Laying the ground for the future of traditions: artistic offer 2022-2023

On this occasion I share with you a brief information about the artistic offer we have for you. I will start by putting the news at the top: Xurxo Fernandes’s Levaino!, Ali Doğan Gönültaş, Di Gasn Trio and mujereson. This last one is so new that it hasn’t been premiered yet!

I invite you to click on the link of each one, where you will be able to see a video. Or listen to this playlist with pieces by all of them while you read: so beautiful that hurts.

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	XURXO FERNANDES – Galicia “Levaino!“, that is, “take it“. “Take it, take the song of our motherland“. That is the call that gives its name to the new work of Xurxo Fernandes, the restless Galician singer, dancer and folk collector, after spreading his knowledge and his art throughout Europe with Radio Cos. He is accompanied by a line-up of four musicians and a troupe of colourfull entertainers. Videoclip Levaino! Videoclip O Piollo Malvado Live video with dance
	ALI DOĞAN GÖNÜLTAŞ – Anatolia After hundreds of concerts in Turkey and two albums released with his extraordinary band of postrock, collage and experiential genres Ze Tîje, the Kurdish artists from Anatolya, settled in Istanbul, has self produced his album Kiğı, a personal look at the 150-year musical process of Kiğı, his birthplace, consists of works in the regional languages of Krmancki, Kurmanci, Kirdaski, Armenian, and Turkish. Videoclip Bostano Videoclip Kütahya’nın Dağları – Mi Ra Naye Live video
	DI GASN TRIO (QUARTET) – Israel Di Gasn Trio (quartet most of the times) is a band chiefly influenced by music of the Balkan region and Klezmer music of Eastern Europe, blending additional elements of jazz, Arabic and classical music. Gal Klein and Yanush Hurwitz met in 2013. The fusion of these two musical ‘worlds’, though seemingly far apart but which actually embrace one another, created a unique musical result. Live from the balconies in Tel Aviv Videoclip Halavakti Live video
	mujereson, by Patricia Álvarez & Vigüela – Spain mujereson is born from a question: How can we women continue to enjoy tradition despite the message and the narrative it constructs about us? mujereson is a dialogue between the group Vigüela and the dancer Patricia Álvarez. A dance approach to how women are portrayed in the repertoire of Castilian sones. To be premiered at the Fira Mediterrània de Manresa on October 7th.
	RODOPI ENSEMBLE – Greek Thrace Thrace is the birthday of Dionysus. A region at the Balcans, on the Southeast of Europe, at the North of Aegean sea, splitted between Bulgaria, Greece and the European Turkey. In Trace, the administrative borders blur in a cultural continuum that is evident on the unique features of its music and its dances. From the Greek part of Thrace it comes the Rodopi Ensemble. Live performance for the Library of Congress of the USA Live video Videoclip of Menexedes Kai Zouboulia
We have a special collaboration with Medigrecian, the agency lead by Alkis Zopoglou, qanunist of Rodopi Ensemble. Learn more here about the other proposals of music from Greece.
	HUDAKI VILLAGE BAND – Ukraine Nick Hobbs, CHARMWORKS: “I don’t know if there is a village called Hudaki but, if there is, that’s where I’m retiring to. Their music has a lovely languidness, speaking for itself without showy display. There’s no lead singer; voices and instruments come and go in all kinds of combinations. They’re delightful; positively adorable.” Live at WOMEX 2021 Videoclip Rekity Another live video
	VIGÜELA – Castile-La Mancha The unique masters of son, jota, seguidilla and fandango. The history of Vigüela is the story of a vital surrender to a cultural legacy of a wild and very ignored beauty: the traditional music of the center of the Iberian Peninsula. “I just cannot keep it in myself. I had the chance to listen to Vigüela live afterwards!!!! Wow… I really liked them… Truly amazing… indeed.” Zsuzsanna Kerényi. Cultural manager, Hungarian Heritage House Live concert for the Library of Congress of the USA Live concert in Segovia Documentary in English, español, Deutsche, 普通话, 한국어, 日本語, Française, Polski.
	JANUSZ PRUSINOWSKI KOMPANIA – Poland Janusz Prusinowski Kompania is the main representative of Polish traditional music, appreciated internationally both by the institutions and the public. At the same time, they are born entertainers, that combine their work in concerts in very diverse contexts, from rural parties to temples of music like the Carnegie Hall in New York, with folk dance workshops. Live performance for the Library of Congress of the USA Live performance in Mazurkas of the World festival Videoclip Mazurek Ciarkowskiego
	ENTAVÍA – Castile and León Roots attached to the past and wings to fly towards the future… Entavía is a project born in Salamanca, made up of like-minded musicians. Entavía released their first album, Raíces con Alas, in 2017. And in Autumn of 2021 they released their second work: Arando Ñieve (Plowing Snow). They have played massively in Spain and have performed also in Portugal and Greece. This second album will be the definitive boost for their international career. Videoclip Hez del Lago de Sanabria Live performance
	MONSIEUR DOUMANI – Cyprus Cyprus’ most exported cultural product since Aphrodite. During their 9-year career Monsieur Doumani have received numerous awards including the ‘Best Group‘ Award in Songlines Music Awards 2019, the ‘Critics Award’ in Andrea Parodi World Music Awards and the German Records Critics Award (Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik) for their album Angathin (2018), which has also been awarded as ‘Best Album of 2018’ in the Transglobal World Music Chart“. Videoclip Poúlia With Monsieur Doumani we work only for some regions. Feel free to ask.