The band: Izar Melting Pot Ensemble

Izar Melting Pot Ensemble
A melting pot of cultures and history
Medieval,
Middle East and Nordic compositions …
... plus improvisation in one.
What can 14th century music teach us
about contemporary globalization and
about the political and cultural array and
exchange of today?
A melting pot of cultures and history
What can 14th century music teach us about contemporary globalization and
about the political and cultural array and exchange of today?
Izar Melting Pot Ensemble presents to you an alternative musical view on history; past
and present. Izar interacts through music directly with the audience about melting pot
scenarios in past and present societies and cultures.
Izar plays both catchy and complex medieval, renaissance and Middle East
compositions a.o. from an approximately 600 years old Italian source, the French
medieval source 'Manuscript du Roi' and from arabic traditions.
To this, the ensemble adds melodies from Nordic folk and mixes it all with improvisation.
The music communicates over a period of approximately 1000 years. Ancient dance,
swing and folk assimilate with present aesthetics and improvisation.
The aim is also to recreate the feeling of possibilities that led to the development
of western music in Italy. Medieval Italy was strongly influenced by the presence of
Arabic culture in Europe which you can hear clearly in the music that we know from our
medieval passovers.
No one knows exactly how this music sounded, but with our melting pot we recreate a
possible band that could have been in Italy around late 14th century. Arabic oud, drums,
flutes and hurdy gurdy bubbles vividly like an ensemble in the melting pot and the
timbres coming from the pot reminds us of present globalization and of the cultural array
and exchange of today.
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The opening awareness
The thriving environment awareness of the early Italian renaissance reminds us
of important areas on the contemporary 21th century globalization. We can compare the
open minded radical change of view that took place in the early renaissance – primarily
started by crusades and trade – with our present global situation.
A situation which is kickstarted primarily due to the fast sharing flow of global
information from the internet. The result was – then as now – a rebirth of an
environment awareness which was deeply inspired to break up and develop socially
and culturally.
By recreating the music from the early renaissance Italian melting pot, Izar
passes on an important musical essence which especially today in our globalized world
makes good sense to listen to. It’ll help us to approximate and to develop an abstract
understanding of the tendencies and possibilities of our present globalized world.
The band: Izar Melting Pot Ensemble
The group is originally a duo consisting of Pernille Petersen (recorders) and
Magnus Olsen Majmon (percussion).
In 2013/14 the group expands their concerts with the great Palestinian music composer
and oud player currently living in Denmark: Guest star performer Bilal Irshed (Oud).
Furthermore Izar occasionally includes the medieval music expert Søren Hammerlund
on hurdy gurdy/mandola and for some concerts a visual element will be added to
support our storytelling.
At our homepage you can find music
and new videos as well as reviews and interviews:
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Short CV's
Pernille Petersen
Recorders - www.pernillepetersen.dk
Pernille Petersen (b. 1983 in Denmark) had her critically acclaimed debut from the
soloist class at the Carl Nielsen Academy in September 2010.
Pernille has been awarded several awards amongst them winner of the Moeck/SRP
Solo Recorder Competition in 2009. Pernille Petersen is very active as a soloist and
chamber musician with concerts all over Europe.
Her repertoire has its base in early and contemporary music but she constantly explores
new possibilities. Pernille has recently been touring as a soloist with Concerto
Copenhagen in 2012. She released her first solo album “Sonatas by Mr. Castrucci and
Mr. Geminiani” in 2010 and appears on several other recordings.
Magnus Olsen Majmon
Percussion (a.o. frame drums, riq and perc.) - www.majmon.com
Magnus Olsen Majmon (b. 1977 in Denmark) is a percussionist, sound artist, songwriter
and more. He is also member of the Danish Composers' Society.
He has his own record label Empty Sounds Rec. and has also had several releases on
various labels around the world. He holds a bachelor's degree in musicology and art
history/aesthetics and thorough studies in percussion.
He has received a ton of laudatory reviews for his music/sound art world wide and has
received grants from the Danish Arts Foundation in 2008 and 2010. Has been touring
worldwide with a broad range of bands.
Guestmembers 2013/14
Bilal Irshed Oud - http://bilalirshed.com/
Søren Hammerlund Hurdy Gurdy/mandola - http://www.virelai.dk/omvirelai.htm
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For booking please call: +45 20866064 or +45 40338095
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Packages
We offer you 3 exciting packages to choose from.
Izar Melting Pot Ensemble the full cross cultural experience
Izar Melting Pot Trio the Medieval meets the Middle East
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The original Izar duo for smaller events
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[email protected]
Visit http://izarmeltingpot.com/
For booking please call: +45 20866064 or +45 40338095
or email: [email protected] or [email protected]