Gorani
9 Australian men sing traditional songs from Georgia and Bulgaria.
9 Australian men sing traditional songs from Georgia and Bulgaria.
last updated: 10/04/2010
artist details:Contact person:
Roger King (Phone 9417 3550)
Website:
http://gorani.org.au
We welcome new members!
Performer type:
Ensemble - Vocal
Roger King (Phone 9417 3550)
Website:
http://gorani.org.au
We welcome new members!
Performer type:
Ensemble - Vocal
Style:
Music - World
Region of style:
Eastern Europe
recordings:
"Gorani" released 1999 |
"Gorani - Chasing Harmonies" released 2008 |
Information/Bio:
Gorani, Australia’s unique 9 voice male singing ensemble, specializes in the performance of traditional songs from Georgia & Bulgaria. These include sublime church songs and blissful healing songs. Some of the songs are so old that their meaning has been lost. Others reflect on the harsh life not only of the farm workers, but of their faithful animals. There are love songs, some of which we are reluctant to translate in polite company. We even sing about horses galloping from Tbilisi to Moonee Ponds.
Gorani refers to the harsh mountains, misty forests, and feisty spirit that are the cradle of many of the songs.
Founded in 1992, Gorani includes leading Georgian ethnomusicologist Joseph Jordania, and Bulgarian born musician, Ian Vitcheff.
Gorani has toured to Georgia and Bulgaria three times, has performed several times at the National Folk Festival and Port Fairy Folk Festival and has appeared for the Boite at the Melbourne Concert Hall and Melbourne Town Hall. It has appeared on national TV and radio in Georgia, Bulgaria and Australia.
Recently 4 minutes of our songs were heard on a fascinating documentary shown on ABC TV about the controversy surrounding the discovery of tiny skeletons on the island of Flores, which became known as Hobbits. Our songs are towards the end of the doco when the action moves to Georgia. Check it out:
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/documentaries/interactive/hobbit/
Gorani is “ visually exciting. .. You cannot help but be entertained in a natural and artistic manner...singing these wonderful songs from Europe ...” (July 2005, City of Knox Choral Showcase adjudicator, Tony Gould, ex lecturer at Victoria College of the Arts).
Past performances: April 09 Numeralla NSW, April 09 Viva Victoria Festival, Fed Square Melb, Sep 08 3 concerts at State Conservatoire of Music, Tbilisi, Georgia, Sep 08 Seslevtsi, Bulgaria, April 08 Swiss Italian Festival, Daylesford, Jan 08 Singers' Festival, Daylesford, Jan 07 Cygnet Folk Festival, Tasmania
more info: http://gorani.org.au
