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Muscat – The 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards concluded on Sunday evening with the presentation of awards to 15 laureates by H H Sayyid Bilarab bin Haitham al Said and Prince Amyn Aga Khan during a gala concert at the House of Musical Arts, Royal Opera House Muscat.

The awards presentation marked the culmination of a spirited two-day celebration in which laureates performed live or were presented in short films. A special Award for Lifetime Achievement was presented to acclaimed tabla player Ustad Zakir Hussain during the Music Awards’ opening night concert on Saturday.

The awards draw on the inspirational work of the Aga Khan Music Initiative, which was originally created to revive the traditional musics of Central Asia

No one can ever say no to Fairooz....don't try

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim

Your Excellency, President of the Republic, Professor Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa,


Your Excellency, Vice-President of the Parliament, Mr. Jorge Lacão,

Madame Isabel Mota, President of the Gulbenkian Foundation,


Members of Government and of Parliament,


Diplomats, Excellencies, Distinguished Guests,


I have never known why they separate Distinguished guests from Ladies and Gentlemen, that's the way my speech is written....(applause and laughter by audience)