RIYADH: The first Arab Music Conference has unveiled a pan-Arab program to document the Eastern vocal maqamat modal system within two years, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday.
The program aims to create a unified reference for global music institutes.
At the outset of his address during the AMC held on Saturday in Riyadh, Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, said the conference was conceived to meet the needs of the Arab world’s artistic and research landscapes.
The conference called for a modern digital ecosystem with open electronic libraries, interactive education platforms and mobile applications.
It also urged the creation of a pan-Arab archival repository for rare and historical recordings.
