The band Pecheurs de Perles (Pearl divers) was founded by Mohamed Alnuma, singer and oud player from Irak, with the idea of a bridge between orient and occident. The repertoire goes from Persian gulf to the Mediterranean sea, with many compositions. The musical style takes its roots in traditionnal musics, but with a sound and […]
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Olivier Milchberg, traditional creative musician How would you define yourself as a musician ? I would say : I’m a multidisciplinary musician (and multidisciplinary artist). I played a lot of traditional (folk) music from south America, Europe, and the middle east. I learned a lot in studying music with roots (with a soul). But traditional
How did you come to traditional music? I am a passionate fan of traditional music. I grew up in the Andean folklore, (being the son of the founder of Los Incas), and I was very early sensitized by Breton and Irish music. I see a very strong link between these music from different countries apparently
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I started in the 75 to create music with tape machines and scissors, affordable computers didn’t exist yet. I’ve always been passionated with sound. I followed musical computers evolution from the beginning until now. It gives me an overall view and a discipline of work to stay focused and don’t loose myself inside the billions
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I was part of the Zaia show from Cirque du Soleil in Macau from 2008 to 2012.Living in China for 4 years and being part of this huge production was an unforgettable experience …Read my Zaia day by day Blog (French) and watch my video demo I sent to Cirque du Soleil’s casting
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Music composition : The dwarf in China – documentary Netherlands – Ben Reisman Watch the teaser download the music Héritages – Mirath – full lenght film Lebanon – Philippe Aractingi Watch the teaser Download the music Les Étrangers – short movie – Belgium – Andrea Blu’ Watch the movie Download the music (remix) Mon bio village –
I have been greatly influenced by traditional music, primarily the Andean folk music played by Los Incas, a group that was founded and directed by my father. As a child I spent a lot of time with the musicians of Los Incas, who taught me how to play the pan flute. From my 18th birthday
The process of arranging and adapting traditional music to the modern ear, which has become known as world music, was not well-known in the 1960s and 1970s. Yet world music has since become increasingly popular and found a huge audience everywhere. Some examples of world music acts which have enjoyed widespread recognition are The Bothy
I started to make music with computers aroud 1985, when personal computers where able to do it. I had fist an Atari 1024 with Pro24, ancestor of Steinberg’s Cubase. I remember spending two years learning computer and not making real music… but it was useful. I was synchronizing the computer (generating midi to external synths)
I began to get into strings orchestration in 2009 while working in Macao (China). Alongside my work as a musician on the Cirque du Soleil show Zaia,I recorded instrumental parts for composers Lucio Godoy and Federico Jussid for Spanish films and TV series. This was a revelation and I continued to compose and arrange orchestral music, using samples, and with the help from friends and other musicians at Cirque du Soleil. In addition I have created soundtracks for choreographers and dancers like Lionel Hun and Ana Arroyo , for Duo Expressio, and for other movies.