About Cuatro Puntos
Cuatro Puntos ("four points" in Spanish) is a non-profit organization that works to amplify persecuted, silenced or underrepresented musicians and their unique styles of music.
As an internationally reaching organization based in Connecticut since 2012, Cuatro Puntos works with musicians from any part of the world where they are targeted, silenced, or persecuted because of the type of music they make. We build long-term relationships that significantly support the musician(s) and meaningfully amplify their music and message on an international scale. We also work to bring their message and music home to Connecticut via live events and local partnerships.
We have worked with musicians hailing from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Bolivia, Brazil, Ukraine, Egypt, Kurdistan, Turkey, Iran, Israel and underrepresented communities in the USA. We work both with musicians who have been displaced to the USA, and with musicians who are still defying persecution in their own country. We have also assisted in relocating artists to the USA and advocating for their establishment as part of our country's creative economy.
International attention on our work has catapulted several of our albums to the top 5% of most listened to in the world on Spotify. The quality of our work has been praised around the world, with airtime and interviews on NPR, BBC, and glowing reviews by Fanfare Magazine. We've presented at New England Conservatory (Boston), Columbia University (New York), Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (Berlin, Germany), and Goldsmiths College (London, UK), Yale (Connecticut), University of Hartford (Connecticut), Wesleyan University (Connecticut) & Syracuse University (New York).
When we went to Afghanistan to record the country's first all-female orchestra and release their music on the international Toccata Classics label, Blackmore Vale Magazine wrote: "At a time when we are bombarded every day by images of the world in crisis, The Rosegarden of Light is a joyful celebration of musicians who share a fundamental right to express themselves through the universal language of music.”
Our album discography chronicles our most in-depth projects, and are published on Naxos, Toccata Classics, Métier, and Arkadash labels:
2026's album releases include:
2027's projected album releases include:
Cuatro Puntos Ensemble has performed extensively throughout the United States as well as in Bolivia, Brazil, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Turkey, and Afghanistan as they work alongside underrepresented musicians. Cuatro Puntos Ensemble has performed for numerous film scores, including films produced in Afghanistan, Israel, Australia, Iraq and the USA.
Cuatro Puntos Ensemble, in various forms and alongside all our various guests, have recorded for major international record labels like Métier, Toccata Classics, and Naxos. They are currently signed to the genre-defying label Arkadash Records.
Cuatro Puntos is a 501(c)3 nonprofit founded in 2012 in Hartford, Connecticut. It is run by a board of volunteers and is led by founding executive director Kevin Bishop (learn more here).
We invite you to explore our website to experience our projects. You may interact by listening to our albums or watching our videos. If you are in New England (or an area where we are touring), you can join us at a live concert.
Connect with us!
Facebook: CuatroPuntosChamberMusic
Instagram: CuatroPuntos.CT
Youtube: CuatroPuntosChamberMusic
Spotify: Cuatro Puntos
Phone: 860-498-3279
Email: Executive Director - [email protected]
As an internationally reaching organization based in Connecticut since 2012, Cuatro Puntos works with musicians from any part of the world where they are targeted, silenced, or persecuted because of the type of music they make. We build long-term relationships that significantly support the musician(s) and meaningfully amplify their music and message on an international scale. We also work to bring their message and music home to Connecticut via live events and local partnerships.
We have worked with musicians hailing from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Bolivia, Brazil, Ukraine, Egypt, Kurdistan, Turkey, Iran, Israel and underrepresented communities in the USA. We work both with musicians who have been displaced to the USA, and with musicians who are still defying persecution in their own country. We have also assisted in relocating artists to the USA and advocating for their establishment as part of our country's creative economy.
International attention on our work has catapulted several of our albums to the top 5% of most listened to in the world on Spotify. The quality of our work has been praised around the world, with airtime and interviews on NPR, BBC, and glowing reviews by Fanfare Magazine. We've presented at New England Conservatory (Boston), Columbia University (New York), Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (Berlin, Germany), and Goldsmiths College (London, UK), Yale (Connecticut), University of Hartford (Connecticut), Wesleyan University (Connecticut) & Syracuse University (New York).
When we went to Afghanistan to record the country's first all-female orchestra and release their music on the international Toccata Classics label, Blackmore Vale Magazine wrote: "At a time when we are bombarded every day by images of the world in crisis, The Rosegarden of Light is a joyful celebration of musicians who share a fundamental right to express themselves through the universal language of music.”
