Night Circles - Music

Stephan Micus Born 19 January 1953 In Stuttgart Germany Is A German Musician. Micus Made His First Journey To The Orient At The Age Of Sixteen. Fascinated By The Variety Of Musical Cultures Around The World Micus Has Travelled In Virtually Every Asian And European Country As Well As In Africa And The Americas. Studying With Local Master Musicians He Learned To Play Numerous Traditional Instruments Many Of Them Unknown In The Western World. However Micus's Intention Is Not To Play These Instruments In A Traditional Manner But Rather To Develop The Fresh Musical Possibilities Which He Feels Are Inherent In Them. In Many Of His Compositions Which He Performs Himself He Combines Instruments That Have Never Before Been Played Together. The Resulting Dialogues Further Reflect His Vision Of A Transcultural Music. In Addition To His Exclusively Acoustic Instruments Micus Also Uses His Voice At Times – With Multitrack Recording Techniques – Creating Whole Choral Pieces By Himself. The Words He Sings Usually Do Not Carry Any Known Meaning. However On Athos He Set To Music Ancient Greek Prayers To The Virgin Mary On Desert Poems He Performed Two Original Poems In English And On Life He Has Set To Music An Ancient Japanese Koan. He Has Studied A Variety Of Instruments Including Guitar Concert-Flute Sitar In Benares India Flamenco Guitar In Granada Spain Shakuhachi Japanese Bamboo Flute And Sho Japanese Mouth Organ In Kyoto Japan Suling Balinese Flute In Ubud Bali Uillean Pipes In Carna Ireland Sinding African Harp In Gambia Dondon Talking Drum In Accra Ghana Doussn' Gouni African Harp In Bamako Mali Duduki Georgian Oboe And Georgian Polyphonic Choral Singing In Tbilisi Georgia Hné Burmese Oboe In Yangon And Mandalay Myanmar Duduk Armenian Oboe In Yerevan Armenia Bagana Ethiopian Lyre In Addis Abeba Nohkan Flute Of The Noh Theatre In Kyoto Japan Bulgarian Polyphonic Choral Singing In Plovdiv Bulgaria Genbri Bass Lute Of The Gnaoua In Essaouira Morocco And Ryuteki Flute Of The Gagaku Orchestra In Kyoto Japan . In Search Of Musical Culture And Context Micus Has Travelled Extensively In Particular In India Japan Indonesia Korea Afghanistan Morocco Algeria Tunisia Thailand Egypt Burma Sri Lanka Turkey USA Canada Israel China Gambia Senegal Nepal Ladakh Sinkiang Venezuela Tanzania Argentina Peru Ghana Mali Jordan Georgia Ethiopia Pakistan Yemen Cuba Lebanon Laos Vietnam Cambodia Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan Cabo Verde Mauretania Armenia Karabagh Siberia Mongolia Namibia. read less