Borderless Flows: Improvisatory Interactions Across Asia, Africa and Beyond

Director of a SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) funded festival and conference on intercultural improvisation and composition featuring Pan Project Ensemble and Aga Khan Master Musicians

 

Sept. 14  

• Inter-ensemble Collaborations: Pan Project & Aga Khan Master Musicians

• Intercultural Improvisation Workshops Led by Hankus Netsky, Pan Project and AKMM

Sept. 15  

• Inter-ensemble Collaborations: Pan Project & Aga Khan Master Musicians

• Intercultural Improvisation Workshops Led by Hankus Netsky, Pan Project and AKMM
   

Sept. 16

• Borderless Flows Conference Day 1: Intercultural Improvisation, Performer roundtable discussion on intercultural Improvisation, Silk Road and Indian Ocean Panels)
   

• Concert: "...rivers flow to endless seas..." Pan Project & AKMM, Convocation Hall, U Alberta 
   *Premiere of "Water Rhythm"  for guqin, saenghwang, janggu & live electronics

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Sept. 17  

• Borderless Flows Conference Day 2 (East Asia and Beyond & Trans-saharan Panels)
  *paper given: "(Re)discovering East Asian Historical-Intercultural Connections Through Creation: Improvising on Chinese guqin using Korean gayageum and geomungo techniques"
   

• Concert: "...mountains fall to endless plains..." Pan Project & AKMM, University of Alberta Botanic Garden, Aga Khan Garden, Diwan Pavilion