THE SPIRIT OF SILK ROAD
Sacred Music from India, Turkey and Spain
Sacred Music from India, Turkey and Spain
The Silk Road has been the cultural, economic and political backbone of the world from the Atlantic shores to the Pacific Ocean. Starting from China and traveling thru the Central Asia, Middle East and the Mediterranean, people traveled and created a cultural highway to carry many cultures including their poetry, stories and musics.
This Trio, “the Spirit of Silk Road” represent the key players of the ancient Silk Road. Indian Tabla master Rashmi Bhaat comes from the eastern end of the Silk Road. Turkish saz player and singer Latif Bolat is from Turkey. The flute master Rodrigo Parejo Mateos is from the Western end of the Silk Road, Spain.
This trio combines the cultures of many people along the Silk Road and present them in a very creative fashion to the audiences. Each individual performer is already very accomplished in their filed and they have performed all over the six continent, for combined 120 years of musical experience.
A typical concert of the Trio contains traditional spiritual Sufi music of the Turkish dervishes, complicated Indian tabla rhythms and the warm Spanish and Andalusian sound of the Iberia.
In addition to the incredible musical presentation, this program contains spiritual poetry of the Silk Road like Rumi and Yunus Emre from Turkey, Kabir and Amir Khusrev from India, Ibn Arabi of Cordoba.
Sometimes the Trio also presents the dance dimension of the mystic Sufis, namely Whirling Dervishes in order to reflect the ancient Sema whirling practices and modern interpretation of this dance tradition.
This Trio, “the Spirit of Silk Road” represent the key players of the ancient Silk Road. Indian Tabla master Rashmi Bhaat comes from the eastern end of the Silk Road. Turkish saz player and singer Latif Bolat is from Turkey. The flute master Rodrigo Parejo Mateos is from the Western end of the Silk Road, Spain.
This trio combines the cultures of many people along the Silk Road and present them in a very creative fashion to the audiences. Each individual performer is already very accomplished in their filed and they have performed all over the six continent, for combined 120 years of musical experience.
A typical concert of the Trio contains traditional spiritual Sufi music of the Turkish dervishes, complicated Indian tabla rhythms and the warm Spanish and Andalusian sound of the Iberia.
In addition to the incredible musical presentation, this program contains spiritual poetry of the Silk Road like Rumi and Yunus Emre from Turkey, Kabir and Amir Khusrev from India, Ibn Arabi of Cordoba.
Sometimes the Trio also presents the dance dimension of the mystic Sufis, namely Whirling Dervishes in order to reflect the ancient Sema whirling practices and modern interpretation of this dance tradition.
LATIF BOLAT
Turkish Singer, Composer and Scholar of Turkish Music and Folklore Latif Bolat is a native of the Turkish Mediterranean town of Mersin. After receiving his degree in folklore and music at Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey, he taught traditional music throughout the country. He then went on to manage Ankara People’s Theater, a musical theater company, which performed traditional musical plays. Mr.Bolat also received further degrees in Turkish History and Middle East Religion and Politics from Ankara University and an MBA from San Francisco State University. His recent performance and teaching engagements include: * Educational concerts-lectures at Carnegie Hall in NYC. Soundtrack music for George Lucas Studios TV series "Young Indiana Jones". PBS documentary “Mohammed: Legacy of a Prophet”. * Released 5 successful CDs in the US and Turkey, Co-authored the Turkish mystic Sufi poetry translations and anthology book: “Quarreling with God: Mystic Rebel Sufi Poems of the Dervishes of Turkey”. * Festivals, concerts and conferences at many institutions including, the United Nations, Oxford University, SOAS-London, Stanford University, University of Chicago, Brigham Young University, Monash University in Australia, Leeds University, University of California at Berkeley, London Sufi Music Festival, All-India Mystic Ruhaniyat Festival, Urkult Festival in Sweden, Monterey World Music Festival in California, Singapore Esplanade Music Festival, Varna World Music Conference Festival in Bulgaria, National Festival in Canberra/Australia, Middle East Spirituality Festival in Edinburgh/UK, Boulder World Music Festival in Colorado, and many other respectable universities, concert halls and Festivals all around the world. * The California Art Council rewarded Mr.Bolat with a grant for his contributions to the preservation of Turkish traditional music. Turkish Ministry of Culture sponsored his Turkish Sufi poetry translations project titled “Quarreling with God”. He also leads educational Cultural tours to Turkey for the past 12 years. Please visit his web site below for music, press reviews and other information. WWW.LATIFBOLAT.COM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fL4au... (Ensemble) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eduxkp... (Solo) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0pPHB... (Solo) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU9ds0... (Hiroshima Song- solo) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrR2LO... (TV Interview in India on Turkish Sufism and Music) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cJt_K... (Solo) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y81rzJ... (Interview-Concert) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV8UaM... (Garden Concert in India) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCO4MF... (Collaboration with Lot Lorien of Bulgaria) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWKqDA... (Bahamas Festival-Nassau) -
