Singletary Center presents Tuvergen Band: Otherworldly Voices from Asia

Mongolian/American folk-fusion trio Tuvergen Band will transport listeners to the vast steppes of Mongolia with their powerful use of traditional instruments such as the morin khuur (horsehead fiddle) and throat singing, intertwined with contemporary melodies and rhythms to play what they call “modern nomadic music”—an exhilarating sound indebted to Mongolian and Tuvan traditions but inflected with bluegrass sensibilities, blues instrumental flourishes, hard-driving rock rhythms, and more. 

This performance features support from the UK Gamelan Langen Kerti.

TICKETS: 
$23 Adults / $10 Students (additional fees may apply online)
UK Students can receive ONE (1) free ticket with their student ID, available exclusively in-person at the SCFA Ticket Office

Recital Hall | Reserved Seating

ABOUT TUVERGEN BAND:
"A Mongol without a horse is like a bird without wings," a proverb highlighting the importance of horses in Mongolia, where they outnumber the people. This connection inspired Tuvergen Band, whose members met in Lexington.  Hailing from Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, Tamir and Naizal are both virtuosos on the two- stringed, cello-like morin khuur, colloquially called a horse-head fiddle and one of Mongolia’s most iconic instruments. Tamir is also an internationally renowned specialist in Mongolian and Tuvan khoomii (throat singing) and plays a variety of folk lutes, such as the three-stringed,
banjo-like Tuvan doshpuluur and West Mongolian tovshuur. An ethnomusicologist who has studied Asian percussion his entire career, Brett Roman augments these sounds with a custom hybrid drum kit of twenty global percussion instruments and didgeridoo, the latter’s overtone-rich timbre paralleling khoomii.
 

ABOUT UK GAMELAN LAGEN KERTI:
This gamelan ensemble features the 4-pitched gamelan angklung from Bali and includes various large and medium bronze gongs, keyed xylophones of various sizes, drums, suling flutes and other percussion instruments like the distinctive turtle-shaped ceng ceng.This particular set was given the name “Langen Kerti” in a special naming ceremony by master artist Pak Made Lasmawan, which means to “follow your bliss.” 

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