Musicians
Duo, trio, quartet, quintet available
- Johanni Curtet: khöömii, throat-singing, dombra lute, guitar, mouth harp
- Nasanjargal Ganbold: khöömii, throat-singing, morin khuur fiddle, tovshuur lute, bishguur oboe, mouth harp
- And/or Mandakhjargal Daansuren: khöömii, throat-singing, morin khuur fiddle, tovshuur lute
- And/or Nemekhbayar Yadmaa: khöömii, throat-singing, morin khuur fiddle, khuuchir fiddle, tovshuur lute
- And/or Yesun-Erdene Bat: khöömii, throat-singing, morin khuur fiddle
Imagine for a moment the steppes of Mongolia, at home?
There, traditional music is linked to the environment and nomadic philosophy. In the ecology of sound, the Mongols dialogue with nature, whether with their instruments, such as the morin khuur horse fiddle or the tovshuur lute, or with their voices, through praises or throat-singing.
Accompanied by Johanni Curtet, specialist in throat-singing in the West, with one to several guests Mongolian throat-singers, they sing about this nomadic culture through a journey far beyond the mountains, into the wide open spaces. To provide a setting for the vocal art of khöömii, the repertoire will present the imitation of the sonority of nature, praises to the entities that surround us, ancient or contemporary poems, solo instrumental pieces, throat-singing improvisations. It presents a unique encounter between one to several Mongolian musicians and a French ethnomusicologist and musician in quest of harmonics, where the art of khöömii unites them.
References
Théâtre Comoedia, International World Music Institute (FR), Etnosoi! Festival (FI), Canada tour (Centre des musiciens du monde – Montreal, Small World Toronto…), UK tour (Minack Theatre, Smugglers Festival, Into the Wild Summer Festival…), Boghes e Cordas World String Festival (IT), Hope Power night at Folies Bergères (with Coldplay’s Chris Martin, MC Solaar, Fatoumata Diawara, Keren Ann…)