The world renown musical ensemble Constantinople has chosen the journey as its cornerstone. For over two decades, Constantinople promotes the creation of new works incorporating musical elements of diverse traditions around the world, drawing from medieval manuscripts to a contemporary aesthetic, passing by Persian and Mediterranean Europe to New World Baroque.
RE: ORIENT
Constantinople & Jeong Sang Hui, Lee Sang Hwa, Oh Byung Og
With «re:Orient», we bring together at a crossroad the deeply rooted traditions of Pansori and Persian music and we reimagine new directions and musical landscapes where, each of us, while keeping its identity and roots, converge toward the others. This creation proposes a new sound and vision from the meeting of these two «Orient» with their millenarian musical heritages and sophisticated cultures. The inspirations and sounds from nature are an integral part of our vocabulary and the diversity of musical instruments, (Daegum, setar, kanun, double bass and percussions) bring to this work a very large and rich palette of sounds and expressions.
SONGS OF HOPE
Kayhan Kalhor & Kiya Tabassian
This concert is a cry of hope and freedom in homage to one of the world’s most fascinating civilizations, Iran. A hymn to the richness and beauty of this culture, Songs of Hope features the sublime master of Persian music, Kayhan Kalhor, on kamancheh, who creates an hypnotic dialogues together with Kiya Tabassian on the setar.
TRAVERSÉES
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
From the start, this dialogue between the kora and the setar seemed to come from the depths of the earth, as though these instruments had always existed side by side. This natural symbiosis gave the musician masters wings to fly towards distant horizons, and their music has been heard over one hundred time in various festivals and halls around the world. The exceptional harmony between these musicians has allowed them to create works inspired by their inner gardens and shared voyages, which we present to you with this concert.
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF RUMI
Constantinople & Ghalia Benali
Djalaleddine Rumi (1207-1273) left us an immutable treasure that reflects a refined and luminous understanding of the world. Plunging into his universe and meandering through his texts opens the door to deeper thinking and universal spirituality. Together, Ghalia Benali and Kiya Tabassian chose a selection of poems, both in Persian and in Arabic. Surrounded by an ensemble of exceptional musicians, here is a concert of music both profound and spontaneous, that follows in the footsteps of Rumi.
BREATHINGS
Constantinople & musicians from indigenous communities
Breathings is a celebration of our intimate relationship with nature, a concert that places the breath at the center of the musical act. Heir to a living indigenous tradition that finds its source in the sounds of nature, Darlene Gijuminag performs Mi’kmaq vocalizations and prayers. One of the foremost representatives of Tuvan throat singing (khöömei), Mongun-ool Ondar uses his singular vocal technique to evoke the souls of the steppes and nomadic peoples. Their voices is joined by the Persian melismatic stylings and songs of Kiya Tabassian, completing this meeting between three bearers of ancestral traditions, inviting the audience to take part in their dialogue about past, present and future.
See also the other programs available with A Filetta, Accademia del Piacere, Benedicte Maurseth, Marco Beasley or Shashank Subramanyam on www.constantinople.ca
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