The Zohra Orchestra (also known as the Afghan Women's Orchestra and Ensemble Zohra) is Afghanistan’s first all-female orchestra, named after the music goddess in Persian writings.[2][3] It was formed in 2015 in Kabul by the Afghanistan National Institute of Music and its founder Dr Ahmad Sarmast, itself formed in 2008 with the goal of bringing a musical education to young Afghans in the wake of liberation from the Taliban, under whom women’s rights were severely curtailed.[4] The orchestra performs traditional Afghan music, as well as Western classical music,[5] and has received numerous awards, including the Queen Soraya Award and the Freemuse Award in 2017, and the Montluc Resistance Liberte Award in 2018.
創始人Dr. Ahmad Naser Sarmast，澳大利亞 Monash University 的阿富汗海歸學者 。
