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Sept.
13 Friday Night - Monterey
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Born in Bihar in northern India and
raised in Canada, Kiran Ahluwalia has
devoted much of her life to the art of Indian vocal music. After receiving
her training in classical music in Bombay, Kiran traveled to Hyderabad
in the Deccan. Here she found Vithal Rao, one of the last living court
musicians of the Nizam (King) of Hyderabad.
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Experience bliss …
Jai Uttal's eclectic East-meets-West music
embraces a rich variety of cultures and traditions. Intrigued by ancient
music, Uttal learned his craft from India's National Living Treasure,
Ali Akbar Khan. Embracing Kirtan and Hindu dance, reggae, Motown, and
Beatles' rock, Uttal creates a sacred, visionary chant in a Western groove.
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Sept. 14 Saturday
- Custom House Plaza, noon to 6:00 PM
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| The Balkans,
long a crossroad between East and West, has a musical culture enriched
by both. Bulgarian music is particularly renowned for its haunting melodies,
dense ornamentation, complex rhythms and stunning improvisations. Yuri
Yunakov, born of Turkish Rom (Gypsy) ancestry and Bulgaria's most
famous saxophone player, is one of the founders and most popular performers
of "wedding music." More... |
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Formed in a small French
village in the Loire Valley in 1982 by Denis Péan and Richard Bourreau
as a vehicle for exploring different styles of music, Lo'Jo
performed at local events, during which the group was often joined by
musicians, dancers and sculptors. More... |
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| With roots firmly planted
in Nordic folk music, Garmarna (gar'-mana)
creates their own sound, influenced by the rock tradition they've all
grown up with. They ignore the unwritten laws of how traditional music
should be performed; they know no boundaries. More... |
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Sept. 14
Saturday Night - San Carlos Cathedral,
8:00 PM
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| Altramar
specializes in the music of the Medieval Era, sharing historical repertory
in the context of human experience, and evoking the vibrant tapestry of
medieval culture. Altramar, in the Occitan language of the troubadours,
was the name given to the Near Eastern lands that lay "over the sea,"
where crusade and trade resulted in the rich cultural interchange of East
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Sept.
15 Sunday - Custom House Plaza, noon to 6:00 PM
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Nigunim and Zmiros are
songs of devotion and praise; spiritual Hasidic - Jewish chants whose
purpose is to induce a state of piety and ecstasy in both performer and
listener. The Nigunim Trio -Lorin Sklamberg,
Frank London (of the Klezmatics), and pianist Rob Schwimmer- perform original
and traditional nigunim and zmiros drawn from the Belzer, Gerer, Lubovitcher,
and Skulaner dynasties of the Hasidim. This is a unique, intimate setting
for these three musicians focusing on the intense beauty of mystical Jewish
song. More... |
| The Arabic lute or oud
tradition has remained basically unchanged for centuries after having
bloomed from Baghdad to Andalusia. Anouar Brahem
has explored the most secret depths of sound and pondered long and lovingly
the legacy of the artistic music of the Islamic world. More... |
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Mainly based on singer
Tom Diakite's repertoire, Tama displays
a mixture of rhythms and flavours from West Africa, with a definite input
from Europe through the stylings of guitarist Sam Mills. As the name "Tama"
(a Bambara word meaning "to walk") suggests, these are songs
of the migrant. More... |
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A Program
of the
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Cultural Council for Monterey
County
Sunset Center, Room 5, San Carlos at Ninth Post Office Box 7495, Carmel, CA 93921 Phone (831) 622-9060 - Fax (831) 622-9061 Email: ccmc@culturalmonterey.org http://www.culturalmonterey.org |
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