Presented in Collaboration with Sound of Dragon Music Festival
Katajjaq meets Khoomei (Inuit & Mongolian throat singing),
featuring Oktoecho (Montreal) & Orchid Ensemble (Vancouver) & Anand Avirmed (Mongolia)
This concert is a hybrid that crosses between Inuit, Mongolian, Chinese, Japanese, European, and Arabic music and it will be the first time katajjaq (Inuit throat singing) and khoomei (Mongolian throat singing) are presented together on stage in BC. Katajjaq and khoomei are ancestral throat singing techniques that reproduce sounds heard in nature – water flowing, the wind blowing, echoes in mountains, the calls of birds… Coincidentally, these are also major themes in traditional Chinese music.
The Juno nominated Orchid Ensemble is made up of Lan Tung on the erhu/Chinese violin, Dailin Hsieh on the zheng/Chinese zither, and Jonathan Bernard on percussion. Oktoecho is a collective of musicians from diverse cultures and at this concert, it will be represented by Inuit katajjaq performers Lydia Etok and Caroline Novalinga, multi-instrumentalist Michel Dubeau (flutes, shakuhachi, duduk, clarinet, bagpipe), and Moroccan oud player Khalil Moqadem. Special guest Anand Avirmed will perform khoomei and play the morin khuur (horsehead fiddle).
Learn about Katajjaq and Khoomei, attend the free throat singing workshop at 7pm on June 23 at the Annex
ABOUT OKTOECHO (Montreal)
Okotecho guides the listener into a sonic world brimming with hope, aspiration, and lyricism found in the exceptional interlude between the Middle East, Arboriginal and the West. Under the artistic direction of composer Katia Makdissi-Warren, Okotécho explores mixed music and musical sounds through its own compositions.
Lydia Etok – Katajjaq (Inuit throat singing)
Caroline Novalinga – Katajjaq (Inuit throat singing)
Michel Dubeau – flutes, shakuhachi, duduk, clarinet, bagpipe
Khalil Moqadem – oud
ABOUT ORCHID ENSEMBLE (Vancouver)
Established in 1997, the JUNO nominated Orchid Ensemble is acclaimed as “one of the most adventurous groups uniting Eastern and Western musical traditions” (Georgia Straight). The ensemble regularly commissions and premieres new compositions. It has embraced a variety of styles in its repertoire, ranging from Taiwanese and Chinese music, World Music, New Music to Creative Improvisation.
ABOUT ANAND AVIRMED (Mongolia/USA)
Anand Avirmed is a 21 year old Mongolian musician who was born in Washington DC. Since his youth, Anand has been performing Mongolian traditional folk music at numerous cultural events, be it Mongolian or International. Anand is skilled in five different forms of throat singing (Khoomei). In addition, he performs on a wide range of musical instruments from Mongolia, Central Asia, and the West.
Tickets:
Early Bird (purchase by May 31, 2022): $19.99 regular, $15 students/seniors/children
From June 1, $25 regular, $19.99 students/seniors/children
Festival Pass for June 24 & 25 concerts: $39.98 regular, $30 students/seniors/children
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OTHER EVENTS AT THE SOUND OF DRAGON FESTIVAL – https://soundofdragon.com/2022-festival/
Oktoecho’s travel to Vancouver is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts
TAIWANESE MUSIC meets JAZZ on the YANGQIN (Chinese hammered dulcimer),
featuring Yaping Wang (Taiwan/France) & guests
8pm Saturday June 25, 2022年6月25日星期六晚上8點
【台灣音樂與爵士樂的對話】-
揚琴演奏家王雅平(台灣/法國)與溫哥華樂手
Annex Theatre, 823 Seymour Street, Vancouver
Yaping Wang makes her Canadian debut with a diverse program. Her solo work employs electronic processing and improvisation on the traditional Chinese hammered dulcimer. Wang`s compositions for jazz trio with Vancouver trumpeter John Korsrud and bassist Tommy Babin draw influence from her Taiwanese musical roots. She will also perform with harpist Albertina Chan and erhu player Lan Tung in the delicate and graceful work `Scented Flowers` by Vancouver composer Mark Armanini.
Free Events 免費活動:
1) THROAT SINGING WORKSHOP
7pm Thursday June 23, 2022年6月23日星期四晚上7點
「因紐特喉音唱法」與「蒙古呼麥」工作坊
Annex Theatre, 823 Seymour Street, Vancouver
Workshop on two distinct styles of throat singing, featuring Katajjaq (Inuit throat singing) singers Lydia Etok & Caroline Novalinga (Montreal) and Khoomei (Mongolian throat singing) singer Anand Avirmed (Mongolia/US), who is also an accomplished and morin khuur (Mongolian horsehead fiddle) player.
2) “SONG OF JOY” Music Jam Party
3pm Sunday June 26, 2022年6月26日星期日下午3點
【歡樂歌】音樂派對
Annex Theatre, 823 Seymour Street, Vancouver
Bring any musical instruments and join us at this hands-on “freestyle” music jam party. Musicians of all levels and genres are welcome. You will meet and play with musicians from Vancouver’s Chinese music community on various traditional instruments (erhu, dizi, sheng, ruan, zheng,…). Have musical exchange with our special guests Yaping Wang (yangqin) from Taiwan/Paris and Anand Avirmed (Khoomei & horsehead fiddle) from Mongolia/the US.