnell
Andy McGann
Seamus & Manus McGuire
Susan McKeown
Brian McNeill
Mick Moloney
Triona Ni Dhomhnaill
Gerry O’Beirne
Garry O’Briain
Treasa O’Carroll
Michael O’Domhnaill
Liam O’Flynn
Jerry O’Sullivan
Paddy Reynolds
Tommy Sands
Sharon Shannon
Solas
Patrick Street
ISRAEL
Boom Pam
Bustan
Mor Karbasi
Abraham Mizmorim
Emil Zrihan
ITALY - SARDINIA, SICILY
Al Qantarah
Aramire
Calabria Bella
Vinicio Caposella
Roberto Corona & Stefano Pinna
Alessandra Belloni
The DeFranco Family
Ghetonia Ensemble
I Giullari Di Piazza
Tenores de Oniferi
JAMAICA
Ancient Vibrations
The Skatalites
JAPAN
Michiko Akao
Yukito Ara
Kunie Fujii
Chieko Fukunaga
Yoko Ito Gates
Sumi Tani Hogaku Ensemble
Master Chikujou Ichikawa
Masayo Ishigure
Reiko Kamata
Mika Kimula
Riley Lee
Marco Lienhard
Ondekoza
Ralph Samuelson
Michihiro Sato
Soh Daiko
Takashi Tokuyama
Tendai Shu Buddhist Monks
Tsugaru Shamisen Troupe
Kodo Araki V
Michiyo Yagi
Yamada-Ryu Koto Ensemble
JEWISH - KLEZMER/SEPHARDIC
Chava Alberstein
Alhambra
Brave Old World
Adrienne Cooper
Kapelye
Khevrisa
The Klezmatics
Klezmer Plus
David Krakauer
Elias Ladino
Margot Leverett
Sons of Sepharad
Andy Statman
Alicia Svigals
KOREA
88 Seoul Art Troupe
Sung Rai Cho
Jae-Guk Chung
Monk Dong Hee
Dulsori
Byungki Hwang
Jin Hi Kim
Kosong Okwangdae
Jong-Sul Park
Sang-Won Park
In-Young Sohn Dance Company
KURDISTAN
Ali Akbar Moradi
Sivan Perwer
LAOS
Khamvong Insixiengmai
Thongkhio Manisone
Khamseung Syhanone
LEBANON
Zaghloul Al-Damour
Mansour Ajami
Ramzi El-Edlibi Dance Co.
Rima Khcheich
Hanna Merhej
Michel Merhej
Ali Jihad Racy
LITHUANIA
Blezdinga
Veronika Povilioniene
MACEDONIA
Esma Redzepova and Ensemble Teodosievski
MADAGASCAR
Rakoto Frah
Sylvestre Randafison
Rossy
Tarika Sammy
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MALAYSIA
Lan-E-Tuyang Ensemble
MALI
Toumani Diabate
Yaya Diallo
Salif Keita
Habib Koite
Kandia Kouyate
Oumou Sangare
Ensemble Tartit
Djelimady Tounkara
MAURITANIA
Dimi Mint Abba
MEXICO AND TEX-MEX
Marimba Chiapas
José Gutierrez
Tish Hinojosa
Santiago Jimenez Jr.
