In memory of a dear friend

Stuart Hinds wrote this solo piece for our common dear friend, Honza (Jan) Šima, who unexpectedly passed away at a young age in the last year. Although the piece is very emotional, it is not intended as an expression of mourning. It will rather give room for memories and contemplation.

Jan was an enthusiastic and very good polyphonic overtone singer. He was a member of the European Overtonechoir and the Overtone Choir Spektrum, where we first met back in 2003.

Epic overtones of Kalmykia | Okna Tsahan Zam

Throat singing from Kalmykia is limited according to Sven Grawunder on a single talented singer, Okna Tsahan Zam, who adapted the Tuvan khoomej for Epic songe of the Kalmyks. For that reason it is a particularly worth listening piece of music of the small Turkic people on the Caspian Sea.

Grawunder, Sven. 1999. Obertongesang versus Kehlgesang - Die Erforschung eines besonderen Stimmgebrauchs. Unpublished Diploma, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/S. http://email.eva.mpg.de/~grawunde/KehlgesangversObertongesang.pdf.