-Wednesday, March 2 and Saturday, March 19, 2011, starting at 2:30 PM.
-under the artistic direction of Gรฉrard Bertin.
Overtone singing is a very ancient vocal art, practiced throughout the Altai region. In the past, singers who excelled at it were shepherds living on the remote foothills of Western Mongolia.
This generic term applies when a singer layers two sounds simultaneously with their voice.
It is a melody of harmonics that is modulated over a fundamental sound known as a drone.
There are several such singing traditions worldwide. They are mainly practiced where Turkic-Mongol ethnic groups, such as the Khalka, Tuva or Uriankhai, Bayad, Zaghchin, and Kalmyk, reside, most often by men but also by women.
There are also overtone singing traditions in Tibet
as well as in Japan.
In the Mongolian language, it is called xรถรถmij or xรถรถmei. This term literally means
“pharynx,” the main part of the body used to produce these harmonics.
Thus, in Central Asia, there is a multitude of techniques. They are grouped into two main styles:
xarxiraa (deep xรถรถmij) and isgeree xรถรถmij (whistled xรถรถmij).
-As the number of places is limited, reservations at 04 92 29 37 03 are essential.
Rates: 10 euros per person per session.
Next dates: Wednesday, April 27 and Saturday, April 16, Wednesday, May 11 and Saturday, May 28, and Wednesday, June 22 and Saturday, June 11.
