Sitar and guitar

New on music.portavista, a documentary that shows the preparation of a great musical show imagined and presented by Yehudi Menuhin and Ravi Shankar, this concert is the story of a journey whose source is located in India, which crosses Russia and East of Europe, stops a moment in Spain to arrive in North Africa, in Morocco. During the preparation of this show, music and languages ​​mix, at once so close, but also far away.

Outside this documentary, music.portvista also presents the five concerts that make up this great trip:

Ravi Shankar The Indian Manganyars

The Manghaniyars of Radjasthan

Russian Loyko Trio

Ludovic Kovac from Slovakia

Blanca del Rey of Spain

Blanca del Rey

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Blanca del Rey was born in Cordoba, the land of Caliphs, Seneca, Gypsies, Manolete and Julio Romero de Torres who, as she says, have all influenced her in her art. Critics are unanimous in declaring that in flamenco, Blanca is one of the most creative dancers, who has developed new forms while remaining faithful to the ancient roots of Andalusian dance. For her, flamenco is more than a dance, it's a form of being, acting, feeling and living.

Ravi Shankar

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Performer, composer, teacher and writer, Ravi Shankar is known around the world for being one of the first artists to introduce Indian music to the West. As the most recognized and beloved music ambassador, he has had a cultural influence in the West for over thirty years.

In "From the sitar to the sitar", Ravi Shankar is accompanied by his wife Sukanya Shankar at the drum and by Kumar Bose at the tabla.

Loyko Zabar

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Loyko Zabar was certainly the most legendary gypsy musicians in Russia. It is in his memory that the Loyko Trio was created. With three instruments, two violins and a guitar. Sergei Erdenko, Oleg Ponimarve and Vadim Kulitsky create the feeling of an orchestra full of tones and rhythms of the Russian balalaika, Irish bodhran, mandolin or classical harp. They combine the dramatic inheritance of feelings with technical dexterity and a wonderful ability to improvise.