Abstract
Commissioned by Siemens Foundation and Hans Neuhoff for Eight Bridges Festival, Cologne, Germany. Based on drum languages of India, Turkey and the Middle East, merged into a contemporary music context. For four percussion soloists and voice (V. Suresh, Fresco Zohar, Mısırlı Ahmet, Bodek Janke, Mariana Sodovska), with mixed cross-cultural ensemble. (90-100’)
Premiere 5 May, 2017, Philharmonic Hall, Acht Brücken Festival, Köln
Premiere 5 May, 2017, Philharmonic Hall, Acht Brücken Festival, Köln
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Cologne, NRW |
| Publisher | Acht Brücken Festival, Cologne |
| Media of output | Score |
| Publication status | Published - 5 May 2017 |
| Event | Acht Brücken Festival - Philharmonie Hall, Köln, Germany Duration: 5 May 2017 → … http://www.achtbruecken.de/en/festival |
Bibliographical note
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 648810).Keywords
- Drumming
- Drum languages
- bendir
- darbuka
- percussion
- contemporary music
- intercultural
- transcultural
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Professor Michael P Ellison
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