RODRIGO PAREJO
Musician, Composer, Educator, Researcher Rodrigo Parejo is an adventurous multifaceted creative Spanish jazz musician, improviser, researcher, composer and educator, constantly in movement between Europe and Asia contributing regularly in the different music scenes of Jazz, World, Contemporary Dance, Wellness and Experimental Improvised Music, performing a broad range of styles: from minimalistic meditative solo performances to explosive free-jazz orchestras, contemporary ensembles, ethnic music folk groups, flamenco dance companies, contemporary dance performances, classical, rock, latin or meditation music. He has worked and collaborated with a diverse number of projects and renowned international artists such as: Phil Woods, Norma Winstone, London Improvisers Orchestra, The Hague Ethospheric Orchestra, Hank Bennink, Michael Moore, Saray Muñoz, Israel Cerreduela, Bunghar Khan Company (India), Lazara López Cachao, Rianto, Peni Candrarini, Mao Arata, Steve Thornton, Lewis Pragasam, etc. appearing in major international festivals as: North Sea Jazz Festival (The Netherlands) Steve Reich Festival (Amsterdam), Bratislava Jazz Day (Slovakia), Flamenco Festival Vienna (Austria), Bimhuis (Amsterdam), Esplanade Theatre Singapore, Rainforest World-Music Festival (Malaysia), MURFEST (Malaysia), Margaret Graham Theater (Canada), or Viktoria Jazzscene (Oslo, Norway).
www.rodrigoparejo.com
https://youtu.be/js0oTrTwP3c RITUALS https://youtu.be/2U54updSE3k The Java Spring (feat. PeniCandrarini) https://youtu.be/a2e4SQGmrzM The Java Spring "AIR" (Barruecos) https://youtu.be/Om35YtXE-wk Rodrigo Parejo Quartet https://youtu.be/ycJn-31e1TM BratislavaJazzDays https://youtu.be/VGlMkX6q-Is MUSIC FROM THE DESERT
RASHMI V. BHATT PERCUSSIONIST (Bio - Short Version)
Born in India, Bhatt grew up in Pondicherry, in an environment permeated with dance, theater and Indian music. He studied the art of Tabla, the typical percussion of India, under the guidance of SHRI TORUN BANERJEE. After his MA in French Literature, he won a prestigious scholarship to study Italian Art History in Florence where he studied as well Etnomusicology. With the knowledge of various Ancient Musical Traditions, BHATT is constantly invited to Art Direct International Festivals of World Music. He has invited Artists from India, Vietnam, China, Japan, Korea in concerts with masters like Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra, Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussein, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, pandit Kamalesh Maitra Tabla Tarang maestro, Pandit Debiprasad Ghosh, Pandit Chaurasia, Pandit Arvind Parikh, with Ostad Mohammad Eqbal and Majid Darakhshani from Iran ect .. in France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Spain and Italy, Dubai, Marocco, Brazil, Cuba and Tunisia. He is fascinated by the possibility of experimentation and fusion between different ethnic groups and their musical languages and has collaborated with musicians like the Kenyan singer AYUB OKAD, german trumpet player MARCUS STOCKHAUSEN, the famous Pakistani singer NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN and guitarist and a Canadian producer MICHAEL BROOK. He recently toured in Africa with Gabin Dabire and has toured with world famous pop singer SHAKIRA, then later a tour with the legendary STING. In recent years, his main research has been oriented towards the discovery of different cultures and their musical languages, hence a variety of projects with musicians from countries, from MAROCCO to PERSIA, from AFGHANISTAN to SENEGAL, from SYRIA to BRAZIL. He was invited to perform at the prestigious WOMEX FESTIVAL with his Sextet recently in Copenhagen. He is the Art Director of "WORLD RHYTHM FESTIVAL" and "NAMUDA FEST" in Italy. BHATT is often invited to International Congresses to present a History of Indian Music and to talk on the structures of Raga and Rhythms of Indian Classical Music. He does the same also in the National Music Conservatories of Italy, France and Spain and also does Workshops on RHYTHM for the children all over europe with aim of Inter Action between two Cultures called INTERCULTURE which helps a lot the Integration of different Cultures. Apart from being a Percussionist, Composer, Art Director of International Festivals, he is also an actor. Bhatt has acted in all the famous Italian Soap Operas, on the national televisions, with a precious collaboration with Oscar winning Director like Bertollucci. He lives between Rome, Italy and Pondicherry, South India. The Government of India has given him twice the Award of the Cultural Ambassador of India. Maestro Bhatt has several passionate love affairs, apart from Music, Art History, Ethno Musicology, Astrophysics, Archeology, Surfing.
