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Pure Nature Music is a world music artist agency and record label.
We are based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our office is located in Palo Alto and we have representatives in Moscow and Canada. We actively book our artists throughout the world with emphasis on Canada, the U.S., and Europe.
Our newest idea is during the concert we would like show all specters of our traditional arts. It will be expositions of art works, throat singing workshop and shamanism workshop. Pure Nature Music program structure focuses on 4 programming areas.
First we provide our culture to the American audience through World Music Festivals.
Second, we provide Asian Culture In-Schools. Through this community outreach the importance of teaching youngsters their cultural music in emphasized.
Third, volunteer performance at the retirement communities. The residents of this community really enjoy this, because this is a connection between them (who can not travel any more) and different culture.
Fourth, we organize Throat singing and Siberian shamanism workshops at universities and colleges. These are led by some of the most respected musicians, dancers and shamans in this field.
Fifth, organize the series of evening Central Asian concerts. Eastern traditions where musicians and audience collaborate intimately in an environment which does not depend on microphones, elaborate lighting, sound design, or visual stimulation; an environment where the subtle nuances woven into the music can be clearly heard and experienced; and where barriers between audience and performer are broken down.
Dear Friends,
After the successful California Throat Singing Camps and Camps in Tuva, Pure Nature Music is offering a two-week camp in Tuva. Twelve students will be able to interact with their teachers in a beautiful nature setting.
Accommodation will be provided inside traditional Tuvan yurts, 4-6
people to a yurt, with traditional Tuvan meals. The camp will be structured in the style of Tuvan nomads - the group will camp in three distinct areas of Tuvas beautiful countryside, migrating every three to four days. Lessons will be taught by master throat singing group Chirgilchin Aldar Tamdyn, Mongun-ool Ondar, and Igor Koshkendey . We accept all skill levels and experience in throat-singing. Some of our students from earlier camps have already signed up. Lessons will include six of the
different styles of throat singing, as well as traditional Tuvan instruments and the Tuvan language. Students will be able to learn the skills they choose in small groups of four students per teacher.
Teachers will give all of their students equal attention.
Students will have the opportunity to visit Tuvas museums, and meet Tuvan artists and shamans.
This year, we are offering two groups. The first group will come to Tuva 12 days before Tuvas annual Throat Singing Festival. Following the end of the camp, students will travel to the Festival, which lasts two days. The second group will arrive in Tuva at the start of the Festival, and after spending two days at the Festival, they will continue to finish with their 12 day workshop. This years festival will be especially interesting because it marks the 50th birthday of Tuvan throat singer Kongar-ool Ondar. The festival will feature participants from around the world, all competing for the grand prize - a brand new foreign automobile.
Camp dates: TBA
Please email karashay_gmail.com if you would like more information.
Atmospheric and mesmeric, throat singing is almost too difficult to describe in words. It must be heard to be believed the music, produced by resonating low sounds in the throat, creates a middle note and a haunting, flute-like harmonic.
Chirgilchin is a group of musicians from Tuva, a small Russian province north of Western Mongolia. Singing the ancient folk songs in the Tuvan language, the group also plays hand made instruments.
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Turan is a group of professional musicians who joined together to preserve the culture of Kyrgyzstan and bring it to audiences abroad. The ensemble sings in traditional styles and plays Kyrgyz instruments that have been around for thousands of years. Their repertoire draws from ancient Kyrgyz melodies and Dastans (short epos) that have been passed down countless generations. Turan uses their mastery of instrument and song to paint a timeless picture of Kyrgyz culture.
Boerte was formed in 1999 by two Mongolian chamber musicians and includes a rotating ensemble of other celebrated traditional Mongolian artists.
Working together with other world musicians and philharmonic orchestras around Europe, Boerte has toured internationally and has obtained numerous first-place prizes in competitions around the world.
In addition to live concerts and recorded CDs, Boerte has also found success composing scores for such films as The Story of the Weeping Camel and The Cave of the Yellow Dog . The band is currently working on the score for the acclaimed director Byambasuren Davaas's newest film The Two Horses of Genghis Khan .
