Huun Huur Tu: Xoomei -- Tuvan Throat Singing

Cowell Theater — Feb 11th

Huun-Huur-Tu has appeared on stages throughout North America and Europe, representing Tuva's remarkable musical culture. The Tuvans, a South Siberian Turkic people who number approximately 150,000, preserve what are arguably some of the world's oldest forms of music-making. What binds these forms together is their use of mimesis, or imitation, for aesthetic purposes. By imitating or aesthetically representing the sounds of nature, human music-makers seek to link themselves to the beings and forces that most concern them: in the case of the Tuvans, domestic animals; the physical environment of mountains and grasslands; and the elemental energies of wind, water and light.

Thursday, February 11, 8:00 pm
$25-$45

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