*Interview with Gabriel Dharmoo - online event this Thursday*
We are pleased to feature Gabriel Dharmoo this Thursday, 20th January, 4:00-5:00pm (GMT)/ 11:00am-12:00pm (EST) on Zoom, as part of the BARN Virtual Colloquia series.
Gabriel Dharmoo<http://www.gabrieldharmoo.org> is a composer, vocalist, improviser, interdisciplinary artist and researcher based in Montréal – Tio’Tia:Ke (Canada).
His works have been performed in Canada, the U.S.A, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Estonia, Poland, Australia, Singapore and South Africa. He has received many awards for his compositions, such as the Canada Council for the Arts Jules Léger Prize for his chamber work Wanmansho (2017) and the Conseil Québécois de la Musique Opus Award for his opera À chaque ventre son monstre (2018).
Having researched Carnatic music with 4 renowned masters in Chennai (India) in 2008 and 2011, his personal musical style encourages the fluidity between tradition and innovation. He has participated in many cross-cultural and intertraditional musical projects, many being led by Sandeep Bhagwati in Montreal (Sound of Montreal, Ville étrange) and in Berlin (Zungenmusiken, Miyagi Haikus).
As a vocalist and interdisciplinary artist, his career has led him to travel internationally, notably with his solo show “Anthropologies imaginaires”<https://vimeo.com/105009513> which was awarded at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival (2015) and the SummerWorks Performance Festival (2016). Other key projects include his album Quelques fictions<https://actuellecd.com/en/album/6057/Gabriel_Dharmoo/Quelques_fictions>, their drag persona Bijuriya<http://www.instagram.com/bijuriya.drag>(@bijuriya.drag) as well as video art projects that mix voice and makeup<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS3lfRTq1PI> (Portraits, Ghaav). He is a PhD candidate at Concordia University's PhD "Individualized Program" with Sandeep Bhagwati (Music), Noah Drew (Theatre) and David Howes (Anthropology).
The interview will be conducted by Elsa Marshall (University of Sheffield).
Email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> to receive the Zoom link (it is the same as last term) and please do share with any colleagues/students who may be interested!
Abstracts and bios for Thursday’s presentations can be viewed on the BARN website, along with the full programme for this term’s events: https://www.barnvirtual.com/programme-jan-mar22
The British Audio-Visual Research Network’s Virtual Colloquia series is supported by the AHRC via the White Rose College of the Arts and Humanities (WRoCAH).
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