Robert & Lorenzo Martinez
Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
Mariachi San Matias
Mono Blanco
Los Pregoneros del Puerto
Conjunto Mingo Saldivar
Tlen-Huicani
Antonio Zepeda
MONGOLIA
Mongolian Buryat Band
Namjilyn Norovbanzad
Uragsha
MOROCCO
Francoise Altan
Attar Bachir
Amida Boussou
Daqqa of Taroudant
Gerard Edery
Hassan Hakmoun
The Master Gnawa Musicians of Morocco
Master Musicians of Jajouka
Orchestra of Fes
MOZAMBIQUE
National Song and Dance Company of Mozambique
NEPAL
Raj Kapoor
NEW ZEALAND
Wai
NIGER
Etran Finatawa
Mamar Kassey
NIGERIA
Sikuru Adepojo
I.K. Dairo
Femi Kuti
Babatunde Olatunji
Adedayo Ologundudu
NORWAY
Hauk Buen
Knut Buen
Karin Brennesvik
Annbjorg Lien
Reidar Meinstad
PALESTINE
Le Trio Joubran
Zafer Tawil
PAKISTAN
Nafees Ahmed
Mehr Ali & Sher Ali
Baluch Ensemble of Karachi
Ashraf Shareef Khan
Nasir Ahmed Khan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Rais Khan
Salamat Ali Khan
Shafqat Ali Khan
Abida Parveen
Farid Ayaz Qawwal
PHILIPPINES
Usopay Cadar
Danongan Kalanduyan
Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble
PORTUGAL
Jose Manuel Barreto
Cristina Branco
Custodio Castelo
Jorge Fernando
Mariza
Misia
Ana Moura
Dulce Pontes
Maria Amélia Proença
Ricardo
Argentina Santos
Sara Tavares
Diana Thedim
PUERTO RICO
Louis Bauzo’s Carambu
Israel Berrios’ Quinteto Criollo
William Cepeda
Conjunto Libre
Conjunto Melodia Tropical
Dos Alas
Giovanni Hidalgo
Los Hermanos Cepeda
Los Pleneros de la 21
Plena Libre
Bobby Sanabria
Yomo Toro
ROMANIA
Fanfare Ciocarlia
Iza
Taraf Costel Vasilescu
Taraf de Haidouks
Slavic Soul Party
Dumitru Zamfira
RUSSIA - SIBERIA – TUVA
Huun-Huur-Tu
Kaigal-Ool Hovalik
Kolpakov Trio
Sainhko Namchylak
Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble
Svetilen
Gennadi Tumat
SENEGAL
Fallou Diang & DLC
Bouboukar Jobarteh
Djimo Kouyate
Mar & Magette
Les Peulhs du Senegal
Orchestra Baobob
Julia Sarr and Patrice Larose
Sing Sing Rhythms of Senegal
SERBIA
Boban Markovic Orkestar
SLOVAKIA
Lucnica
SOUTH AFRICA
Thuli Dumakude
Abdullah Ibrahim
Izulu Dance Theater
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Malombo
Shiyani Ngcobo
Ngqoko
Tu Nokwe
Thokoza
SPAIN
Diego Amador
Juana Amaya
Vicente Amigo
José Antonio
Arcángel
Pedro Bacan
Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras
Sara Baras
Isabel Bayón
Antonio Canales
Canizares
Juan Carmona
Manuela Carrasco
Chambao
Moraito Chico
Chocolate
Compañia Andaluza de Danza
Compañia Rafela Carrasco
Carmen Cortés Company
Javier Cruz
Dorantes
Juan de Juan
Paco de Lucía
Antonio El Pipa Company
Merche Esmeralda
Rafael Fajardo
Los Farruco
Farruquito
Miguel Funi
Antonio Gades Company
Israel Galván
Pastora Galván
Juani Garcia
Espiritu Gitano
Joaquín Grilo
El Grupo Torombo
El Güito
Juana la del Pipa
Manuel Liñán
Carmen Linares
Paco de Lucia
Tomasa la Macanita
La Macanita
Málaga en Flamenco
Manolete
Mayte Martin
Arturo Martinez
Belén Maya
Mario Maya
Jose Merce
Rocio Molina
La Moneta
Liliana Morales
Moraito
