Huun Huur Tu
Huun Huur Tu (Tuva) has emerged as the foremost international representative of Tuva's remarkable musical culture. Tuvans not only transform the sounds of the natural world into music through imitation; they also make sonic "maps" of physical landscapes which may be expressed in texted songs, throat-singing, whistling, or other types of vocal production. For the Tuvans, one of the purposes of music seems to be to offer detailed and concrete descriptions of topography. In short, Tuvan music is not abstract, like most Western music, but radically representational, the product of a cult of imitation that ties it to an animistic understanding of the world…
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The Love Music Festival artists are: Jonny Axelsson (Sweden) | Pascal Ayerbe (France) | Creaking Tree String Quartet (Canada) | Eva Quartet (Bulgaria) | Huun Huur Tu (Tuva) | Kolektif Istanbul (Turkey) | Kora Master (West Africa) | Oren Marshall & The Charming Transport Band (UK) | The Petebox (UK) | Sväng (Finland).
More info: www.lovemusicfestival.com
| Date | Day | Time | Location | Event Details | |
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| NOVEMBER | |||||
| 9 | Tue | 10.00 am | Banchory | Love Music Festival | |
- website link for Huun Huur Tu: www.huunhuurtu.com/
- Huun Huur Tu is also involved with schools workshops - see schools page
- other artists and composers involved in sound 2010
- sound events in 2010
