Postponed to 10/11: Chirgilchin The Tuvan throat-singing champions
Sunday October 2, 2011 @ 6:00 PM
Price: $22.00
Member Price: $20.00
This program has been postponed until Tuesday, October 11 at 7 p.m. You may purchase tickets for that date below:
Tuva is the only republic in the world whose chief export is its folk music. This group of three male vocalists represents the best of the younger generation of Tuvan musicians and was brought together by Alexander Bapa, the founder of the popular throat-singing group Huun Huur Tu who have successfully toured the nation multiple times. Chirgilchin's Aldar Tamdyn crafts the horse-head fiddles and other instruments that the group plays. The master vocalists are Igor Koshkendey and Mongoun-Ool Ondar.
The word chirgilchin means either "mirage" or "miracle" in the Tuvan language. Throat-singing, or "overtone singing," is the audible expression of producing two or more notes at once. This startling technique was developed in response to the sounds of the natural environment in which Central Asian nomadic tribes roamed. A particularly rich throat-singing tradition survives in Tuva and neighboring Mongolia. In these areas, marked by vast grasslands and mountain ranges, throat singing is called khöomei. The singer produces overtones by varying the shape of his mouth and pharynx; as a result two, three, or even four distinct tones can be heard at once. The fundamental tone remains constant, while melodies are sung with the highest overtone, resembling the sound of a flute.
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