From Norway, the world's most dangerous hardanger fiddle player,
Annbjorg Lien, who is going on tour of the US with an electrifying
(and electrified) band of musicians to promote her latest North
American release "Baba Yaga." If you can't catch her
show live, you'll have to settle for one of her three US-released
CDs. Find info at the NorthSide
website.
From China, pipa player Chen Yihan whose playing--precise, ethereal,
and energetic--kept the audience enthralled throughout her performance.
Ms Yihan was pipa soloist for the acclaimed Huaxia Ensemble of
Beijing and is currently living in New York.
From Africa, kora master Mamadou Diabate accompanied by two of
his countrymen, Famoro Diabate on balafon and Fuseini Kouyate
on ngoni, turned up the heat and set the audience dancing in the
aisles with his delightful, lively music. Diabate's latest CD
is called "tunga" and is from Alula
Records.
This wonderful FREE concert was co-sponsored by the IU Ethnomusicology
Student Association, CASI, & the Lotus
Education & Arts Foundation .