Overtone Singing
Since many centuries the mystical overtone singing is an important part of the music culture in Tibet, Tuva, North India, Japan, China and some parts in Africa.
Mostly it is used in connection with spiritual aspects of life, however in the Mongolian tradition overtone melodies are used in folk music. With patience, everybody can learn this special voice technique. This enables you to sing two intervals simultaneously, that means in a polyphonic way. Since the vibrations of the overtones are very pure, they often sound like whistle ore flute sound - sometimes also like a synthesiser. Shamans often refer to mystical birds in connection to overtone singing.
It's a spectacular experience to listen two tones from your own throat!

The workshop is open for singers and musicians, but also for all people whom are seriously interested in working with the voice. We'll work without esoteric ballast on the micro cosmos of the human voice and the body, the theoretic essentials and we'll also exercise in a church, because overtones unfold depending on special acoustics (echo).

Christian Zehnder
Born 1961 in Zurich, Switzerland. Schools of jazz, music conservatories Basel/Ulm, voice study (among others) with Raphael Laback (baritone/countertenor), diploma voice pedagogy, advanced voice training (Alfred Wolfsohn method) with Daniel Prieto (P), overtone singing with Tokne Nonaka (J). Many years of experience as singer and theatre musician in various troupes and opera houses. In 1996, he started the music experiment STIMMHORN with the horn player and visual artist Balthasar Streiff. The project has won international acclaim and five important productions were created over a four-year period.

Fee 1 700 SEK

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