Music Fair: Diphonie of the Steppes

11 Rue des Frères Gréban

Imagine a moment the steppes of Mongolia at home. There, traditional music is tied to the environment and the nomadic philosophy. In a sound ecology, Mongols dialogue with nature, whether with their instruments like the morin khuur (horse fiddle) or the tovshuur lute, or with their voices, through praises or diphony. Nemekhbayar YADMAA, a master in the field, hails from the Altai, cradle of Mongolian throat singing khöömii. He and Johanni CURTET, a specialist of this technique in the West, sing to us this nomadic culture through a journey far beyond…