PERFORMANCES
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 10am & 12 noon
SCHOOL SHOW
A specially designed experience for Youths, Teachers and Schools of the Bay Area featuring world renowned Master Musicians plus members of the Festival’s Youth Orchestra.
Featured Performers
Yogini Jangchup Palmo
Tibetan Ritual & Epic Singer
Tsering D. Bawa
Tibetan
Actor, Dancer, Musician
Wang Xin Xin
Chinese Nanguan Master
Wei Bo Nian
Chinese Nanguan Flautist
Doug Goodkin
Orff Master Teacher
Sofia Lopez-Ibor
Orff Master Teacher
James Harding
Orff Master Teacher
The Zainidin Imanaliev Kyrgyz Folk Ensemble
Featuring 5 musicians making US debut
Imamyar Hasanov
Azeri Kamancha Master
Rufat Hasanov
Azeri Tar Master
Mandjou Koné
Griot Singer
Salif Koné
Griot Master Musician
Anuradha Sridhar
South Indian Carnatic Music Master
Wang Wei
Chinese Percussion Virtuoso
Gulare Mikayil Qizi Zaynalova
Azeri Ashyg Singer
Jim Santi Owen
Percussionist
Youth Performers
Members of the Festival Youth Orchestra
Visual Design
Rena Effendi
Photographic Installations
Jim Block
Video Installations
Historical Footage of Gesar Epic
Historical Footage of Silappatikaram Epic
Interactive Commissioned Videos from
Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan
Winners of the Youth Visual Arts Competition
and more...
Creative Team
Michael Santoro
Artistic Director
Jim Santi Owen
Music Director
Matthew Antaky
Scenic Designer
Frederic O. Boulay
Technical/Production Director
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 8pm
MADMEN & EPIC HEROES
Featuring the heroes and villains of aural history from the remotest villages around the world, “The Epic Project” will open with the shout of a master epic chanter from Krgyzstan, with music by The Zainidin Imanaliev Kyrgyz Folk Ensemble making their US debut. This evening will also feature the music of North Indian tabla master Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, in honor of his 30th year anniversary in the Bay Area teaching Indian music – an epic journey of great sacrifice. This evening will also feature members of the Festival’s International Music Youth Orchestra, other master musicians from around the world, and several world premiere compositions.
Featured Performers
The Zainidin Imanaliev Kyrgyz Folk Ensemble
Featuring 5 musicians making US debut
Talantaaly Bakchiev
Kyrgyz Manas Epic Singer
Swapan Chaudhuri
North Indian Tabla Master
Imamyar Hasanov
Azeri Kamancha Master
Accompanying Performers
Rufat Hasanov
Azeri Tar Master
Anuradha Sridhar
South Indian Carnatic Music Master
Jim Santi Owen
Percussionist
Youth Performers
Members of the Festival Youth Orchestra
Visual Design
Rena Effendi
Photographic Installations
Jim Block
Video Installations
Historical Footage of Gesar Epic
Historical Footage of Silappatikaram Epic
Interactive Commissioned Videos from
Azerbaijan & Kyrgyzstan
Winners of the Youth Visual Arts Competition
and more...
Creative Team
Michael Santoro
Artistic Director
Jim Santi Owen
Music Director
Matthew Antaky
Scenic Designer
Frederic O. Boulay
Technical/Production Director
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 8pm
HEROINES
Looking through the lens of history with the perspective of women and girls, “The Epic Project” continues with four major voices of female epic singers from around the world, including folk singers Gulare Mikayil Qizi Zeynalova from Azerbaijan, Yogini Janchup Palmo from Tibet, Master Wang Xin Xin from Taiwan and and Mandjou Kone from West Africa, along with The Hasanov Ensemble from Azerbaijan and the Xin Xin Nanguan Ensemble each making their US debut.This evening will also feature members of the Festival’s Youth Orchestra, other master musicians from around the world, and several world premiere compositions.