Our album discography chronicles our most in-depth projects, and are published on Naxos, Toccata Classics, Métier, and Arkadash labels:
- Ji bo sê kes çay (preserving traditional Kurdish music- Mücahit Poyraz, Ameen Mokdad, Kevin Bishop) -LISTEN-
- Through The Eyes of Children (highlighting American middle school students who speak out against youth violence- Ameen Mokdad & Kevin Bishop (composers), Cuatro Puntos Ensemble) -LISTEN-
- Ameen Mokdad’s The Curve and The Curve Live From Hartford (highlighting musical oppression by extremists in Iraq, Cuatro Puntos Ensemble) -LISTEN-
- Jaipur to Cairo (underrepresented composers/genres of the Middle East, Cuatro Puntos Ensemble) -LISTEN-
- Sounds of Persia (traditional and modern Persian music for santur & strings by Reza Vali, Dariush Saghafi (saunter) and Cuatro Puntos Ensemble) -LISTEN-
- Rosegarden of Light (partnering with young musicians in Afghanistan- The Afghan Women's Orchestra "Zohra" and Cuatro Puntos Ensemble) -LISTEN-
- Sounds of the Silk Road (improvised maqaam music- Cuatro Puntos Ensemble) -LISTEN-
- Unsilenced (music recorded in 2023 by Afghan musicians who are in hiding inside the country.) -LISTEN-
- Symphony of Resilience (an orchestra of Afghan musicians and composers assembled in Hartford- Cuatro Puntos Chamber Orchestra) -WATCH-
2026's album releases include:
- Sounds of Color (North Indian raga music performed by Subhasish Bhawal, Madhurjya Barthakur & Kevin Bishop) RELEASED FEBRUARY 14, 2026
- From The Countryside (Kurdish music alongside folk classical standards, performed by Cuatro Puntos Ensemble) RELEASED MARCH 1, 2026
- Coming Home by David Macbride (about diversity specifically in Hartford- commissioned and recorded by Cuatro Puntos Ensemble) RELEASED APRIL 1, 2026
- Songs of Love & War (music by Afghan composer/pianist Arson Fahim, and played by him with Cuatro Puntos Ensemble) RELEASED MID 2026
- "Ukrainian Quintet" by Boris Lyatoshinsky (also includes Lyatoshinsky's string quartet, performed by Cuatro Puntos Ensemble) RELEASED LATE 2026
2027's projected album releases include:
- Uncaged: Illuminating Afghan Women Artists through music and dance (Sadie Harrison & women poets in Afghanistan, commissioned and recorded by Cuatro Puntos Ensemble)
- Contemporary Ukrainian Composers (commissioned composers inside Ukraine who wrote their works in 2022 and 2023, performed by Cuatro Puntos Chamber Orchestra)
Cuatro Puntos Ensemble has performed extensively throughout the United States as well as in Bolivia, Brazil, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Turkey, and Afghanistan as they work alongside underrepresented musicians. Cuatro Puntos Ensemble has performed for numerous film scores, including films produced in Afghanistan, Israel, Australia, Iraq and the USA.
Cuatro Puntos Ensemble, in various forms and alongside all our various guests, have recorded for major international record labels like Métier, Toccata Classics, and Naxos. They are currently signed to the genre-defying label Arkadash Records.
Cuatro Puntos is a 501(c)3 nonprofit founded in 2012 in Hartford, Connecticut. It is run by a board of volunteers and is led by founding executive director Kevin Bishop (learn more here).
We invite you to explore our website to experience our projects. You may interact by listening to our albums or watching our videos. If you are in New England (or an area where we are touring), you can join us at a live concert.
Connect with us!
Facebook: CuatroPuntosChamberMusic
Instagram: CuatroPuntos.CT
Youtube: CuatroPuntosChamberMusic
Spotify: Cuatro Puntos
Phone: 860-498-3279
Email: Executive Director - [email protected]
Listen to composers Nazira Wali & Arson Fahim, with executive director Kevin Bishop, on NPR's Where We Live
Listen to Cuatro Puntos' artist-in-residence Ameen Mokdad on national NPR, talking about The Curve
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
Cuatro Puntos is dedicated to amplifying silenced, persecuted & underrepresented musicians and their unique styles of music.
Cuatro Puntos is dedicated to amplifying silenced, persecuted & underrepresented musicians and their unique styles of music.
At a time when we are bombarded every day by images of the world in crisis, The Rosegarden of Light is a joyful celebration of musicians who share a fundamental right to express themselves through the universal language of music.”
- Blackmore Vale Magazine, review of The Rosegarden of Light album