Cuatro Puntos – A Pre-Concert Demonstration of Afghan Instruments in Glastonbury

Lutheran Church of Saint Mark 75 Griswold St, Glastonbury, CT

An informal performance by 8 Afghan musicians, the evening before their performance of SYMPHONY OF RESILIENCE at the Bushnell in Hartford Music is forbidden in Afghanistan, leaving an ancient musical tradition to live on in exile. The style of the “Afghan Radio Orchestra” consists of traditional Afghan instruments alongside Western orchestra instruments. This historic performance […]

Unsilenced: Music from Afghanistan – Arson Fahim & Cuatro Puntos Ensemble

Lutheran Church of Saint Mark 75 Griswold St, Glastonbury, CT

This is a project organized and sponsored by Cuatro Puntos, in partnership with Arson Fahim. It features 12 musicians still inside Afghanistan who recorded their music in secret in 2023, not allowing even the ultimate in threats and possible punishments to stop them from their art.   Cuatro Puntos ("four points" in Spanish) is a […]