Afghanistan yields a woman conductor

Afghanistan yields a woman conductor

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norman lebrecht

November 10, 2015

Negin Khpolwak, 17, is the rising star at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul (which we have reported on before), the country’s only music school.

Negin plays stringed instruments and piano. Sometimes she stands in front of the class and conducts.

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(photo (c) BBC)

Read a BBC report on her here.

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