Focus Central Asia

Hintergrundinformationen zur Musikszene Zentralasiens und der Seidenstrasse

Folker – Zeitschrift für Folk, Lied & Weltmusik, Ausgabe März 2018
Die zentralasiatische Musikszene 
Terra incognita zwischen traditionellen Festen und staatlichen Prestigeveranstaltungen

WDR3 Musikkulturen
Eine akustische Entdeckungsreise in Samarkand
Radio-Feature von Birgit Ellinghaus zur Musikszene in Uzbekistan.
Musikliste und Manuskript der Sendung vom 04. Oktober 2015

The Musical Voyages of Marco Polo

Marco Polo's musical dreams
What if the fabled traveller had himself been a creative musician? The greek composer Kyriakos Kalaitzidis's imaginative 'answer' to that question is more interesting than just a set of 'appropriate’ songs and tunes from various Eurasian places.
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Egschiglen

Contemporary and Traditional Music from Mongolia
Right from the beginning almost thirty years ago Egschiglen set the focus of their artistic work on contemporary music. They explored the sound dimensions of works by contemporary Mongolian composers with their fine-tuned arrangements, using traditional instruments from Mongolia and Central Asian vocal techniques ...
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Gulzoda Khudoynazarova

Shashmaqom from Bukhara
The charismatic female singer of Gulzoda Khudoynazarova comes from Bukhara in Uzbekistan and is known for the special nuances richness of her voice and her extraordinary stage presence during their concerts.

On tour 20. Feb. - 13. March 2022
in Germany, Poland, Belgium, France and Switzerland
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Meikhaneh

Folklore imaginaire
Meikhâneh's compositions are fed by imagination, improvisation and traditional music from Europe, Mongolia and Iran.


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