Featured Performers
Wang Xin Xin
Chinese Nanguan Epic Singer
Yogini Jangchup Palmo
Tibetan Ritual & Epic Singer
Gulare Mikayil Qizi Zaynalova
Azeri Ashyg Singer
Mandjou Koné
Griot Singer
Accompanying Performers
Tsering D. Bawa
Tibetan
Actor, Dancer, Musician
Imamyar Hasanov
Azeri Kamancha Master
Rufat Hasanov
Azeri Tar Master
Salif Koné
Griot Master Musician
Anuradha Sridhar
South Indian Carnatic Music Master
Aizada Kasabolotova
Kyrgyz Musician
Wei Bo Nian
Chinese Nanguan Flautist
Jim Santi Owen
Percussionist
Youth Performers
Members of the Festival Youth Orchestra
Visual Design
Rena Effendi
Photographic Installations
Jim Block
Video Installations
Historical Footage of Gesar Epic
Commissioned Video from Taiwan
Interactive Commissioned Videos from
Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan
Winners of the
Youth Visual Arts Competition
and more...
Creative Team
Michael Santoro
Artistic Director
Jim Santi Owen
Music Director
Matthew Antaky
Scenic Designer
Frederic O. Boulay
Technical/Production Director
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 7pm
BARDS
A culminating evening of epic proportions, honoring the lifetime achievement and teachings of South Indian Carnatic Music Master Anu Sridhar and Chinese Guzheng Master Liu Wei Shan, “The Epic Project” will culminate in a full multi-generational Festival Orchestra integrating Traditional Masters and Youth Virtuosi from the Bay Area and around the world. This evening will also feature members of the Festival’s Youth Orchestra, other master musicians from around the world, and one fully integrated world premiere composition with all the Bards of “The Epic Project” together on stage.
Featured Performers
Liu Wei Shan
Chinese Guzheng Master
The Zainidin Imanaliev Kyrgyz Folk Ensemble
Featuring 5 musicians making US debut
Yogini Jangchup Palmo
Tibetan Ritual & Epic Singer
Imamyar Hasanov
Azeri Kamancha Master
Rufat Hasanov
Azeri Tar Master
Doug Goodkin
Orff Master Teacher
Sofia Lopez-Ibor
Orff Master Teacher
James Harding
Orff Master Teacher
Mandjou Koné
Griot Singer
Salif Koné
Griot Master Musician
Anuradha Sridhar
South Indian Carnatic Music Master
Wang Wei
Chinese Percussion Virtuoso
Gulare Mikayil Qizi Zaynalova
Azeri Ashyg Singer
Wang Xin Xin
Chinese Nanguan Master
Wei Bo Nian
Chinese Nanguan Flautist
Jim Santi Owen
Percussionist
Youth Performers
Full Festival Youth Orchestra
(30 members)
Visual Design
Rena Effendi
Photographic Installations
Jim Block
Video Installations
Historical Footage of Gesar Epic
Historical Footage of Silappatikaram Epic
Interactive Commissioned Videos from
Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan
Winners of the Youth Visual Arts Competition
and more...
Creative Team
Michael Santoro
Artistic Director
Jim Santi Owen
Music Director
Matthew Antaky
Scenic Designer
Frederic O. Boulay
Technical/Production Director
ALL PERFORMANCES AT THE JCC SAN FRANCISCO.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 9:45am
A CLOSER LOOK AT
THE MUSIC OF KYRGYZSTAN
ALICE FONG YU ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL
ASSEMBLY PROGRAM
Featuring festival artists Talantaaly Bakchiev, Zainidin Imanaliev, Ayzada Kasabolotova, Nurbek Serkebaev, Kutmanaaly Sultanbekov
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 4pm
THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF
TIBET AND TAIWAN
UC BERKELEY
LECTURE/ PERFORMANCE
Featuring festival artists Yogi Ani Jetsun Pemo, Wang Xin Xin, Wei Bo Nian
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 9:30am
THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF
KYRGYZSTAN AND AZERBAIJAN
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
LECTURE/ PERFORMANCE
Featuring festival artists Imamyar Hasanov, Rufat Hasanov, Gulare Mikayil Qizi Zaynalova, Talantaaly Bakchiev, Zainidin Imanaliev, Ayzada Kasabolotova, Nurbek Serkebaev, Kutmanaaly Sultanbekov
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 10am
THE TRADITIONS OF TIBET
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
LECTURE/ PERFORMANCE
Featuring festival artist Yogi Ani Jetsun Pemo
For those in the community and around the globe unable to attend these events, please TUNE-IN-LIVE to our website at www.sfworldmusicfestival.org at the same day and time for a LIVE-STREAM of the concert.
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