World Music
Owing to the University of Sheffield having one of the largest ethnomusicology departments in the country, Sheffield University Concert Series features at least two world music concerts each season.
In previous seasons we have featured music from China, India, Folk Music from Great Britain, Samba from Brazil and music from Zimbabwe to name a few.
Sometimes these concerts are accompanied by pre-concert talks and workshops. These special concerts offer an excellent insight into music in different world cultures, and provide a great deal of background information too.
World Music Concerts this season...
Tuesday 03 November: The Tashi Lhunpo Monastery Monks
The sacred world of Tibet is filled with the chanting of Buddhist texts, the recitation of mantras, the ringing of bells, the clash of cymbals, the booming of the great long horns and the beating of drums. Eight Tibetan monks from Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in India, offer a dramatic presentation of their unique sacred dances, music and prayers, with colourful traditional costumes and ceremonial masks.
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, founded by the first Dalai Lama in the 15th Century, and the seat of the Panchen Lama, is one of the most important monasteries in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Now re-established in exile in South India, the monastery is once again becoming one of the major centres of learning, best known for its artistic tradition of masked dances and sacred music. The performance offers a rare opportunity to witness a unique and endangered culture.
"..a window of time on to a magical universe of reincarnation and release..." (The Independent)
"A psychedelic whirl of chanting, dancing, drums, cymbals and processions." (The Times)
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