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World Music Doesn't Exist w/ Mona Hkl
13.05.2026
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World Music Doesn't Exist w/ Mona Hkl

Mona Hkl is the producer of the decolonial music show La World Music n’existe pas. In this episode, she invites listeners to explore the history of instruments found across the Balkans and the Mashreq. Through her research, she traces how these instruments have circulated beyond borders and examines the ways they are made. Over the course of an hour, discover the transnational stories behind the oud, baglama, zurna, davul, gaïda, klarino, and cymbalom.