World famous Huun-Hurr-Tu, foremost international representative of Tuva's remarkable musical culture returns to Brighton for one night only with their unique throat-singing. Their concerts have always demonstrated the significance of combining tradition and innovation. They are intent on preserving the Tuvan musical heritage whilst also recognizing the need for vitality and "room to move", maintaining its relevance to the life of a community.
They focus on the musical technique and best know genre of Tuvan music "xöömei" or throat-singing, in which a single vocalist simultaneously produces two distinct pitches: a fundamental note and, high above it, a series of articulated harmonics that are sequenced into melodies and manipulated with extreme virtuosity in several canonical styles.
It is the Tuvas’ keen perception of natural landscapes and soundscapes that has most conspicuously shaped their music, imitating the sounds of nature - domestic animals, the physical environment of mountains and grasslands, and the elemental energies of wind, water, and light. Natural sounds are transformed into musical representations. £15 / £12
