Roots Revival Series 2 - Anatolian Kurdish with Gülseven Medar & Sakina Teyna (Full Concert)

Roots Revival Series 2 with Gülseven Medar and Sakina Teyna dedicated to the interpretation of Anatolian Kurdish music performed on the 24th October 2022 in Theater Odeon, Vienna. Roots Revival Series is a project initiated and developed by Mehdi Aminian and Ioana Aminian dedicated to the interpretation of underrepresented musical cultures.

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Kurdish representatives:
Gülseven Medar – vocals
Sakina Teyna – vocals
Guest musicians on Saz: Umut Akar

Roots Revival Ensemble:
Helene Glüxam – contrabass
Nora Thiele – percussion
David Six – piano
Mehdi Aminian – ney, setar, vocal

The line-up:
00:00 Introduction
00:17 - "Dilbera" - Kurmanji Traditional song from region Koçgîrî arranged by the ensemble
05:34 - "Esmere" - Kurmanji Traditional song arranged by Helene Gluxam
10:32 - "Lacrimae (op.122) - a composition by David Six
17:34 - "Percussion Solo" - by Nora Thiele
21:24 - "Wazena" - a piece by Kadîr Büyükkaya, arranged by David Six
26:37 - "Saz and vocal" - by Umut Akar & Sakina Teyna
29:18 – Mehdi talks about "The Dream"
32:16 – "The Dream" – a composition by Mehdi Aminian inspired by Zakaria Khiyal
39:03 – Mehdi talks about winter is over and Laye Laye
40:27 – "Winter is Over" سر اومد زمستون – an old composition arranged by Mehdi Aminian
43:54 – "Laye Laye" – a lullaby sung in the Soran-Kurdish dialect arranged by Mehdi Aminian
49:29 – Notes about the event and introduction of the musicians
51:16 – "Nazlîyê" – traditional song arranged by Nora Thiele
56:35 – "Wazena (Encore)" – a piece by Kadîr Büyükkaya, arranged by David Six


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Tradition, longing and resistance of the Kurdish people are reflected in many songs of Kurdish bards. Anatolian Kurdish music is a linguistically oriented music, it develops like the art of speech and requires a special training of memory to bring sound and spoken word together in a perfect harmony. Producing music and verse in the form of folk songs has always been one of the most impressive coping strategies of Anatolian Kurds when dealing with spiritual, social and political issues or social challenges.
The tradition of oral expression, known as dengbêjî, the work of a dengbêj - a "sound teller" - forms the basis of traditional Kurdish music and is the only way for the survival of a language threatened with extinction. For the Kurds, who have no written sources, this poetic, ornate style of lyrics and rhythms of the dengbêj remains to this day a unique method of preserving their language and culture.
Since the Kurdish part of Anatolia is a mountainous region, the music and culture of the Kurds was unexplored territory until the second half of the 20th century. Today, we still know little about the diversity that makes up Kurdish music. Roots Revival Series aims to provide new perspectives into the Kurdish music of Anatolia.

Major Sponsors:
Walid Abboud
Derek Ooi
Joe Paul
Anil Özdemir

Camera:
Simon Zauner
Christian Deix

Editor:
Simon Zauner
https://www.simonzauner.com/

Live sound and recording:
Urdyl Bauer

Mix and mastering:
Alex Nicolai

Technical support:
Hamid Ahmadi

Project assistant:
Deyvi Papo
Delfina Zabaleta

Partners:
Odeon Theater
Aleviten Österreich
LEBENSZEICHEN! – Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker Österreich
Morgenland Festival
Folkholidays Festival
Kurdisches Kulturinstitut Wien
Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport

Thanks to: Walid Abboud, Max Kaufmann, Odeon Staff, Özgür Turak, Nadine Papai, Horst Watzl, Kurdish and Alevi community of Austria, Mario Mattiazzo, Michael Dreyer, Michal Schmidt, Sulaiman Mahmoud

Project co-financed by:
Odeon Theater
Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport

Project developers:
Ioana Aminian
Mehdi Aminian

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