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Global Encounters session: Qais Essar and Dasom Baek

Kathryn Tickell shares the results of our inaugural Global Encounters session, between Afghan-American rabab player Qais Essar and Korean bamboo flute specialist Dasom Baek.

Kathryn Tickell shares the results of our inaugural Global Encounters session in which two musicians are invited to collaborate remotely, drawing on their deep knowledge of traditional instruments to push the boundaries of folk and classical music.

Qais Essar is a composer, instrumentalist and producer known for his mastery of the rabab, a 2,500 year old instrument from Afghanistan. The Arizona-based musician joined forces with Dasom Baek for this specially-curated Music Planet session, the pair trading music and ideas online in the creation of two new pieces of improvised music. Residing in Seoul, Baek is a composer who plays traditional Korean instruments, specialising in the Daegeum and Sogeum, types of ancient Korean bamboo flute. Together, they bridge the gap between traditional craftsmanship and contemporary sonic experimentation.

Elsewhere in the show, the beat of Lagos meets the brass of Bogot谩 as LA BOA add a Colombian twist to percussive foundations recorded by Tony Allen in 2011; and we hear a contemporary take on English and Irish folk traditions from vocalist Lisa Knapp and fiddle player Gerry Diver.

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Music Played

  • Kin'Gongolo Kiniata

    Kingongolo

    • Kiniata.
    • 贬别虂濒颈肠辞.
  • Rio 18 & Luzmira Zerpa

    Padre Tiempo

    • Radio Chevere.
    • L茅g猫re Recordings.
  • LA BOA Meets Tony Allen

    Tambor

    • LA BOA Meets Tony Allen.
    • Planet Woo.
  • Macdara 脫 Faol谩in

    R茅amhcheol: Do Shamhlaigh M茅 T铆r Nua

    • Ar Thaobh Chill an Fhuarthainn.
    • Cill an Fhuarthainn.
  • Giorgis Manolakis

    O Chronos

    • Ta Prepei De Mou Prepoune.
  • Qais Essar

    Basking In Morning Light Pt 1

    • Echoes Of The Unseen.
    • worlds within worlds.
  • Dasom Baek

    Tightrope

    • Mirror City.
    • M茅tron Records.
  • Sang Kyu Lee

    Chong Song Jajin Hanip

    • Korean Music.
    • Philips.
  • Dasom Baek

    Verge of Dawn

    • Nothingness.
    • Self-Released.
  • Aziz Herawi

    Mahali III

    • Master of Afghani Lutes.
    • Arhoolie Records.
  • Alam Khan & Qais Essar

    Strange Village

    • Strange Village.
  • Qais Essar & Dasom Baek

    I

    • Music Planet - Global Encounters Session.
  • Qais Essar & Dasom Baek

    II

    • Music Planet - Global Encounters Session.
  • Marcello de Carolis & Hiram Salsano

    Fronni d'Alia

    • Fronni d鈥橝lia.
  • Raquel L煤a

    Reguero de Luz

    • Peinar Ra铆ces.
    • Ventilador Music.
  • Egl臈 Kas臈tien臈 & Paulius Kilbauskas

    Oi leliumai, gili gili upel蓹

    • Da laduma ladum. Dz奴k懦 advento-Kal臈d懦 dainos.
  • Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver

    Hawk & Crow

    • Hinterland.
    • Ear To The Ground.
  • HUIPPU

    痴颈办办别濒盲

    • 痴颈办办别濒盲.

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