Kuné — Canada’s Global Orchestra — visited campus for their BRAVO! Series performance
During their visit to BYU for their January BRAVO! performance, three members of Canada’s global orchestra Kuné spoke to composition students in the School of Music, sharing their appreciation for music and instruments across cultures.
“I was most interested to learn about how they blended different musical cultures together to create new music,” said music composition major Kalysha Chandler. “They took elements from different cultures and reinterpreted them in other cultures to create unprecedented musical combinations.”
The musicians — Matias Recharte from Peru, Padideh Ahrarnejad from Iran and Demetri Petsalakis from Greece — are among 11 members of Kuné, each representing different nations and musical traditions. While showcasing and preserving these traditions is an important mission of the ensemble, they also work to promote innovation in their blending of cultures.READ MORE