Estrella Morente
Diana Navarro
Noche Flamenca
Gerardo Nuñez
Ojos de Brujo
Maria Pages
Pansequito
Paco Pena
El Pele
Olga Pericet & Marco Flores
Miguel Poveda
Radio Tarifa
Juan Carlos Romero
Manolo Sanlúcar
Carlota Santana
Manuel Soler
Son de la Frontera
La Susi
Tomatito
La Troba Kung-fu
Aurora Vargas
Concha Vargas
Eva Yerbabuena
SWEDEN
Paul Dahlin
Nordan
Bruce Sagan
Vasen
SYRIA
Sabah Fakhri
Al-Kindi Ensemble
Sheikh Hamza Shakkur
Whirling Dervishes of Damascus
THAILAND
The Prasit Thawon Ensemble
TIBET
Drepung Loseling Monks
Gyuto Monks of Tibet
Lhamo Folk Opera of Tibet
TRINIDAD/TOBAGO
B.W.I.A. Sonatas
C.A.Y.S.M. Steel Orchestra
Chalkdust
Robert Greenidge
Alvin Forteau
Calypso Rose
The Merrytones Steel Orchestra
The Mighty Sparrow
Len ‘Boogsie’ Sharpe
Rudy Smith Quartet
TUNISIA
Leila Haddad
TURKEY
Nevzat Akpinar Ensemble
Munir Nurettin Beken
Kemani Çemal
Ali Ekbar Çiçek
Mercan Dede
Barbarose Erköse Ensemble
Erdal Erzinçan
Oruç Guvenç
Lalezar
Ihsan Özgen
Çinuçen Tanikorur
Faruk Tekbilek
Birol Topaloglu Ensemble
Meral Ugurlu
The Whirling Dervishes of Turkey
Neçdet Yasar
UGANDA
Children of Uganda
Kiyira Ensemble
James K. Makubuya
Samite
UKRAINE
Paris to Kyiv
USA – TRADITIONAL, BLUES, GOSPEL, CAJUN, ETC.
ARC Choir
Virgil Anderson
Angelic Gospel Singers
The Ardoin Family
Alphonse ‘Boisec’ Ardoin
Howard Armstrong
The Badgett Sisters
Dewey Balfa
Beausoleil
Carey & Lurrie Bell
Ola Bell
Blind Boys of Alabama
Sugar Blue
Ted Bogan
Eddie Bond
Fletcher Bright
Brooklyn Skyways
Delta Broussard
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
George ‘Mojo’ Buford
Eddie “Guitar” Burns
R.L. Burnside
Henry Butler
Cambell Brothers
Chuck Campbell Ensemble
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Calvin Carriere
John Cephas
Eddie Clearwater Band
Creole Ramblers
Crooked Still
Larry Dale
Olu Dara
Junior Daugherty
Clyde Davenport
CeDell Davis
Little Sammy Davis with Midnight Slim
John Delafose & the Eunice Playboys
Hazel Dickens
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Michael Doucet
David “Honeyboy” Edwards
Bessie Eldreth
Tony Ellis
The Fairfield Four
The Faithful Harmonizers
Canray Fontenot
Forces of Nature Dance Co.
Willie Foster
Clarence Fountain
Bob Gaddy
Johnny Gimble
The Golden Sons
Rosco Gordon
The Gospel Pearls
Henry Gray
Corey Harris
The Heavenly Tones
Johnny Ray Hicks
Algia Mae Hinton
John Dee Holeman
Hot 8 Brass Band
John Jackson
Katie Jackson
Claude Jeter & The Swan Silvertones
Big Jack Johnson
Larry Johnson
Jelly Roll Kings
Killing Floor
Junior Kimbrough
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
The Lawtell Playboys
Robert Jr. Lockwood
Longview
Lynn Morris Band
The Mt. Zion Pentecostal Young People’s Chior
Maine French Fiddlers
Kathy Mattea
McCollough’s Sons of Thunder
Dianne McIntyre
The McIntosh County Shouters
D.L. Menard
Mighty Sons of Glory
Muddy Watters Tribute Band
No Name Gospel Singers
Glenn Ohrlin
Jack Owens
Eddie Pennington
Pinetop Perkins
James Peterson Blues Band
