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The first ever concentrated show of oriental music in Estonia, a tradition going back to the year 1992, has brought the most authentic performers from India, Siberia, Middle East, Central Asia, Far East, and South East Asia. It is certainly a leading musical event in the Baltic States where music lovers can enjoy performers like Hariprasad Chaurasia, ensemble “Kodō”, Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, Jivan Gasparyan, ensemble “Huun-Huur-Tu”, Alim Qasimov, Burhan Öçal, Sevara Nazarkhan, Gyuto and Gyume Buddhist monks, etc. Keep a close eye on our website and advertising – the show goes on.
Orient Festival artistically directed by Peeter Vähi is an event comprising any kind of music of Asian origin, although ritual, folk and traditional classical music is preferred. Most of the festival performers are chosen in their natural environment during the numerous visits to the Asian countries. Orient festival aims to be diverse, representing the most important cultural regions of Asia: Arab countries, India, Tibet, Siberia, China, Indo-China, Japan, etc. 
We must admit that not everything presented during the festival is absolutely authentic and pristinely “pure”. Year by year it is harder to find musicians bearing pure centuries-old tradition. A Siberian refuses to sing without microphone, the works of some Japanese composers sound more American than those of a true American, an Arab tries to make merchandise out of his faith, a Korean monk demands thousands of dollars for a fee, a Cambodian folk-musician’s favourite refreshment during an intermission is Coca-Cola. Finally, when you manage to find someone who is really authentic, he claims to come directly from Shambhala. That’s the way it is at the beginning of the 3rd Millennium and we have to take it or leave it.
Organizers:
Tiina Jokinen – management director
Elle Himma – producer
Kadri Kiis – accountant
Mart Kivisild – design
AN HOUR OF ORIENT – recordings with the participants of Orient-Festival
in Café Tao (addr: Tornimäe Str 5, Tallinn) 8–9 pm, except for Saturday
See also:
Orient 2009
Orient presents in 2008
Orient 2007
Orient 2006
Orient 2005
Festival archives
Orient in Palmyra, “Voices
from The Stars Above The Desert”
“The Path To The Heart Of Asia”, the CD recorded with featuring musicians of “Orient ’92”
Additional info: Wikipedia in English and Estonian
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