Routes NomadesIt's been 15 years since Routes Nomades has been developing musical and
heritage projects around khöömii (Mongolian overtone singing).
Started our adventure on the paths of Mongolia, from Ulaanbaatar to the
High Altai, we have explored different musical horizons on the way since
2006; until the edition of the first Anthology of Mongolian Khöömii
(2017), through the elaboration of the nomination file of the Mongolian
Traditional Art of Khöömii on the Representative List of Intangible
Cultural Heritage of Humanity, UNESCO (inscribed in 2010).
Inviting Mongolian artists every year since 2006, we organized more than
a hundred concerts, over fifty workshops of overtone singing and
produced 4 CDs with Buda Musique (Music from the World Collection) and
Pan Records (Ethnic Series Collection) labels. With all these
adventures, a French filmmaker Jean-François Castell made the
documentaries “Masters of Overtone singing” (2010) which won multiple
awards and recently "Journey Into Khöömii" (2018).
Since June 2018 Routes Nomades is an ONG accredited by UNESCO.
Frequent artistic advice for the projects related to overtone singing:
Fes Festival of World Sacred Music, Morocco (2013, 2016); Théâtre de la
Ville-Abesses, Paris (2009, 2010, and 2013); Les Orientales Festival,
St-Florent-le-Vieil (2006, 2013); Le rêve de l'Aborigène Festival,
Airvault (since 2006 to present).
References:
Fes Festival of World Sacred Music, Morocco; Théâtre de
la Ville-Abesses, Paris; Musée du quai Branly, Paris; Les Orientales
Festival, St-Florent-le-Vieil; Opera de Rennes; Opera de Lille; Opera de
Lyon; Les Détours de Babel Festival; Les Suds à Arles Festival; Førde
International Folk Music festival, Norway; Ravenna Festival, Italy;
EtnoKrakow Festival, Krakow; Classica-Evora Festival, Portugal; Le Reve de l'aborigène Festival, Airvault; Les Escales, St-Nazaire; Mongolian Traditional Music Festival, Musée des Arts Asiatiques de Nice; Musiques d’Ici et d’Ailleurs Festival, Châlons-en-Champagne; Alliance Française of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar; Les Nuits de la Voix Festival, L’espal, Le Mans; Albert Kahn Museum, Boulogne-Billancourt…
