improv by sakha khomus virtuoso spiridon shishigin (filmed by deirdre morgan)
sakha khomus master
opening ceremony
opening ceremony of the VII international jew’s harp congress-festival
VII International Jew’s Harp Congress-Festival: “Khomus” (trump) in the world cultural space
June 23-26, 2011
Yakutsk, Russia
Source: http://rus.ilkhomus.com/
The Yellow Trotter (Chyraa-Xor)
written by Robert Beahrs, based on a Tuvan folk song
performed by Import/Export
Robert Beahrs, voice and igil (horsehead fiddle); Brian Ellingsen, double bass; Ed Garcia, kendang drums (sung in English and Tuvan)
Soundscapes recorded in the Tuvan countryside by Ted Levin and Joel Gordon
Sketches of Nature (Boidus Churumaly)
written and performed by Import/Export
Robert Beahrs, voice; Brian Ellingsen, double bass; Ed Garcia, kendang drums
Altyn Altai (piano, voice)
written by Edil Huseinov (from Kazakhstan)
arranged and performed by Robert Beahrs, plucked grand piano and voice (sung in Kazakh)
Mountain Voices (double bass, voice)
written by Evgeni Ulugbashev (from Khakassia, Russia)
arranged and performed by Robert Beahrs, voice and Brian Ellingsen, double bass (sung in Khakass and English)
stroboscopy video of my larynx from 2006
kongar-ool ondar with ornamented igil
aldar tamdyn
zhenia (my khoomei and igil teacher) and anai-khaak saryglar with their children
hanging out with the master himself, albert kuvezin
central kyzyl
me with new 9-string chatkhan (made by sergei charkhov)