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Alashensemble.com Ayan-ool Sam of the Tuvan band Alash singing the Xoomei style. The Tuvan way of making music is based on appreciation of complex sounds with multiple layers or textures. To the Tuvan ear, a perfectly pure tone is not as interesting as a sound which contains hums, buzzes, or extra pitches that coexist with the main note being sung. Tuvan instruments are designed and played to produce such multi-textured sounds as well. Alash's inaugural U.S. tour was sponsored in 2006 by the Open World Leadership program of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Washington Post described their music as “utterly stunning,” quipping that after the performance “audience members picked their jaws up off the floor.” Since then, Alash has returned to the U.S. every year, playing to enthusiastic audiences and presenting workshops to students of all ages. Alash is now in high demand internationally, performing in concert halls and major festivals in Europe and Asia as well as North America. #tuva #tuvanthroatsinging #xoomei #throatsinging #singinggood #voice #voicecontrol #talento #vocalista #vocalist #singer #musician #cantante #voz #canta #pasión #alash #band #singers #músico #asia #asianmusic #mogadishu #asunción #chandigarh #fairbanks #galicia (at University of Texas, Austin) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu4cTwHFjUp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=v5zsbtuh7bej

2018/05/10 うっかりやさんのアーラシュがすごくかわいい。

2007 - Alash

Saturday Tia and I were invited to come and photograph the concert at The Lake Erie Folk Festival, it was amazing. The line up was full of fantastic performances but one truly touched me, Alash. Alash are masters of traditional Tuvan instruments and the ancient art of throats singing. I had never heard of the group and I was only familiar with that style from YouTube. The passion and respect for their traditions were felt literally in the very vibrations that went throughout the auditorium. It's not an experience I'm soon to forget. Here are just a few I was able to capture and I hope they inspire you to seek out this group and experience it for yourself and see how rich our world is with different cultures. Alash! #Alash #leff2017 #JefJanisPhotography #OhioPhotographer #DoubleVisionPhtographic #blackandwhite #monochrome #bw #portrait #People #changethenarrative #rsa_portraits #bnw #bnwmood #bnw_rose #bnw_demand #rsa_bnw #jj_community #jj_blackandwhite

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