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The idea for the Jazz-Makhom project was initially suggested by the Uzbek manager and musical producer Asror Isahodjaev and then developed by Andrea Romani. The central idea is to create an original melting of jazz and the Uzbek maqom tradition, bringing to life “other-ways” the Uzbek maqoms without altering their essence.This project has been developed thanks to a collaboration between Uzbek and European musicians and funded by the Embassy of France in Uzbekistan, then the same concept was extended to other central asian countries
tajikistan
April 2023
9 musicians - 5 days residence - 2 great concerts National Opera of Duchanbe, "Kohi Soroosh" theatre
By bringing the maqôms to life in a different way, it is also a question of making this form better
known as
in its original form as a cultural
heritage
Alonisma - the idea on the background
derives from the Greek “threshing of the wheat” and signifies wandering, voyaging in a chaotic fashion, and making frequent errors ( from the Latin “errare,” to wander or to be wrong )
This metaphor represents part of the project’s concept: a voyage along the Silk Road. A kind of musical migration, inspired by structural modes (called Makam or Makhom) of the East, and re encountering along the way the improvisation inherent in jazz. A migration that recalls that of people in flight from wars, displaced from Asia Minor and the Middle East toward the Balkans, the Mediterranean, and Europe.
