SARBAND is a unique ensemble, assimilating the stimuli of different musical cultures into its performances. The repertoire encompasses not only medieval music from the Orient and Occident, but also staged productions of Baroque and contemporary music.
SARBAND was founded in March 1986 by musicologist and musician Dr. Vladimir Ivanoff, mainly with the goal of demonstrating the relationships between European early music and the musical cultures of Islam, as well as their considerable consequence for contemporary music. SARBAND is an international project with artists from Iran, Germany, Italy, France, Bulgaria, Hungary, Turkey, Lebanon, Iran, and the USA.
SARBAND's unique profile as an ensemble, combining historical performance with non-Western practices, has led to the development of innovative formats for its concerts.
In recent years, SARBAND has performed in numerous international festivals, for widely differing audiences, from Early Music to Rock and Jazz. Among other things the ensemble played in the last years:
'Horizonte-Festival' in the context of the "Berliner Festspiele/Germany"
'Settimana Internationale' in Enrice/Italy
'Szene-Festival', Salzburg/Austria
'Istanbul-Festival', Istanbul/Turkey
'Settimane Internazional', Siena/Italy
'Romanischer Sommer', Cologne/Germany
'Internationale Funkausstellung', Berlin/Germany
'SFINKS-World Music', Antwerpen/Netherlands
'Kampnagel-Sommertheater', Hamburg/Germany
'GREC-Festival', Barcelona/Spain
'WGT-Festival', Leipzig/Germany
Visual Music-Festival', Lanzarote/Spain
'St. John's Smith Square-Festival', London/Great Britain
'Dresdner Musikfestspiele', Dresden/Germany
'Jeunesse Musicale', Wien/Austria.
On October, 26th, 2003 SARBAND awarded the 'Classic Echo' for the production "Dream of the Orient" together with Concerto Köln.
Discography
Cantico (1990) JARO 4151-2 / Sarband Music Of The Emperors (1992) JARO 4156-2 / Sarband Liibre Vermell de Montserrat (1994) JARO 4171-2 / Sarband Sepharadic Songs (1997) JARO 4206-2 / Sarband Fallen Woman (1998) JARO 4210-2 / Sarband Danse Gothique (1999) JARO 4229-2 / Sarband Alla Turca (2001) JARO 4237-2 / Sarband Pilgrims of the Soul (2003) JARO 4248-2 / Sarband
SARBAND is a unique ensemble, assimilating the stimuli of different musical cultures into its performances. The repertoire encompasses not only medieval music from the Orient and Occident, but also staged productions of Baroque and contemporary music.
In recent years, SARBAND has performed in numerous international festivals, for widely differing audiences, from Early Music to Rock and Jazz.
