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Lopa Kothari introduces highlights from the 2011 WOMEX festival in Copenhagen. With the Mairtin O'Connor Band, the Orquesta Tipica Fernandez Fierro and the Pakistani Qawaali party.

More highlights from WOMEX, the annual gathering of the world music industry, which takes place this year in Copenhagen. WOMEX showcases the newest bands and the freshest talent in world music, and Lopa Kothari introduces specially-recorded performances by the Mairtin O'Connor Band from Ireland, the flamboyant Orquesta Tipica Fernandez Fierro from Argentina, and the Pakistani Qawaali party led by Asif Ali Khan. Plus a session by the master Iranian percussionist Mohammad Reza Mortazavi. Producer James Parkin.

Mairtin O'Connor, Cathal Hayden, Seamie O'Dowd & Jim Higgins have been the Mairtin O'Connor Band since 2001. Individually recognised figureheads of the Irish tradition, they have built solid reputations as master musicians with astounding skill, diversity and virtuosity. Mairtin was one of the main musical forces behind the now legendary Riverdance phenomenon.

Orquesta Tipica Fernandez Fierro is a revolutionary force on the Argentinian tango scene. The formation is the typical four bandoneons, three violins, viola, violoncello, double-bass, piano and a singer but the sound they make is aggressively modern, taking inspiration from the great tango orchestras of the past and infusing it with a rock attitude. When at home in Buenos Aires, they perform every Wednesday at their own venue, Club Atletico Fernandez Fierro.

Praised by the great qawaali singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, as one of his finest students, Asif Ali Khan from Pakistan, has established himself as a worthy bearer of the late maestro's torch.

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Sun 4 Dec 2011 22:40
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • EBU Concert Recording - Womex 2011

    • Asif Ali Khan and Party

      Holac Meri Pat Rakhio

      Performers: Asif Ali Khan (lead singer) Hussain Bakhat Fiyyaz, Nasir Khan (vocals) Imtiaz Hussain and Manzoor Hussain Shibl (vocals) Khawar Ali (tabla) Raza Hussain (harmonium) Sarfraz Hussain (harmonium) Umar Draz and Muhammad Shahid Hussain (vocals)

      • 28th October 2011.
      • Womex.

    • Mairtin O'Connor Band

      Crossroads (Boys of Coonamore / Tongs by the Fire / Ed Reavy's Reel / Conlon's Reel)

      Performers: Cathal Hayden (fiddle, banjo) Jim Higgins (percussion) M谩irt铆n O'Connor (accordion) Seamie O'Dowd (guitar)

      • 27th October 2011.
      • Womex.

    • Mairtin O'Connor Band

      Donegal Lass / Trip to Turk / TG4 Reel

      Performers: Cathal Hayden (fiddle, banjo) Jim Higgins (percussion) M谩irt铆n O'Connor (accordion) Seamie O'Dowd (guitar)

      • 27th October 2011.
      • Womex.

  • 大象传媒 Location Recording - Womex 2011

    • Mohammad Reza Mortazavi

      Geradeaus No 3 Part 1

      Performer: Mohammad Reza Mortazavi (Tombak)

      • 28th October 2011.
      • Womex.

  • EBU Concert Recording - Womex 2011

    • Orquesta T铆pica Fern谩ndez Fierro

      Nielba Dura

      Performers: Alfredo Arturo Zuccarelli (cello) Bruno Giuntini (viloin) Eugenio Luis Soria (bandone贸n) Flavio Roman Reggiani (bandone贸n) Juan Carlos Pacini (viola) Julio Agustin Coviello (bandone贸n) Pablo Jivotovschii Paixao (viloin) Pablo Julio Gignoli (bandone贸n) Pedro Federico Terranova (viloin) Santiago Bottiroli (piano) Walter Ariel Laborda Roel (singer) Yuri Ivan Venturin (double contrabass)

      • 28th October 2011.
      • Womex.

    • Orquesta T铆pica Fern谩ndez Fierro

      En Silencio

      Performers: Alfredo Arturo Zuccarelli (cello) Bruno Giuntini (viloin) Eugenio Luis Soria (bandone贸n) Flavio Roman Reggiani (bandone贸n) Juan Carlos Pacini (viola) Julio Agustin Coviello (bandone贸n) Pablo Jivotovschii Paixao (viloin) Pablo Julio Gignoli (bandone贸n) Pedro Federico Terranova (viloin) Santiago Bottiroli (piano) Walter Ariel Laborda Roel (singer) Yuri Ivan Venturin (double contrabass)

      • 28th October 2011.
      • Womex.

    • Orquesta T铆pica Fern谩ndez Fierro

      Pegue su tren & Avnida Desmayo

      Performers: Alfredo Arturo Zuccarelli (cello) Bruno Giuntini (viloin) Eugenio Luis Soria (bandone贸n) Flavio Roman Reggiani (bandone贸n) Juan Carlos Pacini (viola) Julio Agustin Coviello (bandone贸n) Pablo Jivotovschii Paixao (viloin) Pablo Julio Gignoli (bandone贸n) Pedro Federico Terranova (viloin) Santiago Bottiroli (piano) Walter Ariel Laborda Roel (singer) Yuri Ivan Venturin (double contrabass)

      • 28th October 2011.
      • Womex.

Broadcast

  • Sun 4 Dec 2011 22:40
    大象传媒 Radio 3