Quartet BALKANES & Diphonic Trio
2026 Creation (France)
Under the artistic direction of Milena Jeliazkova and Johanni Curtet, the seven artists, from distinct backgrounds and rich in their traditions, unite to share their passion and create a show blending traditional Bulgarian and Mongolian repertoires. Their playground is the voice in all its forms: polyphonic, overtone, clear, guttural, high, deep… As many possibilities as there are landscapes to explore, from one culture to another, at the crossroads of their paths.
The depth of Mongolian voices meets the vocal delicacy of Bulgarian songs; odd rhythms unfold above the riffs of the horse fiddles, the percussions go into a trance to pay tribute to the spirituality of the mythical figures populating the two pantheons. The voices of dragons and dryads are juxtaposed, blended, intersected, and evolve in parallel, while respecting the natural pulsations of the Sun and the Moon, or, conversely, stretching out like eternity, in order to transcend human time.