MASTERS OF OVERTONE SINGING | Cinema
Thursday 14 April - 18h30
Documentary by Jean-François Castell and Johanni Curtet (2010, 53’)
MEG - Auditorium
MORE INFOLONG SONG AND OVERTONE SINGING | concert
Thursday 14 April - 20h30
The younger Mongolian generation
MEG Auditorium
MORE INFOVOCAL SPARRING | concert
Friday 15 April - 20h30
Great Masters of overtone singing
Alhambra
MORE INFOINTRODUCTION TO MONGOLIAN OVERTONE SINGING | workshop
Saturday 16 April - 11h00
by Amartüvshin Baasandorj and Johanni Curtet - SOLD OUT
MORE INFOTHE EPIC OF THE STEPPES | performance
Saturday 16 April - 15h00
Younger audience - from 6 - LES Z'ETHNOS
Mongolian tales and legends
MEG - Auditorium
MORE INFOHEAR AND UNDERSTAND MONGOLIAN KHOOMII | Lecture
Saturday 16 April - 18h30
By Johanni Curtet
Alhambra
MORE INFOSongs of the steppes
Discovering what is often called overtone singing, or sometimes harmonic singing, is a fascinating experience. For how does one conceive of a single person singing in two voices, simultaneously producing a tone and one of its harmonies? This vocal technique was notably developed by Mongolian singers, who call it khöömii, though we do find this technique in other traditions, such as in the polyphonies of Sardinia and in the songs of the South African Xhosa.
This series of concerts dedicated to overtone singing, and, more broadly to the music of Mongolia, is the result of an encounter with the ethnomusicologist Johanni Curtet. For over ten years this young researcher travelled across the country to find some of its greatest practitioners. Thanks to the rare presence of some of the tradition’s best practitioners, we can appreciate the magic of this unique art through several concerts, a show for the younger public, a documentary, a talk and an introductory workshop.
Laurent Aubert