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Zakir Hussain, Dave Holland & Butler, Bernstein & The Hot 9 Shankar Mahadevan plus Red Baraat CROSSCURRENTS Mardi Gras Bhangra Tue, Oct 6 at 8pm Tues, Feb 9 at 8pm Royce Hall Royce Hall

DakhaBrakha plus Huun Huur Tu

Fri, Sep 25 at 8pm PROGRAM Royce Hall Huun Huur Tu Kaygal-ool Khavalva Arturo O’Farrill’s Pussy Riot Art, Sex & Disobedience Radik Tyulyush RUNNING TIME: Sayan Bapa Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra in conversation with Edward Goldman Approximately two hours Alexey Saryglar Sat, Nov 7 at 8 pm Thu, Feb 11 at 8pm including intermission. Royce Hall Royce Hall — INTERMISSION — Pre-Show Party on the Royce Terrace 6:30pm DakhaBrakha Featuring music and dancing from Nina Garenetska Firebird Balalaika Ensemble, part of the amazing Los Angeles Balalaika Iryna Kovalenko Orchestra. Olena Tsybulska Marko Halanevych

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

DAHKHABRAHKA DakhaBrakha is music quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine. Refl ecting fundamental elements MEDIA SPONSOR: of sound and soul, Ukrainian “ethno chaos” band DakhaBrakha creates a world of unexpected new music. Tigran Hamasyan Luys i Luso Noura Mint Seymali & Tal National featuring the Yerevan State Chamber DakhaBrakha was created in 2004 at the Kyiv Center of Contemporary Art “DAKH” Desert Rock Revue by the avant-garde theatre director – Vladyslav Troitskyi – and given the name that Choir means “give/take” in the old Ukrainian language. Theatre work has left its mark on Sat, Dec 5 at 8pm Sat, Mar 5 at 8pm the band performances – their shows have never been staged without a strong visual Royce Hall Royce Hall element. Iryna Kovalenko – vocals, djembe, bass drums, accordion, In 2011, Huun Huur Tu collaborated with prominent Russian MESSAGE FROM THE CENTER: percussion, bugay, zgaleyka, piano composer Vladimir Martynov, who drew on the works by Ira has played Ukrainian ethnic music since her early the visionary early 20th-century avant-garde poet Velimir Tonight’s headlining group DakhaBrakha uses the childhood. Moreover, she has graduated from the faculty Khlebnikov to create Children of the Otter (forthcoming as a phrase “ethno-chaos” to describe their sound and of folklore. She is fond of yoga, yachting, and rowing. Ira DVD on GreenWave), a 70-minute piece for chamber orchestra, aesthetic. That’s a phrase that’s beatifically open to is responsible for the “brass section” of the group, as she choir, and Tuvan ensemble. wild interpretations and imaginings. easily gets the feel of diff erent musical instruments. She also performs at the “Dakh” theatre as an actress. Martynov’s background in Russian Orthodox music, other We wouldn’t have it any other way. A little chaos is non-Russian music from Central Asia, as well as his embrace what we’re after. Chaos, especially when it arrives in Olena Tsibulska – vocals, bass drums, percussion, of everything from mid-century minimalism to rock operas to garmoshka Renaissance polyphony, made collaboration easy and inspiring the form of art and is delivered deliberately by great Lena is one of the specialists at the folklore department of for Huun Huur Tu. While the quiet infl uence of minimalism can art makers is what wakes us up to things we might the National University of Ukraine. When she has some time be felt in the group’s newest approach to “Chyraa-Khoor,” a never have known we are missing. It elevates our off , she works on preparing her Candidate’s dissertation traditional Tuvan song, but with a contemplative Philip Glass- heartbeats. It stimulates our nerve endings. about traditional Ukrainian wedding songs. She is fond of esque undercurrent. driving, sewing and interior design. Get ready for all of that tonight. The performers you Another, similarly harmonious collaboration with a very will experience tonight are deeply committed to their Nina Garenetska – vocals, cello, bass drum diff erent kind of musician came when the group worked aesthetics, their respective cultures, the legacies and Nina professionally studied folklore and is a self-taught with producer Carmen Rizzo (Niyaz, Seal, Paul Oakenfold, literacy that live inside each of them and are given cellist. She is the most artistically open-minded member Ryuichi Sakamoto). By working closely with Rizzo on Eternal new form and shape to the rest of us through the of the band and is always up for collaborating with (GreenWave, 2009), the members of Huun Huur Tu got a taste sounds they create with their hearts and minds and other musicians. Nina is fond of travelling, photography, of how to create electronic soundscapes around traditional instruments. (So many instruments!) fancywork and adornment creation. material. This experience, along with their role as the heart of a new kind of chamber orchestra, has guided much of their music After experimenting with Ukrainian folk music, the band has HUUN HUUR TU following that project. The human mind itself can be an instrument of added rhythms of the surrounding world into their music, extremely productive chaos, of desire, of longing thus creating the bright, unique and unforgettable sound The whistling of the high-mountain wind creates eerie “Gradually, over the years, the sound has shifted,” refl ects and rampant creativity that leads toward a new of DakhaBrakha. They strive to help open up the potential overtones and postmodern statement. The repeated thrum beginning, a new thought, a new way of being in the former manager and co-producer of their 2010 release, of Ukrainian melodies and to bring it to the hearts and of a string against wood