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Only be seen in Cartagena, La Mar de Músicas, is that for the first time in our country are united more media string quartet Kronos Quartet and Azerbaijani singer Alim Qasimov, one of the most breathtaking voices of Asia, Tuesday morning 22:30 in the Courtyard.
The California String Quartet quoted about love songs old Azeri, in which the attraction of a man and a woman can take the form of love of God.
Tickets cost 18 Euros.
In Greek mythology, Chronos or Kronos, represented in the Greco-Roman mosaics as a man turning the wheel of the zodiac, personified the time.
Since its creation in 1973, in Seattle (later settled in San Francisco), the Kronos Quartet has remained true to its time and the wishes of the violinist David Harrington: "I always wanted the quartet to be vital, energetic, annoying and ' cool. Sublime or really ugly if necessary. It must express life, telling the story with grace, humor and depth. The whole story if possible. "
On May 9 Time Quartet visited again, and go 21!, The Théâtre de la Ville de Paris.
David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola) and Jeffrey Zeigler (cello)-currently training were in the theater of the Place du Châtelet, on the banks of the Seine, with the musicians of Alim Qasimov.
A combination of the extraordinary singer, his daughter Fargana Qasimov (vocals, daf) and three musicians of Azerbaijan.
The arrangements of the works performed by the Kronos Quartet and Alim Qasimov Ensemble are the Azeri while the string arrangements for the Kronos-for works of the pianist and composer Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Jacob Garchik's signature.
The project is commissioned by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, conservation and future development of Central Asia's musical heritage, and the Columbia Foundation.
The string quartet California now quoted at around ancient Azeri-love songs in which the attraction of a man and a woman can take the form of love of God, with Alim Qasimov, owner of one of the voices haunting traditional music.
Not far away Qasimov, born in 1957, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
"Being a musician is to have a fire burning inside you," the troubadour and master of 'Mugam', a style that dates from the ninth century and was despised by the Soviets when they ruled over Azerbaijan.
Harrington, who deeply admires, it is very clear: "His voice has something special. There is a relationship between her and her inner life. Alim is in the top 5 of the greatest singers of all time."
Mahala Rai Banda, in the Town Hall Square
Tuba, trumpet, saxophone, accordion, violin and vocals for Mahala Rai Banda (translates as 'the noble band of gypsy ghetto').
A dozen Gypsy musicians (Lautari) led by the violinist Aurel Ionitsa, creator of Bengal Rom group, and nephew of Nicolae Neacsu unforgettable twentysomethings whose grandchildren now earn a living playing at restaurants and weddings.
The orchestra was formed in the suburbs of Bucharest with musicians from two of the most musical in the world, two people missing, according to the time of year, dust, mud or ice: Zece Prajini, near the border process with Moldova, home of the Fanfare Ciocarlia, and in which, during the Communist dictatorship, their teenagers were sent to the army to get an education and learn to play the trumpets of the regiment, at the height of Ceausescu's regime would have become 30,000 uniformed musicians; Clejani, a town southwest of Bucharest, where in time the Roma were slaves of the boyars, is home to Taraf de Haïdouks, one of those formations marked by fiddle and accordion for metals.
Both Ciocarlia and Taraf have contributed decisively to make known the Balkan music and musicians capable of playing at breakneck speeds.
Mahala's second album, 'Ghetto blaster', was published in 2009, five years after the first, and is a feast of traditional songs Romanian and Moldovan military music with ska, reggae, funk ...
Mahala Rai Banda recordings, remixed and recreated by Nouvelle Vague, Balkan Beat Box, Dj Click, Forty Thieves Orkestar, Russ Jones, Felix B (Basement Jaxx) and Shantel, can be heard on discs of the series 'Electric Gypsyland'.
And his 'Mahalageasca' plays on the soundtrack of the film by Sasha Baron Cohen Borat.
The Sea Lyrics
During the days 13, 14 and July 15, La Mar de Letras perform a literary tour through the city in search of Macondo, Macondo as fictitious place where it develops the work of Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, his language generator, scene for Magic Realism.
After Macondo is meant both as a route for "One Hundred Years of Solitude" but we want to put Macondo After a day of the current literature in Colombia, the new language, narrative trends, the most important voices
In this journey in search of Macondo through our streets no missing textures, tastes, smells, sights and, of course, sounds that remind us of Colombia and founded our sister Caribbean city Cartagena de Indias.
You can not miss on our route books and literature with them a successful move us into the world of fiction Colombia.
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