ARTS , CULTURE & EDUCATION
Nunavut throat-singers Cynthia Pitsiulak and Annie Aningmiuq from Pangnirtung on stage in Hamburg, Germany.
© ELKE EMSHOFF
Nunavut Throat-singers I
Enthral Audiences in Germany and Austria
nternationally acclaimed harpist Rüdiger Oppermann’s Klangwelten 2011 (Festival of World Music), billed as a musical exploration “between the Archaic and Utopia” is a captivating three-hour world music journey that travels across the strikingly unique musical sights and sounds of six different cultures. This year, the 25th Klangwelten 2011 was performed in 40
different cities and towns: in concert halls, theatres, churches, arts and culture centres, school halls, and in folklore clubs throughout Germany and in Austria. The tour’s demanding schedule required the ensemble to travel from one locale to the next on a near-daily basis for evening performances before packed halls, most of which were sold out. The Hamburg concert, December 6, given before an
audience of about 500 in the large Johannis Church, began with an introduction by Rüdiger Oppermann about the group’s members, their instruments and singing techniques. Once the actual performances began, the audience warmed immediately to the talented artists, prompting exuberant whistles and impromptu rounds of applause that only served to elevate their individual and collective performances to even higher levels of musicianship and artistry.
March/April 2012
Cynthia and Annie performing.
above & beyond
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