Keynote Speaker - Dr Ahmad Sarmast
Introduced by Dr Sheila Woodward, Past President, ISME, the first keynote speaker was Dr Ahmad Sarmast, founder and director of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, Kabul, Afghanistan.
His topic was: Is music a luxury in a post conflict country such as Afghanistan?
Dr Sarmast was the recent recipient of the Polar Prize (along with American heavy metal band Metallica).
Dr Sarmast speaks from index cards, so there is no transcript of his presentation but he has kindly provided the following document which covers the thoughts and ideas from his keynote.
His topic was: Is music a luxury in a post conflict country such as Afghanistan?
Dr Sarmast was the recent recipient of the Polar Prize (along with American heavy metal band Metallica).
Dr Sarmast speaks from index cards, so there is no transcript of his presentation but he has kindly provided the following document which covers the thoughts and ideas from his keynote.
| dr_sarmast_keynote.world_conference_2018.pdf |
