Zarifa Adiba (Kyrgyzstan) on Cross-Atlantic Quarantine Session 10

Zarifa Adiba is the next guest musician in CAQS, a free webinar series of music collaborations and conversations from around the world hosted by Cuatro Puntos and held on Zoom.

Zarifa is an Afghan activist, musician, composer, and violist. While receiving her high school training at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul she became a distinguished Yale Global Scholar, coming to Connecticut to study at Yale for a summer. She is currently studying at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. She made her debut on the international stage when she conducted the first all-female orchestra of Afghanistan at the closing ceremony of the World Economic Forum in 2017. Now majoring in other subjects as she prepares herself for leading roles in activism and peace-building on an international scale, Zarifa still makes music regularly.

This powerful conversation will include a musical interlude ¬– a new song Zarifa has written during quarantine, which will be performed with musicians from Cuatro Puntos Ensemble.

This session will be moderated by Kevin Bishop, who, between 2015 and 2018, had the opportunity to be Zarifa’s first viola teacher and her conducting tutor during her European debut. Bring your questions and warm greetings as we get to know Zarifa – a young woman who has already shown tremendous leadership through unimaginable circumstances at a young age, and will surely be one of the great peace-builders and activists of tomorrow.

The free event is hosted through Zoom webinars. Upon registering you will receive an email with a link to join from a computer or phone. If on a phone, you will be prompted to download the Zoom app if you don’t have it already. If on a computer, you can join directly in your browser or in the Zoom app.

The sessions will also be live-streamed on our Facebook page.

Cross Atlantic Quarantine Sessions is a virtual music series that runs for 11 weeks – Monday April 20 to June 29. Each week features a different musician compiled from Cuatro Puntos’ past and future guest artists from around the world. You’ll have a chance to hear music, talk to musicians and listen to some amazing life stories. Broadcasting live from the Iraq, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, South Africa, Turkey, India, the United States, and more.

To register: https://bit.ly/CAQSjune22