New world music ensemble seeks members

A world music ensemble is being set up at the Institute of Music at the University of Oldenburg for the 2013/2014 winter semester. The ensemble’s director, Nangialai Nashir, invites interested musicians to attend rehearsals, which take place every Wednesday from 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm in the chamber music hall. The ensemble is open to music-making students from all Schools, as well as ambitious Oldenburg residents with a connection to non-European music.

The ensemble’s first rehearsal will take place on Wednesday, 16 October 2013, at 6.00 pm, in the chamber music hall. “Together, we’ll develop a repertoire featuring music from different regions of the world and, of course, we’ll also perform it on stage from time to time,” explains Nashir. Whether the programme includes classical, folk or more popular music styles will depend on the skills and interests of the ensemble members. Anyone interested is warmly invited to drop by the first rehearsal and bring their instruments along.

Nangialai Nashir has been a lecturer at the Institute of Music at the University of Oldenburg since 2010. He was born in Kunduz (Afghanistan) and was influenced from an early age by Afghan and classical Indian music. In Europe, he learnt to play the guitar and explored jazz, rock and experimental music. From 1990 to 1999, he studied classical guitar on degree programmes in instrumental pedagogy, artistic training and concert examination in Cologne and Weimar, and won prizes at international competitions in Spain, France and Poland; numerous modern works have been dedicated to him and premiered by him.