Oktoecho | New Album, New Season of Crossbreeding with The Far North

Interview by Alain Brunet

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Of Celtic and Middle Eastern origins, Quebec composer Katia Makdissi-Warren exploits the vein of contemporary crossbreeding with Aboriginal cultures, and throat singing is currently at the heart of her musical explorations with traditional Inuk singers Lydia Etok and Nina Segalowitz, joined by jazz and throat singer Hélène Martel, multi-instrumentalist Michel Dubeau, pianist Eryk Warren, cellist Carla Antoun and percussionist Bertil Schulrabe, while their leader and composer plays oud and manipulates electronics. We’re talking here about the recent work of Oktoecho, the variable-geometry chamber orchestra led by Katia Makdissi-Warren, interviewed here by Alain Brunet for PAN M 360. The ensemble has just released the album Saimaniq Sivunut, whose new material will be performed notably in Montreal, on Wednesday November 6 at Salle Bourgie, which totally justifies this interview.

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