The Dosti Music Project brings together ten musicians from Pakistan, India, and the U.S. for a monthlong residency and tour. An initiative of the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan, produced by Bang on a Can’s Found Sound Nation, Dosti invites four Pakistanis, four Indians, and two U.S. musicians from a wide variety of traditions, ranging from Sufi singing to beatmaking to avant-guard jazz, to collaboratively write, record, and perform original music, re-invent traditional music, and develop initiatives that will make a positive impact on communities locally and internationally. Dosti, which means friendship in both Urdu and Hindi, seeks to transcend political and cultural barriers through cross-cultural musical collaboration.
Dosti’s 2015 program began with a two-week residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida from February 23-March 7, 2015 including two public performances on March 5 (Timucua White House, Orlando) and March 7 (Atlantic Center for the Arts). The Dosti Music Project continued with performances in an historic New Orleans neighborhood in partnership with Sound Observatory New Orleans (SONO) on March 10 (Open Ears at the Blue Nile), March 13 (Tigermen Den), and March 15 (Snug Harbor), and concluded with concerts at the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin, TX from March 18-21.
For more information, photos and bios on the 2015 Fellows, please visit DostiMusic.org.