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Global Music Influences

Breath, Cane, and the Global Stage: The Sonic Evolution of Faris Ishaq

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Executive Overview In the contemporary landscape of global music, few artists manage to bridge antiquity and the avant-garde with the seamless grace of Palestinian flutist and composer Faris Ishaq. Armed with little more than a piece of hollow reed and a leg-mounted frame drum, Ishaq conjures soundscapes that are at once deeply rooted in the … Read more

Classical & Opera UK

Bridges of Breath: Julia Luo, the Sheng, and the Evolution of Cross-Cultural Contemporary Music

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Executive Overview In the shifting landscape of contemporary classical music, the boundaries separating distinct cultural and historical instrumental traditions are increasingly porous. At the vanguard of this cross-cultural evolution is London-based musician Julia Luo. A practitioner of the sheng—one of China’s most ancient free-reed mouth-organs, with historical roots tracing back over three millennia—Luo occupies a … Read more

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