[nativestudies-l] FW: Music of Siberian Natives at Wesleyan

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From: Adam <akubota at wesleyan.edu>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:53:23 -0400
Conversation: Music of Siberian Natives at Wesleyan
Subject: Music of Siberian Natives at Wesleyan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Adam Kubota, Press & Marketing Coordinator
(860) 685-2806 | akubota at wesleyan.edu
More photos available on request

HUSBAND & WIFE DUO BRING MUSIC
FROM A REMOTE RUSSIAN TERRITORY
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The Khatylaevs Perform the Music of the Sakha Culture at Wesleyan on
November 5

Middletown, Conn., October 17, 2008- 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.

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.

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.

About the Khatylaevs
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.

For more information on the Khatylaevs, visit
http://khatylaev.sakhaopenworld.org/index.html.

Photo: Courtesy of Sakha Open World

About Center for the Arts
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
Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University
283 Washington Terrace
Middletown, CT 06459-0442
akubota at wesleyan.edu
v: 860.685.2806 f: 860.685.2061
Visit the CFA's Website: http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/


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