Turkish Singer, Composer and Scholar of Turkish Music and Folklore Latif Bolat is a native of the Turkish Mediterranean town of Mersin. After receiving his degree in folklore and music at Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey, he taught traditional music throughout the country. He then went on to manage Ankara People’s Theater, a musical theater company, which performed traditional musical plays. Mr.Bolat also received further degrees in Turkish History and Middle East Religion and Politics from Ankara University and an MBA from San Francisco State University. His recent performance and teaching engagements include: * Educational concerts-lectures at Carnegie Hall in NYC. Soundtrack music for George Lucas Studios TV series "Young Indiana Jones". PBS documentary “Mohammed: Legacy of a Prophet”. * Released 5 successful CDs in the US and Turkey, Co-authored the Turkish mystic Sufi poetry translations and anthology book: “Quarreling with God: Mystic Rebel Sufi Poems of the Dervishes of Turkey”. * Festivals, concerts and conferences at many institutions including, the United Nations, Oxford University, SOAS-London, Stanford University, University of Chicago, Brigham Young University, Monash University in Australia, Leeds University, University of California at Berkeley, London Sufi Music Festival, All-India Mystic Ruhaniyat Festival, Urkult Festival in Sweden, Monterey World Music Festival in California, Singapore Esplanade Music Festival, Varna World Music Conference Festival in Bulgaria, National Festival in Canberra/Australia, Middle East Spirituality Festival in Edinburgh/UK, Boulder World Music Festival in Colorado, and many other respectable universities, concert halls and Festivals all around the world. * The California Art Council rewarded Mr.Bolat with a grant for his contributions to the preservation of Turkish traditional music. Turkish Ministry of Culture sponsored his Turkish Sufi poetry translations project titled “Quarreling with God”. He also leads educational Cultural tours to Turkey for the past 12 years. Please visit his web site below for music, press reviews and other information. WWW.LATIFBOLAT.COM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fL4au... (Ensemble) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eduxkp... (Solo) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0pPHB... (Solo) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU9ds0... (Hiroshima Song- solo) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrR2LO... (TV Interview in India on Turkish Sufism and Music) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cJt_K... (Solo) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y81rzJ... (Interview-Concert) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV8UaM... (Garden Concert in India) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCO4MF... (Collaboration with Lot Lorien of Bulgaria) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWKqDA... (Bahamas Festival-Nassau) -
RODRIGO PAREJO
Musician, Composer, Educator, Researcher Rodrigo Parejo is an adventurous multifaceted creative Spanish jazz musician, improviser, researcher, composer and educator, constantly in movement between Europe and Asia contributing regularly in the different music scenes of Jazz, World, Contemporary Dance, Wellness and Experimental Improvised Music, performing a broad range of styles: from minimalistic meditative solo performances to explosive free-jazz orchestras, contemporary ensembles, ethnic music folk groups, flamenco dance companies, contemporary dance performances, classical, rock, latin or meditation music. He has worked and collaborated with a diverse number of projects and renowned international artists such as: Phil Woods, Norma Winstone, London Improvisers Orchestra, The Hague Ethospheric Orchestra, Hank Bennink, Michael Moore, Saray Muñoz, Israel Cerreduela, Bunghar Khan Company (India), Lazara López Cachao, Rianto, Peni Candrarini, Mao Arata, Steve Thornton, Lewis Pragasam, etc. appearing in major international festivals as: North Sea Jazz Festival (The Netherlands) Steve Reich Festival (Amsterdam), Bratislava Jazz Day (Slovakia), Flamenco Festival Vienna (Austria), Bimhuis (Amsterdam), Esplanade Theatre Singapore, Rainforest World-Music Festival (Malaysia), MURFEST (Malaysia), Margaret Graham Theater (Canada), or Viktoria Jazzscene (Oslo, Norway).