and hide turns into a meditative, Ancestors Call, Vladimir Oboronko. “It’s become more world. Each human in the hall tonight is an agent of consciousness of the younger generation in Ukraine and the evocative fi gure straight from the avant garde. The sophisticated, more-dimensional, and much more relevant chaos, an instigator, and importantly, an installation rest of the world as well. descendents of isolated Siberian herdsmen make serious, to current music sensibilities. Huun Huur Tu is innovating space to hold the ephemeral experiences that strangely universal music out of some of the planet’s indigenous Tuvan music under the subtle infl uence of the music materialize and manifest through artists we bring to Accompanied by Indian, Arabic, African, Russian and quirkiest acoustics. of 20th and 21st centuries, and the result is both contemporary this stage. Australian traditional instrumentation, the quartet’s music that belongs to the whole world and a fresh take on the astonishingly powerful and uncompromising vocal range Using traditional instruments and drawing subtly on 20th- traditional music of their beloved Tuva” If this is your first time seeing either of these creates a trans-national sound rooted in Ukrainian culture. century composers, funky rhythms, and the palette of incredible ensembles perform, we are so proud and At the crossroads of Ukrainian folklore and theatre, their electronica, Tuvan acoustic quartet Huun Huur Tu transform grateful that your lasting memory of their work will musical spectrum is at fi rst intimate then riotous, plumbing ancient songs into complex acoustic compositions. As the depths of contemporary roots and rhythms, inspiring be tied to this hall of assembly, which holds their they began touring in the West 17 years ago, Huun Huur “cultural and artistic liberation”. Tu almost single-handedly introduced the outside world to sound so well and with a deeply imbued legacy all its the boundless wealth of Tuvan traditions, thanks in great own. For almost 80 years performers from around the In March 2010, DakhaBrakha won the prestigious Grand part to their superior musicianship. Hailing from the high world have taken this stage and each has shared with Prix prize named after S.Kuriokhin, in the sphere of pastures of the Altai Mountains in south central Siberia, the us their own brand of artistic chaos and it continues contemporary art, and confi rmed its place in the culture musicians have spent decades honing the overtone singing, in rare form on this very special evening. once again. In March 2011 DakhaBrakha was discovered instrumental approaches, and vibrant songs of their home. by Australian Womadelaide and began their ascent in the Yet the group also had the musical savvy and the chops We’re extremely grateful to the local artists of the international music scene. They have since played more to take their traditions far from the slopes and valleys of Firebird Balalaika Orchestra who helped set the tone than 300 concerts and performances and have taken part Central Asia. for this remarkable evening out on the Royce Terrace. in major international festivals throughout Eastern and Many thanks to our pre-show performers, members of the Western Europe, Russia, Asia, Australia, and North America. They made groundbreaking traditional recordings that put Firebird Balalaika Orchestra Thank you all for being with us. DakhaBrakha has also collaborated with such international their home on the map. They toured the world, gaining fans musicians as: Port Mone (By), Kimmo Pohjonen Cluster and inspiring overtone singers. They’ve wowed audiences in Iryna Orlova Domra (Fi), Karl Frierson (DePhazz) (Ge), Steve Cooney (IRL), Inna both Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa, eliciting Anatoliy Mamalyga Bayan Zhelannaya (Ru), Kievbass (UA), Djam (UA-Iran), and more. surprised remarks after one festival show in Kenya that they Peter Rothe Balalaika played with the same ”soul” as local musicians. They sparked Lynn McConnell Alto Balalaika a boom in Tuvan and other throat-singing, lute-strumming Tom Barnes Kontrabass Balalaika Marko Halanevych – vocals, darbuka, tabla, didjeridoo, ensembles from Central Asia. Larissa Nazarenko Ukrainian Dance accordion, trombone Tyler Worth Ukrainian Dance Marko is the only representative of the countryside in the Being the fi rst (and arguably the most skillful) has its band. He was born in the village of Krushenivka, in the advantages. Well-established as “world music” masters, Founded in 1995, the Firebird Balalaika Orchestra has built a Vinnitskiy region. into a family of village intellectuals. He Huun Huur Tu has long been involved in pushing the reputation as a unique, dynamic and accomplished chamber graduated from the faculty of the Ukrainian philology, but envelope and digging deep into their roots to fi nd new ensemble performing on traditional Russian instruments. came into the theatre, became an actor of the Centre of possibilities. The most recent member to join the group, The group performs on the domra, the balalaika, the bayan. Contemporary Art “DAKH” and then accidentally found Radik Tyulyush, a third-generation throat-singer, talented himself working with the band. Marko is fond of design – he multi-instrumentalist, and conservatory trained composer, The group’s repertoire ranges from traditional Russian and creates the visual images of DakhaBrakha and also for the added a dose of youthful energy and rhythmic complexity Eastern European songs, to well known classics and “DAKH” theatre where he continues to perform on stage. recalling good old American funk. contemporary works.