Farantouri, Maria / Turkoglu, Cihan: Beyond The Borders - COMPACT DISCS

Farantouri, Maria / Turkoglu, Cihan: Beyond The Borders - COMPACT DISCSTitle: Beyond The Borders Artist: Farantouri, Maria Turkoglu, Cihan Label: Ecm Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 602567526049 Genre: Jazz Release Date: 2019 07 26 Number of Discs: 1 2019 release. The album title is the program in this meeting of remarkable artists brought together to interpret traditional music of Greece, Turkey, Lebanon and Armenia, and to play original songs by Anatolian saz player Cihan Trko lu and lyricist Agathi

Title: Beyond The Borders
Artist: Farantouri, Maria / Turkoglu, Cihan
Label: Ecm Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 602567526049
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2019-07-26
Number of Discs: 1

2019 release. The album title is the program in this meeting of remarkable artists brought together to interpret traditional music of Greece, Turkey, Lebanon and Armenia, and to play original songs by Anatolian saz player Cihan Türko lu and lyricist Agathi Dimitroukas. In the spirit of the project, the new songs also bridge traditions and idioms and emphasize the potential of shared expression. Legendary Greek singer Maria Farantouri excels in this music beyond the borders, shaped also with the active participation of producer Manfred Eicher. German cellist Anja Lechner here draws on a knowledge of traditional folk forms gained partly through playing music of Armenian-Greek philosopher composer Gurdjieff. Armenian kanon (zither) player Meri Vardanyan has previously appeared on ECM as a member of the Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble. Ney player and ethnomusicologist Christos Barbas, from Thessaloniki, has played everything from music of the baroque to ragas. Percussionist zzet K z l grew up in Eastern Turkey in an environment dominated by Sufi rhythms and has worked in many transcultural collaborations with artists from Natacha Atlas to Theodossi Spazzov, along the way evolving new approaches to traditional percussion.

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