www.rodrigoparejo.com
https://youtu.be/js0oTrTwP3c RITUALS https://youtu.be/2U54updSE3k The Java Spring (feat. PeniCandrarini) https://youtu.be/a2e4SQGmrzM The Java Spring "AIR" (Barruecos) https://youtu.be/Om35YtXE-wk Rodrigo Parejo Quartet https://youtu.be/ycJn-31e1TM BratislavaJazzDays https://youtu.be/VGlMkX6q-Is MUSIC FROM THE DESERT
RASHMI V. BHATT PERCUSSIONIST (Bio - Short Version)
Born in India, Bhatt grew up in Pondicherry, in an environment permeated with dance, theater and Indian music. He studied the art of Tabla, the typical percussion of India, under the guidance of SHRI TORUN BANERJEE. After his MA in French Literature, he won a prestigious scholarship to study Italian Art History in Florence where he studied as well Etnomusicology. With the knowledge of various Ancient Musical Traditions, BHATT is constantly invited to Art Direct International Festivals of World Music. He has invited Artists from India, Vietnam, China, Japan, Korea in concerts with masters like Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra, Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussein, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, pandit Kamalesh Maitra Tabla Tarang maestro, Pandit Debiprasad Ghosh, Pandit Chaurasia, Pandit Arvind Parikh, with Ostad Mohammad Eqbal and Majid Darakhshani from Iran ect .. in France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Spain and Italy, Dubai, Marocco, Brazil, Cuba and Tunisia. He is fascinated by the possibility of experimentation and fusion between different ethnic groups and their musical languages and has collaborated with musicians like the Kenyan singer AYUB OKAD, german trumpet player MARCUS STOCKHAUSEN, the famous Pakistani singer NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN and guitarist and a Canadian producer MICHAEL BROOK. He recently toured in Africa with Gabin Dabire and has toured with world famous pop singer SHAKIRA, then later a tour with the legendary STING. In recent years, his main research has been oriented towards the discovery of different cultures and their musical languages, hence a variety of projects with musicians from countries, from MAROCCO to PERSIA, from AFGHANISTAN to SENEGAL, from SYRIA to BRAZIL. He was invited to perform at the prestigious WOMEX FESTIVAL with his Sextet recently in Copenhagen. He is the Art Director of "WORLD RHYTHM FESTIVAL" and "NAMUDA FEST" in Italy. BHATT is often invited to International Congresses to present a History of Indian Music and to talk on the structures of Raga and Rhythms of Indian Classical Music. He does the same also in the National Music Conservatories of Italy, France and Spain and also does Workshops on RHYTHM for the children all over europe with aim of Inter Action between two Cultures called INTERCULTURE which helps a lot the Integration of different Cultures. Apart from being a Percussionist, Composer, Art Director of International Festivals, he is also an actor. Bhatt has acted in all the famous Italian Soap Operas, on the national televisions, with a precious collaboration with Oscar winning Director like Bertollucci. He lives between Rome, Italy and Pondicherry, South India. The Government of India has given him twice the Award of the Cultural Ambassador of India. Maestro Bhatt has several passionate love affairs, apart from Music, Art History, Ethno Musicology, Astrophysics, Archeology, Surfing.
VIDEOS
'A night of Turkish Sufi Mystic Music, Poetry and Images' (Latif Bolat & Rodrigo Parejo)
STING (feat. Kamal Musallam & Rashmi Bhatt)