Lonnie Pitchford
Jerry Ricks
Bud Reed
Otis Rush
St. Paul Community Baptist Choir
LadyGourd Sangoma
Satan & Adam
Charlie Sayles
Marc Savoy
Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
Sister Sadie & The Biblettes
Carolina Slim
Magic Slim & The Teardrops
Sunnyland Slim
Bud Spires
Jimmy Spruill
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Stars of Faith
Charlie Storey & His All Stars
Koko Taylor
James ‘Son’ Thomas
Joe & Odell Thompson
“Little” Dave Thompson
Troxell Brothers
Othar Turner
Charlie Walden
Doc Watson & Friends
The Wearyland Singers
Whitetop Mountain Band
Whitstein Brothers
Phil Wiggins
“Detroit Junior” Williams
Marion Williams
Women of the Calabash
Timothy Wright’s Concert Choir
Zora Young
USA - NATIVE AMERICAN
Allegany River Indian Dancers
Joe Bruchac
Cellicion Traditional Zuni Singers
Lakota Sioux Dance Theater
Little Wolf Dance Group
Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble
Chuna McIntyre
Mohawk Nation Singers & Dancers
San Juan Pueblo Indian Dancers
Standing Arrow Singers
Gary Stroutsos
Thunderbird Dancers
Ulali
Andrew Vasquez
Ted Williams
USA - JAZZ, NEW &
CROSS-CULTURAL MUSIC
Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio
Ahmed Abdul-Malik
Muhal Richard Abrams
Acezantez
Irene Aebi
Susan Allen
Beth Anderson
Ray Anderson
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Jon Barlow Anuradha
Robert Ashley
Larry Austin
Spencer Barefield
Thurman Barker
Barton Workshop
Corina Bartra
David Behrman
Christine Berl
Karl Berger
Borah Bergman
Paul Berliner
Tim Berne Quintet
Black Swan Quartet
Big Black
Ed Blackwell
John Blake
Hamiet Bluiett
Tim Brady
Anthony Braxton
William Brown
Thomas Buckner
Harold Budd
Dave Burrell
Don Byron
Cactus Needle Project
Sarah Cahill
Baikida Carroll
John Carter
Joseph Celli
Amit Chaterjee
May Tchi Chen
Don Cherry
Jerome Cooper
Anthony Coleman
Nicolas Collins
Ravi Coltrane
Randy Crafton
Marilyn Crispell
Alvin Curran
Andrew Cyrille Quintet
James Dashow
Anthony Davis
Jon Deak
The Deep Listening Band
Anthony DeMare
Mark Deutsch
Robert Dick
Stephen Dickman
Leon Lee Dorsey
The Downtown Ensemble
Hamid Drake
Mark Dresser
Paul Dresher
William Duckworth
Jack De Johnette
Marty Ehrlich Quartet
James Emery Septet
Essential Music
Eternal Wind
Douglas Ewart
The Far East Side Band
Fast Forward
Zusaan Kali Fasteau
Esther Ferrer
Dengue Fever
David First
J.B. Floyd
Donald Fox
Russel Frehling
Joshua Fried
Gamelon Son of Lion
Kyle Gann
Jon Gibson
Malcolm Goldstein
Peter Gordon
Steve Gorn
Marie Goyette
Mel Graves
Elvira Green
Jamey Haddad
Desiree Halac
Tom Hamilton
Conrad Harris
Craig Harris
Royal Hartigan
William Hawley
Sorrel Hays
Tootie Heath
Pierre Hébert
Barbara Held
Mark Helias
Gerry Hemingway
Andrew Hill
Fred Ho
Dave Holland
Fred Hopkins
Richard Horowitz
Eleanor Hovda
Earl Howard
Jerry Hunt
Brenda Hutchinson
David Hykes
Susie Ibarra
Vijay Iyer
Janet Grice Group
Joseph Jarman
Joan Jeanrenaud
Leroy Jenkins
Tom Johnson
Henry Kaiser
Lisa Karrer
Ka-Tap!
