Wrap up your Lotus #21 with transcendent music from Mongolia and South Africa. Your 2014 Lotus Pin gets you in! Arga Bileg fuses jazz improvisation with Mongolian traditional music; Derek Gripper takes genres as diverse as African kora compositions and baroque violin...
World Spirit Concert – Sunday
September 21: World Spirit Concert
With Arga Bileg and Derek Gripper Buskirk-Chumley Theater (114 E. Kirkwood) 3 – 5 pm The 2014 Lotus Pin gets you in ($5, available in advance at Bloomingfoods locations, the Buskirk-Chumley Theater Box Office, Landlocked Music, at the Festival Store, and at the...
Derek Gripper
Derek Gripper has earned worldwide acclaim for interpreting complex, beautiful kora compositions on the classical guitar; he has performed works by Toumani Diabaté, Ballaké Sissoko, Ali Farka Touré, and others. Always on the move to develop new directions for the...
Arga Bileg
The seven-piece group Arga Bileg introduces jazz improvisation into Mongolian folk music traditions. The ensemble includes polished musicians, composers, and choreographers; their sound is elegant and compelling. Traditional Mongolian music is strongly influenced by...