Our artists are available for concerts in festivals, theatres, arts centres and smaller venues (e.g. folk clubs). We lead workshops in schools, museums and universities, arrange special residencies, offer interactive seminars and lectures, and organize individual tuition. We also have experience in consultancy.
We can arrange work permits, visas, travel, accommodation and supporting publicity.
IAM has exclusive representation of the following artists for the UK:
Radik Tülüsh Tyvan throat-singer and master musician
Playing
4-stringed byzaanchy fiddle
The former wild fiddler of Yat-kha and currently touring with Huun-Huur-Tu, Radik is a master of improvisation on the horse-head
igil fiddle, end-blown shoor pipe, and 5 styles of throat-singing, while staying true to his rich Tyvan traditions. An old lady in the Tyvan Mountains said:
'The sound of his voice makes you fall out of this world and into a different
space'. His effect on UK audiences is similar:
'Those lucky enough to catch one of his recent UK gigs will know that
he's a mesmerizing live performer with a tendency for inspired flights of
improvisation' (FRoots, Oct 2007).
Khyrkhaas
Khakas multi-instrumentalist and throat-singing duo
Sergei Charkov and his daughter Julia evoke the unique ancient culture of Khakassia in southern Siberia. A former member of Sabjilar,
Sergei uses overtone- and undertone-singing styles (khai) and makes and plays all Khakas traditional instruments:
chatkhan zither, yykh two-string fiddle, khomus lute, syylas pipe and
tüür shaman drum. Julia is the first female Khakas musician to dare to challenge the formerly male preserve of
khai performance. Her hard-edged voice complements her equally superb musicianship and dance.
'I've just got back from the Khyrkhaas concert in Cambridge. It was absolutely magical. They are a father and daughter, both stunning singers and musicians. Julia plays the 12-string chatkhan zither magnificently and her singing is...well...amazing!'
Ruth Bramley, Longdogs.
Carole Pegg
English singer-songwriter and roots fiddler
These days, I combine my own roots music ('Mr Fox', traditional English music) with the sounds of Inner Asian music. I still love to play and sing traditional English tunes and songs, but
I'm also now accompanying my own songs with horse-hair fiddles and other instruments learnt in Inner Asia
- and I experiment with vocal sounds, such as using throat-singing. See here
for biography.
