Vladiswar nadishana biography template
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Recently I have become aware of Armenian folk music, and the double reed oboe-like instrument, the Duduk which is central to their music.
The Duduk has an incredible, almost indescribably haunting sound, very breathy and gentle and has to be the most emotional and haunting instrument in the world – or at least that is my feeling about it.
Before I go any further, here is a powerful example of what I mean about it… Listen and be moved.
As ever, there is a quite reasonable description of the Duduk in good old Wikipedia, so here it is:-
The duduk is a double reed instrument with ancient origins, having existed since at least the fifth century, while there are Armenian scholars who believe it existed more than 1,500 years before that. The earliest instruments similar to the duduk’s present form are made of bone or entirely of cane. Today, the duduk is exclusively made of wood with a large double reed, with the body made from aged apricot wood.
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CZECH REPUBLIC
Petr Jasinčuk
Influenced by Jonathan Cope, Vladiswar Nadishana, Vladimir Markov, and Áron Szilágyi, Petr is one of the most enthusiastic members of the Czech jew’s harp community. He is organizing public and personal workshops and wishes to popularize the instrument. In 2018, he organized the first Czech jew’s harp festival called “Festival Jiná Dimenze” (Festival of Different Dimension). He plays within a band called Nigunatica. IJHS Board member since 2020.
ITALY
Alessandro Zolt
Anthropologist and ethnomusicologist from Turin University, his researches focus on folk music, popular instruments and organology. He made an important study of the jew’s harp in Valsesia and is currently working on a book with Prof. Alberto Lovatto on the Valesia ancient jew's harp traditions and production. His ongoing resear
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Friends & Colleagues
Vladiswar Nadishana and Julia Surba
Two incredible creative human beings from ancient Kuzhebar. Nadishana plays pretty much every instrument you can imagine and some more and composes original and highly unique and beautiful music. Julia creates art in form of Pyrography and designs inspired by the Kuzhebarian culture. Check out their website and their instrument shop
http://www.nadishana.com
http://shop.nadishana.com
Richard Ekre-Suzzi
Amazing Composer, Pianist Bansuri Virtuoso and Improviser. Part of the Trio “Aranya” with Mauricio Garay and myself. Check out his website for examples of his bio work and his various ensembles.
http://www.richardekresuzzi.com
Mauricio Garay
Mauricio plays and designs his own instruments in the gitarr family. His music lives somewhere between Flamenco, Gismonte, Medieval and Ambient music. We met first in the ensemble “Mishra” and nowadays play tillsammans in the trio “Aran