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
Tengerton
Sounds of Heaven
The string quartet's name means sounds or colors of heaven. The musical work is based on the two iconographic elements of Mongolian music: Moriin Khuur violin and the fascinating vocal style Khoomii and Kharkhiraa.
On tour in 2024.
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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.
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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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ANIM Ensemble für traditionelle Musik
Musicians of the Afghan National Institute of Music ANIM had been evacuated to Portugal in 2021 in order to set up in exile their institut to saveguarde the great musical traditions of Afghanistan. Today two ANIM ensembles had been rebuild in exile to present classical pieces from the heyday of Afghan music culture and sufi music.
ANIM Ensemble for Traditional Music
ANIM Sufi Ensemble for Spiritual Music
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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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Egschiglen
Contemporary and Traditional Music from Mongolia
From 1992 - 2022 Egschiglen explored the sound dimensions of works by contemporary Mongolian composers with their fine-tuned arrangements, using traditional instruments and traditional vocal styles from Mongolia and Central Asia ...
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