Never before released and exclusively available in the United States … Explore and discover the extraordinary music of Armenian, Pakistan, India, Uzbekistan and Mauritania. Each DVD includes a documentary about the musical tradition of one of these far away places, plus a 1-hour concert with great folk performers recorded at the Theatre de la Ville in Paris.
Are you a world music enthusiast? Or have you ever wondered what an Armenian doudouk sounds like? Or a Sufi Chant? Curious to know what kind of music travelers listened to in Samarkand along the Silk Road 1500 years ago? These programs journey deeply into the musical traditions of each of these unique cultures.
Together or individually, these DVDs offer you a great deal about the music, beauty and culture of each region. You can enrich your understanding as you listen and discover the landscape, history, culture and architecture that has inspired these world-class musicians.
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Troubadours 
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Sufis of Sind 
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Poets of Râjasthân 
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Monâjât Yultchieva 
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Ooleya Mint Amartichitt 
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Like the Achugh - the traveling Armenian Troubadours - this documentary follows the winding roads of Armenia to discover its landscape, its people and its music. The documentary features Yeghish Manoukian a brilliant and accomplished player of the doudouk, a double reed instrument popular with the people of Eastern Europe. Yeghish is accompanied by Agop Boyadjian, Mais Avoyan and Stepani Adgozian, creating a brilliant ensemble seeking the soul of Armenia through its still popular traditional music.
Directed by Marc Bissot and Didier Maertens
Includes a Concert from Theatre de la Ville, Paris
In this brilliant performance Armenian Troubadours maintain the long tradition of the art of "Achugh", the singing of epic poetry by local traveling troubadours. These poets and musicians sing chronicles for the people, spreading news and cultivating poetry. In this concert you can hear why troubadour lyric poetry has remained alive and popular with the public.
Directed by Isabelle Soulard and Marc Bissot
As you discover places of worship and shrines we search for Sorab Fakir, the red bearded cantor. This region is where the people still worship the great Sufi poet Shah Abdul Lateef, who expressed so well the spirit of the human soul. The musicians are virtuosi, their instruments fabulous and their music energetic and haunting.
Directed by Marc Bissot and Didier Maertens
Includes a Concert from Theatre de la Ville, Paris
The human voice is a mirror for the soul of the Sindhi people living in the Indus Valley of Pakistan. In this concert one can see and feel the colors, perfumes, joys, sadness and deep emotions of the Soufis from Sind.
Directed by Marc Bissot
This program presents the Manganiar, who are among the most sophisticated musicians of Western Rajasthan. While listening to their extraordinary voices, music and the poetry of the region this documentary travels the scattered villages of the Thar desert around the town of Jaisalmer.
Directed by Marc Bissot and Didier Maertens
Includes a Concert from Theatre de la Ville, Paris
This concert presents six members of the Manganiyar clan singing and performing ballads about the kings as well as Sufi poems written by the mystics. Even though they are classified as folk musicians, their traditional music is classical and is clearly part of the roots of Indian classical music.
Directed by Isabelle Soulard and Marc Bissot
While listening to the extraordinary voice of Monâjât Yultchieva, this documentary takes you to the beautiful and legendary world heritage city of Samarkand -
the Crossroads of Cultures. In the 14th century this opulent capital of Tamerlane (Timur) was an all important station along the Silk Road. You will see the turquoise domes of Samarkand's mosques and the sparkling mosaics of its mausoleums accompanied by the music of the region.
Directed by Marc Bissot and Didier Maertens
Includes a Concert from Theatre de la Ville, Paris
Monâjât Yultchieva's marvelous mezzo-soprano voice, and her radiant and moving personality makes her the top female classical singer of Uzbekistan. In this concert, she touches a rare and secret place in our inner heart where songs become prayers, hymns and a form of homage, where music speaks the unspeakable.
Directed by Isabelle Soulard and Marc Bissot
On the border between the desert and the Sahel, in Layoun Province, this documentary explores and brings to life a rising star - Ooleya Mint Amartichitt. This program includes rare interview footage with Ooleya Mint Amartichitt, her family and other musicians of the region, as they travel and sing their way through the extraordinary harsh desert landscape of Mauritania.
Directed by Marc Bissot
Includes a Concert from Theatre de la Ville, Paris
Listen and watch this full length concert performed by Ooleya Mint Amartichitt and her family. Beautiful, intelligent and radiant, her poetry praises the Prophet. She evokes the main figures of her tribe, the Ulâad Mubârak with unforgettable passion.
Directed by Marc Bissot
NTSC Wide Screen 16:9
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