Matthias Kaul
Kedara
John Kennedy
Jin Hi Kim
Mari Kimura
John King
Alain Kirili
Ttakehisa Kosugi
Guy Klucevsek
Donald Knaack
Jonathan Kramer
Ulrich Krieger
Katrina Krimsky
Joe Kubera
Joan La Barbara
Steve Lacy
Oliver Lake
Ariane Lallemand
Elodie Lauten
Yusef Lateef
Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
Joelle Leandre
Anne LeBaron
Steve Lehman
Les Miserables Brass Band
Tania León
Bun-Ching Lam
Mary Jane Leach
Howard Levy
George Lewis
Chicha Libre
Dave Liebman Quintet
Mieczyslaw Litwinski
Annea Lockwood
David Lopato
Frank Lowe & Saxemble
Alvin Lucier
Ars Ludi
Oscura Luminosa
Chris Mann
Roberto Morales Manzanares
Walter Marchetti
Denman Maroney
George Marsh
Ingram Marshall
Jacqueline Martelle
Tony Martin
Salvatore Martirano
Gustavo Matamoros
William Allaudin Mathieu
Dave Liebman
Jean-Louis Matinier
Joe Lovano
Joe McPhee
Myra Melford
Meridian Arts
Maya Milenovic
Phil Minton Quartet
Roscoe Mitchell
Dary John Mizelle
Mob of Angels
Ted Mook
David Moss
Raphael Mostel
David Murray
Deidre Murray
Amina Claudine Myers
Nation Beat
Ben Neill
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
New Winds
New York Sax Machine
Newband
James Newton
NEXUS
Phill Niblock
Reggie Nicholson Brass Concept
Kevin Norton
Occidental Brothers
Rich O’Donnell
Kumi Ogano
Pauline Oliveros
Ursula Oppens
Oregon
Bob Ostertag
Paraphrase
J.D. Parran
Evan
Parker Trio
Leon Parker
William Parker
Pistolera
Joanne Polk
Pulse Percussion
Quartet Indigo
Quintessence
Douglas Quin
Dewey Redman
Layne Redmond
Ernst Rei
Relache
Mike Richmond
Terry Riley
Neil Rolnick
David Rothenberg
Ned Rothenberg
Daniel Rothman
David Rosenboom
Michelle Rosewoman
Mikel Rouse
Mary Rowell
Badal Roy
Roswell Rudd
Adam Rudolph
Frederic Rzewski
S.E.M. Ensemble
Pharoah Sanders
Trichy Sankaran
Saxophone Summit & Big Band
Somei Satoh
Stuart Saunders Smith
Jeffrey Schanzer
Brian Schober
Soldier String Quartet
Archie Shepp
Alvin Singleton
Brian Smith
Gus Solomons Jr.
Laetitia Sonami
Bernadette Speech
Ray Spiegal
Stefani Starin
Bob Stewart’s First Line Band
Carl Stone
The String Trio of New York
Morton Subotnick
Lois Svard
Aki Takahashi
Kei Takei
Talujon Percussion
David Taylor
Cecil Taylor
Richard Teitelbaum
Henry Threadgill Quartet
Liuh-Wen Ting
Yasunao Tone
The Tone Road Ramblers
David Tudor
“Blue” Gene Tyranny
James Blood Ulmer
Jai Uttal
Jack Vees
Glen Velez
Lois V Vierk
Nils Vigeland
William Vollinger
Abdul Wadud
Errollyn Wallen
Karen Walwyn
Frank Wess
David Wessel
Randy Weston
Reggie Workman
The World Saxophone Quartet
La Monte Young
Zeitgeist
Peter Zummo
VENEZUELA
Elegguá
VIETNAM
Ngoc-Lam
Que-Lam
Nguyen Dinh Nghia
Phong Nguyen
Tuyen Tonnu
WEST AFRICA
Obo Addy
Toumast
YEMEN
Badavi
ZAIRE/CONGO
Nago Man Man Ye
Kanda Bongo Man
Wendy Kolosoy
Yaa-Lengi Ngemi
ZAMBIA
Muriel Mwamba
ZIMBABWE
Stella Chiweshe
Black Umfolosi
Beauler Dyoko
Forward Kwenda
Cosmas Magaya
Dumisani Maraire
Mbira Masters of Zimbabwe
Minanzi III
Ephat Mujuru jseger
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