Listening to recordings | „Fusion is Love“

“Fusion is Love” is the last listening session of the season, with music that bridges different cultures, periods and experiences.

Differences between instruments and styles, cultural traditions, historical backgrounds of nations, musicians’ schools or listeners’ experiences may at first sight seem like barriers to emotional communication through sound. However, the impact of these differences depends on the level of musicianship. Standing at the foot of a mountain, people from different sides may not be able to see each other, but as you go up, the differences become less and less of a barrier. At the top, everyone meets and then it becomes clear: what seemed like a barrier often becomes a slope of energy and synergy.

This is why fusion has always attracted musicians – as a space of freedom, where it is possible to go beyond genres, styles, instruments or cultural boundaries, to transcend oneself, to open oneself up to collaboration, and together to create something new, unexpected and real, which is born out of differences.

The playlist for the session is prepared by Artašės Gazarian.

Registration to attend is required here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnI4iLZQkwrj1vzPYQjHP-dnEfnWXDY3De-CzAQbnt-lbrxA/viewform?usp=dialog

Programme of the session:
19:00-19:50
Ne Djarabi – MaLiTuanie 05:58
Sunjata – Trio Da-Kali and Kronos Quartet 07:20
Bach Meets Sufi – Netherlands Blazers Emsemble 04:41
Amida-kyo – Buddist Shomio & Gregorian Chants 09:15
Michio Miyagi – Kimo Eto & Bud Shank 06:01
Fire Fly – Donauerschingen Festival 07:40

Break

20:00 – 21:00
Back to My Roots – Fania All Stars (with Gato Barbieri) 08:20
Take Turns – Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition 08:42
Sweet Pain – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook 06:05
To Hear the World in a Grain of Sand – Donauerschingen Festival 16:45
Karuna Supreme – John Handy & Ali Akbar Khan 11:27