We are currently taking enquiries for this tour which will bring for the first time to the UK the throat-singing, music and culture of the Altai Mountains. Altaian peoples consider their mountains and land to be sacred and their throat-singing (kai) to be the most ancient. It is used in spiritual contexts such as during shamanic and Burkhanist rituals and in performance of heroic epics.
CONCERTS & WORKSHOPS
As well as a concert, we offer your audience the rare chance to
learn throat-singing and to play Inner Asian instruments from the musicians themselves! They are keen to demonstrate and teach these skills individually or through small group participation. Carole Pegg lends a hand and uses her own Inner Asian videos, slides to bring to life the culture and nature of Altai.
Previous Projects: We began with Khyrkhaas: Songs of Our Elders, bringing for the first time to the UK musicians from Khakassia, a land of shamans and ancient burial mounds in the golden Sayan-Altaian mountain ring in southern Siberia. This was followed by
Tyva: Spirits of My Land which gave the master throat-singer and wild
igil fiddle player Radik
Tülüsh
- well-known from Yat-kha and Huun-Huur-Tu - the chance to show his stature as a solo performer and skill as a teacher. Both projects involved 8 concerts and 8 workshops with adults and schoolchildren in a range of venues.
Seminars and
Lectures
Dr Carole Pegg has lectured and led seminars extensively in the UK (e.g. University of Cambridge), Europe (e.g. France, Germany, Switzerland), the USA, and Asia (e.g. Hong Kong, Mongolia).
Carole's talks are illustrated with her own unique videos, slides and musical recordings. Resident in Cambridge, she is available throughout the year.
Consultancy
As a specialist in the arts and culture of Inner Asia with in-depth practical experience in the republics of Tyva, Khakassia and Altai (Russian Federation), Mongolia, and Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang (China), Carole Pegg has acted as consultant for:
media projects e.g CDs, Discovery channel film music, and the BBC (Ray Mears in Mongolia)
