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Not sure if this is up your alley. This duo is from Sakha in eastern Russia. Do you know of any groups that might be interested in this concert?<BR>
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Hope you’re doing well. <BR>
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Best,<BR>
AK<BR>
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<B>Date: </B>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:53:23 -0400<BR>
<B>Conversation: </B>Music of Siberian Natives at Wesleyan<BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Music of Siberian Natives at Wesleyan<BR>
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Contact: Adam Kubota, Press & Marketing Coordinator <BR>
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FROM A REMOTE RUSSIAN TERRITORY<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'><B>Middletown, Conn., October 17, 2008</B>— German and Klavdia Khatylaev are native musicians from the Republic of Sakha. Their lively yet haunting folk music is the voice of an ancient Sakha civilization, who’ve sung and played around campfires on the Central Asian plain for centuries. In spite of their Russian identity, the Sakha have fought hard to maintain their nomadic pagan culture, in which the natural and spiritual worlds meet in music. Much of their language and customs have been lost. But German and Klavdia are determined to stoke the embers of tradition through music. They were the first to revive several Sakha instruments that had largely gone out of practice. These include several string and drum-based instruments that had been nearly forgotten. They also practice an unusual style of throat-singing.<BR>
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Presented as part of Feet to the Fire, the campus-wide exploration of climate change through science and art, the Khatylaevs embody the intrinsic connection of their people with the land. Indeed, nature finds direct expression though their music, which includes imitations of birdsongs and of horses’ hooves on frozen ground, as well as ecstatic neighs and breathing, all evoking the overpowering sound of the natural world. <BR>
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The Khatylaevs will perform at the World Music Hall on Wednesday, November 5 at 8pm. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for seniors and students. The World Music Hall is located at Wesleyan University, across the street from 45 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown. For more information and tickets, visit www.wesleyan.edu/cfa or call 860-685-3355.<BR>
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<B>About the Khatylaevs<BR>
</B>German and Klavdia Khatylaev began their musical odyssey in 1987. They are acclaimed throughout Russia and Europe for their unique mix of original and traditional Siberian songs, and are now touring North America. Their technique and style is a combination of innovation and tradition, at once focusing on new forms of musical expression with an understanding of the history of the people and their culture. One of the main intentions of the Khatylaevs family is to preserve the history and land of their people. Furthermore, they believe it is of the utmost importance to have harmony in one’s life.<BR>
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For more information on the Khatylaevs, visit <a href="http://khatylaev.sakhaopenworld.org/index.html.">http://khatylaev.sakhaopenworld.org/index.html.</a><BR>
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Photo: Courtesy of Sakha Open World<BR>
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<B>About Center for the Arts<BR>
</B>The Center for the Arts (www.wesleyan.edu/cfa) is an 11-building complex on the Wesleyan campus that houses the departments of art and art history, music, theater and dance, and also film studies classes and activities. It serves as a cultural center for the region, the state and New England. The CFA includes the 400-seat Theater, the 260-seat Cinema, the World Music Hall (a non-Western performance space), the 414-seat Crowell Concert Hall and the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery.
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Adam Kubota, Press and Marketing Coordinator<BR>
Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University<BR>
283 Washington Terrace<BR>
Middletown, CT 06459-0442<BR>
akubota@wesleyan.edu <BR>
v: 860.685.2806 f: 860.685.2061<BR>
Visit the CFA's Website: <a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/">http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/</a><BR>
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