Shohret Nur | Rawap and DutarInfo Location Contact More Info Event Information
DescriptionSCS Lunchtime Listens Thursday 8th May, 2025 1-2pm SOAS Gallery, Lower ground floor Supported by SOAS University Library Following the success of our first Lunchtime Listen, the SOAS Concert Series presents the inimitable rawap and dutar player Shohret Nur, inside the SOAS Gallery, during the upcoming exhibition (Un)Layering the future past of South Asia: Young artists’ voices.
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ContactFor questions or further details, please email SOAS Concert Series coordinator Georgie Pope on [email protected] More InformationShohret Nur is a rawap and dutar player, originally from Xinjiang and currently based in London. An award-winning performer, Shohret specialises in the Uyghur stringed instruments, rawap and dutar. Shohret’s great grandfather was a musician and dutar player from kasghar, Xinjiang, while his grandmother was a dutar player and a professional dancer. Continuing this rich musical lineage and supported by his grandmother - Shohret’s first dutar teacher - Shohret fell in love with dutar and rawap as a young child. He has since reached an impressive mastery of these instruments, and is a talented composer as well as a virtuoso performer. Shohret is also a teacher, researcher, and skilled musical analyst, with a particular focus on the Uyghur Twelve Muqam classical music repertoire. He is currently a Research Assistant at the Music Department of SOAS, University of London. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
