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Dva

Dva is the Macedonian word for two: Tunji Beier and Linsey Pollak use wind and percussion instruments to create improvisations and compositions that draw on the traditions of Macedonia and South India. Linsey and Tunji first performed together at the Border Crossings Festival in Germany in 1996 and have played together ever since. Although they have travelled very diverse paths and studied different musical traditions, they find their playing extremely compatible. Linsey's collection of wind instruments is unique with 30 years experience in making and experimenting with wind instruments. He has come up with new single reed designs, such as the various clarinis (narrow bored clarinets) made from bamboo, wood, aluminium and glass as well as various hybrid bagpipes based on the gaida (Macedonian bagpipe) which he studied in Macedonia and also the conical bore Saxillo. These wind instruments are combined with Tunji's Gangan (a small Yoruba talking drum), Tavil (South Indian temple drum), Kanjira (South Indian tambourine with a lizard skin), Jaw Harps and other percussion instruments that Tunji has mastered while living in Nigeria, India and Europe. While their music has its roots in Eastern European, South Indian and African traditions, they have developed it their way and the repertoire of original compositions is constantly changing with performances featuring a great deal of improvisation that is both technically and emotionally dazzling. At WOMAD Linsey Pollak and Tunji Beier will also appear as their fun, alter egos Shopska in a late night upbeat Macecdonian gypsy set.
(Biography supplied by WOMAD New Zealand 2011)

Dva - Tunji Beier And Linsey Pollak