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Am 13. Mai 2010, 15:05-16:00 Uhr, befasst sich die Sendereihe "Thema Musik" in SWR2 mit den Entwicklungen des europäischen Obertongesangs. Unter dem Titel "Stimmung aus Musik", werden eine Stunde lang mit zahlreichen Klangbeispielen (unter anderem mit dem Europäischen Obertonchor), Interviews und Hintergrundinformantionen das Entstehen der europäischen Obertonmusik seit Karlheinz Stockh… Continue

Find a nice BBC documentary on Siddharta from 2003 with a soundtrack from London composer Glenn Keiles performed by my Aachen Overtone Choir in its early days.

Listen live to Jan's concert in Oetkerhalle Bielefeld. Radio live stream: http://www.wdr.de/wdrlive/radio.phtml?channel=wdr3

German information about the concert:
http://radioprogramm.ard.de/viewEvent.php?id=28477631524

It's not overtone singing, but I love this piece. It is an important part of my musical background and it gives light on who we are, how we developed our society. I stood in for somebody at short notice, joint the rehearsal today. I don't know how often I performed J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion in the last 30 years, 30 - 40 times? As highlights I remember the Israel tour with Seeliger (where our bus was attacked and I later faced a bomb attack without injuries), Paris with Helmut Rilling (Teno… Continue

Sven Grawunder, PhD, phonetician and scientist from Max Planck Society Leipzig, published a very recommendable scientific book on Siberian throat singing. It's the most sophisticated and comprehensive disquisition on the topic I found until now.
Grawun… Continue