URNA AND KROKE | Festival Pasaulis Skamba

GM Gyvai presents the festival “World Sounds” in everyone’s favorite St. Catherine’s Church. This is an ideal place in Vilnius for cozy and sensitive world music concerts.

URNA AND KROKE
Unbridled Music

URNA
Her voice is reminiscent of the whistling of the wind, the coldness of stones and the scorching heat of the sun. Sometimes it is as rushing as a waterfall, and sometimes as soft as the fluttering wings of a butterfly. Then you understand why many critics and listeners say that her voice is like a small orchestral symphony.” – These are the words of a Swiss critic who heard URNA for the first time.

Born into a family of nomadic herders in the Orda steppes of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Republic (China), from 1989 to 1993 Urna Chahar-Tugchi studied yangqin (Chinese dulcimer) at the Shanghai Conservatory. Since then, the performer has not stopped touring the world and delighting listeners with her impressive voice, which rises through four octaves with elegance and ease.

URNA conveys the spirit of her native land through music. Although her music is rooted in the traditions of her native country, her latest works emphasize free, brushstroke-like improvisations inspired by years of encounters with other cultures and musicians.

Kroke
The unique style of the ensemble Kroke (Krakow in Yiddish), originally most associated with klezmer music, draws inspiration from ethnic music from all over the world. The musical compositions they perform, often completely unknown, awaken memories of a long-forgotten world.

One day, Steven Spielberg’s wife Kate Capshaw, while he was in Krakow filming Schindler’s List, came to the Ariel restaurant, where Kroke often played. One evening, she took her husband to a concert. The director quickly recognized Kroke’s talent and invited the band to Jerusalem to perform at the Survivors Reunion ceremony for the survivors of Schindler’s List. Spielberg sent a KROKE cassette to Peter Gabriel, who invited the band to the United Kingdom to perform at the WOMAD festival in 1997. This was just the beginning of a great adventure: 20 albums, a soundtrack for a David Lynch film, a nomination for the BBC Radio 3 Awards in the world music category, collaborations with violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy and many other achievements mark Kroke’s creative path spanning almost three decades. Long-lasting artistic impressions are guaranteed!

Performers:

Urna Chahar-Tugchi – vocals
Tomasz Kukurba – violin
Jerzy Bawoł – accordion
Tomasz Lato – double bass

A 20% discount applies to seniors, disabled people, schoolchildren and students

Festival information partner: LRT
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