BIOGRAPHIES Behzod Abduraimov, piano Behzod Abduraimov performs with leading orchestras worldwide, collaborating with prestigious conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ashkenazy, James Gaffigan, and Gustavo Dudamel. Summer 2019 included re-invitations to Verbier, Rheingau, La Roque Antheron and Lucerne Festivals. Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in 1990, Abduraimov began the piano aged five as a pupil of Tamara Popovich at Uspensky State Central Lyceum in Tashkent. In 2009, he won First Prize at the London International Piano Competition with Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3.
DakhaBrakha Ukrainian “ethno chaos” band DakhaBrakha creates a world of unexpected new music. DakhaBrakha was created in 2004 at the Kyiv Center of Contemporary Art by the avant-garde theatre director Vladyslav Troitskyi and named for the old Ukrainian word that means “give/take.” After experimenting with Ukrainian folk music, the band has added rhythms of the surrounding world into their music, thus creating the bright, unique and unforgettable sound of DakhaBrakha. At the crossroads of Ukrainian folklore and theatre, their musical spectrum is both intimate and riotous, plumbing the depths of contemporary roots and rhythms, inspiring “cultural and artistic liberation.”
Lila Downs Lila Downs has one of the world’s most singular voices and innovative approaches to music. Born in the state of Oaxaca, México, she is the daughter of a Mixtec Indian woman and a University of Minnesota professor. Downs has a GRAMMY and four Latin GRAMMYS. Lila Downs has performed at many of the world’s most prestigious festivals and venues, and has been invited to sing at the White House. Artists with whom she has collaborated include Mercedes Sosa, Carlos Santana, Juanes, Bunbury, Cafe Tacuba, Los Tigres del Norte, 1 Giant Leap, Wynton Marsalis, La Niña Pastori, and Juan Gabriel, among many others.
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