Zençir
Georg Vogel: Claviton | Karim Othman-hassan: Oud | Valentin Duit: Drums | Pamelia Stickney: Theremin
The Zençir ensemble combines historical and contemporary soundscapes, drawing inspiration from the music collection of the Moldavian prince, polymath and tanbur virtuoso Dimitrie Cantemir (Kantemiroglu). Cantemir collected over 350 Ottoman instrumental compositions between 1690 and 1700 during his stay in Constantinople, which he recorded in a notation he developed specifically for that purpose.