Traditional Kuwaiti Folk music
Traditional Kuwaiti Folk music with Nasser Al-Awadh
The Zaid Nasser Jazz Quartet
DAI in association with The United States of America presents concert, “the Zaid Nasser Jazz Quartet”, which is from New York City. Their music is inspired by the great masters of Jazz – Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie – and the Quartet members learned to play under the guidance of the […]
Precious Books and Their Travels in the Indian and Iranian Worlds.
Manijeh Bayani Wolpert Dr Manijeh Bayani is an independent scholar based in the UK, specialising in Persian and Arabic epigraphy. She is the author of/contributor to various publications including: The Windsor Shahnama of 1648 (2007), most of the catalogues in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art series, among them: Lacquer of the Islamic […]
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DAI in association with Embassy of Spain in Kuwait presents, “A Flamenco Journey” . This concert will be performed by the group “Flamenco Art and Entertainment”, an ensemble with 10 years’ experience which started in Europe and is currently based in the Middle East. Directed by Amalia Megias, CEO and Founder of the company, who […]
Sheikha Hussa Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, accompanied by a team from Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah and The al-Sabah Collection Head to Beijing, China to Attend Exhibition Opening
Sheikha Hussa Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, accompanied by a team from Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah and The al-Sabah Collection, is leaving today Beijing, China to attend the opening of an exhibition entitled Splendors of a Royal Collection of Sheikh Hamad bin Abdallah al-Thani. The exhibition will open officially on 16th April and last for three months at […]
Tunisia Trip
Tunisia trip with Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah started with a visit to the Bardo Museum, which consists of the largest collection of mosaic in the world. The trip continues with a leisurely tour around the center of the Medina and Zitouna Mosque, followed by a visit to Carthage and the white and blue town of Sidi […]
Valentina Baginska
ORGAN and CHOIR CONCERT “LES MISERABLES” CANTORES MAIORES Dr. VALENTINA MARIA BAGINSKA Music Director, Conductor, Organ Soloist KINGA MASTERNAK-Piano Organ Recital: Mieczysław Surzyński (1866-1924) – Improvisations on the Polish sacred Song Op.38 Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759) – Aria Lascia ch’io Pianga HWV7 from the Opera Rinaldo Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897) – Menuet gothique and Prière à […]
A Brief History of Arabic Calligraphy Through The al-Sabah Collection
Alain George Dr Alain George is the IM Pei Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at the University of Oxford’s Khalili Research Centre and Wolfson College and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. His research, for which he was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2010, encompasses several intersecting themes. He is currently […]
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DAI in association with Embassy of Turkey in Kuwait presents İSTANBUL – A WORLD CAPITAL by Tuluyhan Uğurlu. Tuluyhan Uğurlu narrates what İstanbul represents in his 2005 composition. The work begins with the words of Napoleon Bonaparte: “If the world was a single country, the capital would be İstanbul”. This work has been performed at […]
Directors of the Art Conservation Centre, Mumbai Reviewing the Work Reports of the Art Conservation Centre’s Conservators Working on the The al-Sabah Collection Objects
Dr Sabyasachi Mukherjee, director of the CSMVS museum, Mumbai and Dr Anupam Sah, director of the Art Conservation Centre, Mumbai reviewing the work reports of the Art Conservation Centre’s conservators who are working on the The al-Sabah Collection objects. Lalit Pathak, paper conservator, showing the restoration he effected on a manuscript from The al-Sabah Collection […]