LINDSAY
PORTEOUS ... is probably the most
wellknown traditional Twanger (Jew's harper) from For
many years he accompanies on his instruments the wellknown Scottish
storyteller Duncan Williamson |
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Twangers from (photo:
Ph. Bakx, 1991) |
SPIRIDON
SPIRIDONOVITCH SHISHIGIN ===text in preparation=== |
LEO
TADAGAWA ===text in preparation=== |
TRANG
QUANG HAI Ethnomusicologist
on traditional Vietnamese instruments. He learned Jew's harp playing from John Wright. Mostly he plays the Jew's harp alone, but
sometimes he combines it with didjeridoo or overtone-singing. His way of playing
is ethnic but surely it is contemporary too. Hai:"My Jew's Harp music is focused on rhythm. This
is one of the rare Tran
Quang Hai has made the CD "Jew's harps of the World" Tran
Quang Hai lives in Paris ( You can find him at : Websites: www.tranquanghai.net - http://tranquanghai.phapviet.com |
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Tran Quang Hai on Jew's
harp |
GERARD MARINUS VERKERKE For connection
(address): J. Smallegangesbuurt 74, (a
photograph will follow soon) |
CLEMENS VOIGT Clemens
Voigt is Jew's harp player in the ensemble Baka. The group consists of
y5 musicians and all
together they play about 50 different instruments from all over the 5 world
continents: (bass)drums, Jew's harps, didgeridoo,
flutes, gongs, djembes, bongos, cimbles, rainmaker, balaphones, berimbao,
templeblocks, shakers, wa-wa tube, et cetera. Their music consists mainly of
percussion improvisations, balancing between meditation and dance music. The
group performs regularly all over Clemens
Voigt: "Improvisation means to us: playing the music which is Baka resides in |
DUNCAN WILLIAMSON The
Horsieman (1928-2007) Is
called the nestor of all storytellers in Duncan Williamson lived
in |
JOHN
WRIGHT ===text in preparation=== Jew's
harper and specialist on medieval violin- and fiddle-types. |