Ensemble Sarband
The Ensemble Sarband is an international chamber music ensemble founded by Vladimir Ivanoff in 1986 , which specializes in musical relationships between Orient and Occident as well as Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The name of the ensemble Sarband can be found in Middle Eastern music theory and represents the improvised bridge between two compositions (especially in the Dhikr ) and means something like connection or refrain .
Concert history
Sarband has performed in more than 500 concerts on four continents, including:
- Horizons - Berlin Festival (1989)
- Istanbul Festival (1991)
- Romance Summer, Cologne (1992)
- International radio exhibition, Berlin (1993)
- Abbaye de Sylvanès (1994)
- Voices Loerrach (1995)
- Copenhagen, European Capital of Culture (1996)
- Thessaloniki, European Capital of Culture (1997)
- Schleswig-Holstein Festival (1997)
- 900 years of Hildegard von Bingen (1998)
- Baalbek Festival, Lebanon (1998)
- Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht (1998)
- Boston Early Music Festival (1999)
- Festival van Vlaanderen , Bruges (1999)
- Library of Congress, Washington (2000)
- Spitalfields Festival, London (2000)
- Styriarte, Graz (2000)
- Lufthansa Baroque Festival, London (2001)
- Dresden Festival (2002)
- Bruges, European Capital of Culture (2002)
- Festival de Menton (2003)
- Ludwigsburg Festival (2004)
- Vezelay Cathedral (2004)
- Komische Oper, Berlin (2005)
- Rheingau Festival (2005)
- Frauenkirche, Dresden (2006)
- Lincoln Center, New York (2006)
- Konzerthaus, Vienna (2007)
- Accademia di Sa. Cecilia, Rome (2007)
- Singapore Arts Festival (2007)
- Berlin Philharmonic (2008)
- Théâtre de la Ville Paris (2008)
- Sheik Zayed Book Award, Abu Dhabi (2009)
- Musivereinssaal Vienna (2009)
- Schwetzingen Festival (2010)
- Flanders Festival, Bruges (2010)
- Ruhrtriennale Bochum (2010)
Awards
- Grammy nomination 1992,
- ECHO Classic 2003,
- ECHO Classic 2006,
- Premio Mousiké 2007,
- German World Music Prize Ruth 2008.
Discography (selection)
- 1989: Mystère de Voix Bulgares & Sarband: Mystères
- 1990: Cantico
- 1992: Music of the Emperors
- 1994: Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
- 1995: Sephardic Songs
- 1996: Sepharad
- 1998: Fallen Women
- 2000: Danse Gothique
- 2001: Alla Turca: Oriental Obsession
- 2003: Pilgrims of the Soul
- 2003: Concerto Köln & Sarband: Dream of the Orient
- 2005: King's Singers & Sarband: Sacred Bridges
- 2005: Concerto Köln & Sarband: The Waltz
- 2006: Vox Feminae
- 2009: The Arab Passion according to JS Bach
- 2013: Concerto Köln and Ensemble Sarband: Dream of the Orient
literature
- Martin Greve: Between Orient and Occident: The Sarband ensemble combines geographical and time-spaces. In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (1991-), Vol. 161, No. 4 (Transkultur), July – August 2000, pp. 46–48
Individual evidence
- ↑ Concerts including archive (since 2010). In: sarband.com. Retrieved July 8, 2020 .