Throat Singing

Tyva Kyzy in the Netherlands/Belgium

18th February 2012Overtone SingingAttar, Choduraa Tumat, concerts, Throat Singing, Tuva, Tyva Kyzy, VPRO, Vrije Geluiden, workshops

Dear friends of Siberian throat singing!

More than ten years ago I heard and saw Tyva Kyzy for the first time in Tuva, where they began their ascent to national and international fame. More than five years ago they were touring Europe, and I invited them to the Netherlands for some concerts and workshops. The performance hall at the Museum voor Volkenkunde in Leiden, where the concerts were held, could barely all the folk that came to listen these female throat singers. The workshops there and at the Royal Consevatory in The Hague were a big success.

I have special memories of their visit: my wife June was about to deliver a boy that we wanted to call Attar. This means (among other things) horses in Tuvan; a horse is traditionally one of the most valued possessions for a Tuvan.

One of the golden oldies of the ever lively Tuvan traditional music is Eki A’ttar, which means Good Horses. It also sounds the same as: Hello Attar! (ekii Attar).

And so Choduraa Tumat and her group performed the song Eki A’ttar for June and her baby. And it worked! The day after the concert in Leiden I had to stay home as June’s contractions started, so that I missed the workshop at the Royal Conservatory. The next day I our son Attar made his appearance in this world, healthily and filled with curiosity. Attar, too, is a litte more than five years old now.
Give these fantastic performers another warm welcome!

Listen to their beautiful music, or do a workshop in Antwerp!

For the die-hards Primitive Equations offers a special Tuvan-Tibetan New Year’s celebration, to round up the visit of these ladies from their Siberian home, 5000 kilometers straight to the East from Amsterdam.

And for those who cannot attend (like myself): Tyva Kyzy are the special guests at the Dutch TV program Vrije Geluiden, where they can be seen on Sunday March 4, and after that online on the highly recommended Vrije Geluiden Youtube channel (link will follow).

Fri Feb 18. 20:30.

Concert

Zuiderpershuis

Antwerpen

http://www.zuiderpershuis.be/

Same place: workshop throat singingand instrumental music.

sat 18.02.2012 13u00

Sun Feb 19

Concert

RASA

Utrecht

http://www.rasa.nl/

Shagaa/Oytulash/Losar/special event:

http://www.facebook.com/events/379337035416975/

MASAHIKO Riki live in Taipei

28th May 2010Overtone Singing, Throat SingingOvertone Singing, Throat Singing, Tuva

One of the best throat singers outside Tuva/Mongolia is performing a concert in Taipei. Japan’s MASAHIKO Riki is a long-time Tuva afficionado who traveled to the region many times and has studied and mastered its songs and its most revered instrument, the igil, for about fifteen years. Part of the popular Japanese duo Tarbagan (Tuvan for marmot), Riki will be performing solo in Taipei.

The concert will be held at Zi-teng-lu 紫藤廬 on Sunday 30th May at 7pm

http://wistariahouse.com/news.asp

New DVD Raum Klang Stimme – A Quest for the Origin of Harmonics

17th March 2010PublicationsBollmann, DVDs, female overtone singers, Hosoo & Transmongolia, Hykes, Mongolia, Overtone Singing, Purce, Saus, Throat Singing, van Tongeren, Wetzels

The Chinese-German (and also Dutch-speaking) filmmaker Minghao Xu made an interesting documentary about his fascination for overtones. Originally the final film to complete his studies at a Film Academy in The Netherlands, it is now enhanced and turned into a commercial DVD, published by Traumzeit Verlag in Germany.

Minghao portrays and shows the music of:

David Hykes
Christian Bollmann
Wolfgang Saus
Danny Wetzels
Hosoo & Transmongolia
Jill Purce

and

Mark van Tongeren

This film is a valuable addition to several existing DVDs (which I will discuss here in the future) with cutting edge visuals explaining the mechanism of overtone singing and the diverging personal interpretations of singers and teachers.

Watch the teaser here:

Read more about the film in German (and order it) at Ming-Art or at Traumzeit.

Tuvans Tour Europe March ’10

17th March 2010Throat SingingBuddhism, concerts, shamanism, Throat Singing, Tuva

Tuva (officially spelled Tyva) is organising presentations throughout Europe during the month of March. Musicians, dancers, handicraftsmen and visual artists started their tour in Finland and travel through Austria, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain.

The Presentation of Republic of Tyva takes place:

in Helsinki (Finland) – March 1st and 2d,

in Warsaw (Poland) – March 6th, 7th and 8th
ul. Belwederska 25
http://www.ronik.org.pl/

in Vienna (Austria) – March 11th, 12th and 13th
Brahmsplatz 8, 1040, Wien, Österreich
Теl.: 0043/1/505 18 29 – 0
http://russischeskulturinstitut.at

in Berlin (Germany) – March 15th and 16th
Russische Haus der Wissenschaft und Kultur
Friedrichstraße 176-179
http://www.russisches-haus.de/

in Brussel (Belgium) – March 17th – 18th
Centre Culturel et Scientifigue de Russie 21,
rue du Meridien – 1210 Bruxelles
http://www.centreculturelrusse.be/

in Lille (France) – March 19th – 21th
in Paris (France) – March 21th-25th

in Madrid (Spain) – March 26th and 27th
Centro Ruso de Cooperacion Internacional Cultural y Cientifica Calle Velazquez, 155, Madrid, 28002, Espana
http://www.centroruso.info/

The best of Tuvan culture is in the Presentation’s programme:
* rituals conducted by Tuvan shamans led by the the main shaman of Tuva,
* ethno-dances by children ensemble “Edegey”, the winner of the International contests,
* expo of the handicrafts and traditional cloth,
* exhibition of the treasery ofScythian barrow “Arzhaan-II”,
* exhibition dedicated to the religions in Tyva (shamanism and buddism),
* photo-exhibition about Tuva in the beginning of XXth century and today,
* concerts and workshop of master throat-singers.

Updates can be found on the Overtone Music Network

http://www.overtone.cc/events/meet-the-spirit-of-asia-in

Harmonics and Paraphony

21st August 2008(ethno)musicology, About sound, Artistic Research, Throat Singing, WritingsOvertone Singing, practice-based research, Throat Singing

In these blog-notes I post news pertaining to my artistic projects and scholarly research in

music, sound and performing arts.

You will find updates about events, developments and news related to

overtone singing, throat singing/khöömei and harmonics

and the wider approach to sound/awareness that I call

paraphony.

My background is in cultural musicology,

with main focuses on North Asia (Tuva/Altai, Mongolia, Tibet) and Sardinia/Corsica.

I recently earned my PhD at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts of Leiden University (NL) and docARTES/Orpehus Institute in Ghent (BE), which are among the very first institutes in Europe to offer PhDs in artistic research or practice-based-research.

Thanks for visiting. Happy reading and joyful listening!