Feature: Live concert takes old maqam music into young Iraqis' hearts


  • World
  • Friday, 16 Dec 2022

BAGHDAD, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- In an old building near the Tigris River running through Baghdad, a weekly-staged music ensemble of Iraqi maqam offers the audience a nostalgic journey into the past everyday life of the Iraqi capital.

Perhaps in the robust cultural scene of modern-day Iraq, it was uncommon to see young people root for this traditional form of music, but the Friday live concerts held by the al-Baghdadi Museum broke this usual rule.

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