Tel:
1 650 814 7135
Fax
1 650 947 4050
Email:
karashay_gmail.com
Elvel, a renowned dance group from Kamchatka performs traditional Etelmen music and dance. There are only 1500 Etelmen living in the world today. Their music and dance incorporates animal spirits, Shaman spirits, spirits of the volcano, and interpretations of folk legends. Through the traditional dances and pantomimes, through verses and improvised songs by local authors the special character of this settled culture comes forward.
Karashay, translated from Tuvan means black tea, or tea without milk. We created a musical project where each musician can add their own color to the music. We are calling it 'add milk to the black tea' - make it tastier.
The only rule - the milk has to be fresh.
Suttug-Shay (salty tea - sut means milk and shay is tea)
1 liter water
1 teaspoon salt (to taste)
1 tablespoon green tea
1 litre milk
Boil the water, tea and salt together. Add the milk and boil again.
Remember, if you hand someone a cup of tea (or anything else, for that matter) to always use your right hand only.
Similarly, when accepting and drinking the tea, use your right hand.
Serve in small bowls or cups.
This children's folklore group was formed in 1985.
Nadejda Ponomareva is the artistic manager of the group. The members of the group are children aged from seven to 17 years. The children sing old believers' songs, they perform Russian traditional dances and play accordion, psaltery, rattle, balalaika and other traditional musical instruments. Oktay have been invited to participate in various Russian festivals. In 1995, the group became the winner of the competition "Howl of Small Towns of Russia". Since 1996, Oktay has been a member of the Union of Russian Amateur World Groups
Sabjilar - "the messengers" - is a Khakas (South Siberia) folklore group, performing traditional heroic epics. They further play old nomad songs from the steppes, hunter's songs from the mountain taiga, and new improvisations on the chatkhan, the typical national instrument. The repertoire is rich in various styles of throat singing - khay. They have conducted numerous public performances and workshops in Germany, Italy, Poland, Holland, Norway, Finland, England, USA, Japan, and Switzerland.
Ai-Churek - one of the most powerful and well respected female Shamans in Tuva. She has special rituals for cleaning the energies in a house or workplace. She uses ancient techniques of divination to help people look at their past and future paths. She gives astrological readings.In Tuva Ai-Churek runs a Center where she works as a healer. People have gotten real and unique help from her on a wide range of health issues.
AjarKhaan, the music and songs of the ethno-group Ayarhaan are an integration of natural sounds and music, ancient and modern. This is the sound of life and the universe. The sound of Ayarhaan is not just virtuoso khomus playing, but also unique Yakut songs. Their performance has been characterized as an avant-garde Yakut khomus. A hurricane of sounds, produced by Yakut khomuses, takes the place of violoncello, saxophone, electric guitar, and a third of a symphony orchestra. Such is the level of quality. A Yakut khomus allows one to speak, play various melodies, and even imitate sounds of nature. Yakut musicians produce sound imitations which often accompany cultural ceremonies and rituals. Imitations are one with shamanic rituals. Yakut shamans began their rituals with imitations of the neighing of a horse. All of these sound imitations harmonically integrate with the khomus sounds of the ethno-group Ayarhaan. Taking in ancient traditions, giving them a modern tone, this group is unique in their performance manner.
Samo ensemble, meaning "heaven" in Tajik, was formed in September of 2006.
After their first year as an ensemble, Samo began giving concerts at different cultural sites in and around Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan. All of the musicians originate from the mountain regions of Rushon Valley and Bartang Valei, where music is a central part of daily life. Since early childhood, they have used music in games and communication. Today, the musicians are well versed in various styles of traditional Tajik music, but the repertoire of the mountain regions remains their specialty. All of the musicians play multiple musical instruments and know different styles of singing. The group plays traditional pieces, but also composes new songs based on ancient Tajik music. Samo ensemble hopes to bring the traditions of the mountains of Tajikistan to the public and cultural researchers. In addition to performance, the ensemble participates in outreach educational activities in Tajikistan and other countries.
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