The fact that the festival Door Along with guest artists, Latvian voices and instruments are also heard in various creative joint projects, it is a well-groomed tradition. Creative cooperation, celebrating the traditions of different nations together and actualizing them through a modern perspective, is an important added value of the festival. Flutist and singer Sniedze Prauliņa will perform together with the Estonian duo Puuluup, combining the loudest traditions of both nations, while brothers Raimonds and Oskars Petrauski (piano, saxophone) will perform together with Finnish multi – instrumentalist Maija Kauhanen. This creative meeting promises to discover polyrhythmic melodies and an adventurous journey in the interplay of three musicians.
Maija Kauhanena is a man in an orchestra. She has a strong and expressive voice, she plays the virtuoso of Finnish folk instruments and various percussions related to our kokle, which at times become the musician’s own body. Playing the Finnish kantele Saarijärvi, The musician uses an ancient playing technique in which the kantele is played with a small piece of wood. Playing both accompaniment and polyrhythmic masterpieces, she has developed various types of kantele playing and also imitates the playing of other string instruments. Maija Kauhanen is also a composer and is endowed with the talent of an exciting storyteller. Her main source of inspiration is the musical traditions of Finnish and Karelian farmers, but she gives new life to old melodies. The musician will tell more about all this in the master class on October 23 at 12.00, which will demonstrate the possibilities and techniques of creating acoustic effects while playing the kantele, using a piece of wood, a bow of a violin, a metal chain and even aluminum foil. The guest will show you how to play and train polyrhythms, combining the playing of cantilevers and percussion instruments, as well as rhythms created by hands and feet.
Duo of Estonian musicians Ramo Teder and Marko Weisson Puuluup In his work, the long-forgotten and the modern hold together like water and snow, combining the sound of the talharp of an ancient instrument with various modern musical technologies – electronics and loop technique. They draw inspiration for new works from the islands of Worms, from Finland jouhikko repertoire, Sahel blues, chastuškus and other peoples traditional music. They recognize various random sources of inspiration – excerpts from Polish series, an old Estonian punk and also sweet and sourdough bread from the island of Worms – as equally important and enrich the performances with choreography. In the master class on October 23 at 13.30 musicians will introduce the talharp – a lyre-type string instrument played with a bow. This loudspeaker was widespread in the early Middle Ages in Northern Europe, but was played in the western islands of Estonia until the 20th century. beginning. Currently, interest in it is reviving in both Estonia and Finland. Duet Puuluup participants Marco and Ramo will give an insight into the history of this musical instrument, playing technique, introduce the traditional talharpas melodies and their modern variations
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