Sarband is a German

Germany

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 early music

Early music

Early music is generally understood as comprising all music from the earliest times up to the Renaissance. However, today this term has come to include "any music for which a historically appropriate style of performance must be reconstructed on the basis of surviving scores, treatises,...

 ensemble with musicians from 7 nations, focusing on musical connections between Orient & Occident; Jewish, Christian & Muslim music.
The group was founded in 1986 by Dr. Vladimir Ivanoff. Since then, Sarband has performed more than 500 concerts on four continents and released 14 CDs.

Concert History

1989: Horizonte - Berliner Festspiele / 1991: Istanbul Festival / 1992: Romanischer Sommer, Köln / 1993: Internationale Funkausstellung, Berlin / 1994: Abbaye de Sylvanès / 1995: Stimmen Lörrach / 1996: Copenhagen, Cultural Capital of Europe / 1997: Thessaloniki, Cultural Capital of Europe / Jerusalem 2000 / Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

The Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival is a classical music festival held every year in summer time all over the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany....

 / 1998: 900 Jahre Hildegard von Bingen / Baalbek-Festival, Lebanon / Festival Oude Muziek, Utrecht / 1999: Boston Early Music Festival / Festival van Vlaanderen, Bruges / 2000: Library of Congress, Washington / Spitalfields Festival, London / Styriarte, Graz / 2001: Lufthansa Baroque Festival, London / 2002: Dresdner Festspiele / Bruges, Cultural Capital of Europe / 2003: Madrid / Sevilla / Festival de Menton / 2004: Ludwigsburger Festspiele / Vezelay Cathedral / 2005: Komische Oper, Berlin / Rheingau Musik Festival

Rheingau Musik Festival

The Rheingau Musik Festival is an international summer music festival in Germany, founded in 1987. It is mostly for classical music, but includes other genres...

 / 2006: Frauenkirche Dresden / Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

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, New York / 2007: Konzerthaus, Vienna

Konzerthaus, Vienna

The Konzerthaus in Vienna was opened 1913. It is situated in the third district just at the edge of the first district in Vienna. Since it was founded it has always tried to emphasise both tradition and innovative musical styles.In 1890 the first ideas for a Haus für Musikfeste came about...

 / Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome / Singapore Arts Festival / 2008: Berlin Philharmonie, Théâtre de la Ville Paris / 2009: Sheik Zayed Book Award, Abu Dhabi / Beethovenfest Bonn / Musikvereinssaal Wien / 2010: Schwetzinger Festspiele / Flanders Festival, Brügge / Ruhrtriennale Bochum.

Awards

Grammy Nomination 1992, Echo Klassik 2003, Echo Klassik 2006, Premio Mousiké 2007, German Worldmusic Award Ruth 2008.

Discography

• 2009: The Arabian Passion according to J. S. Bach
• 2006: Vox Feminae
• 2005: King's Singers & Sarband: Sacred Bridges
• 2005: Concerto Koeln & Sarband: The Waltz
• 2005: Ensemble Sarband: Satie En Orient"
• 2003: Concerto Koeln & Sarband: Dream of the Orient
• 2003: Pilgrims of the Soul
• 2001: Alla Turca: Oriental Obsession
• 2000: Danse Gothique
• 1998: Fallen Women
• 1996: Sepharad
• 1995: Sephardic Songs
• 1994: Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
• 1992: Music of the Emperors
• 1990: Cantico
• 1989: Mystère de Voix Bulgares & Sarband: Mystères

External links

• Ensemble Sarband
• tour schedule
• Sarband's CD distribution