Xinjiang Muqam Arts Ensemble

Xinjiang Muqam Arts Ensemble was established in 1989. Its main missions are to inherit, collect, edit and perform Uygur classical music and local songs and dances, Muqam art in particular, to research and develop the performing art and to train artistic personnel in this field so as to make contributions to the introduction, popularization and development of Uygur Muqam art.

The administrative organs of Xinjiang Muqam Arts Ensemble include Muqam research office, song teams, music teams, dance teams, choreographic teams and the general office. It now has 141 performers and working staff, many of whom are Muqam singers, players and researchers.

Since the founding of the ensemble, they have rehearsed a lot of Muqams, ethnic and local song and dance programs as well as ethnic wind and string performances. Besides, they have also completed the edition and recording of the Muqam music, published and issued a large number of academic papers and monographs, and achieved many scientific results.

Xinjiang Muqam Arts Ensemble has long been engaged in presenting performances at grass-root levels. In addition, it is also world-oriented, having visited Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Indonesia, Pakistan, Iran, Sudan, Japan, Mauritania, Tunis, Morocco, Korea, Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan region. The performances by Xinjiang Muqam Arts Ensemble received great success.