9) Myanmar Meets Europe - How It All Began...

It began in 2010. 
The two musicians Tim Isfort and Jan Klare were working at the project first. 
Together with Xaver Augustin, the head of the Goethe Institut Yangon/Myanmar. 
As far as I understand another very important role was played by Daphne Wolff. Who came to Burma first in 2004 to learn about Burmese music as an music-ethnologist. In 2010 she was working for the Goethe Institute Yangon, organized and created collaborations between Burmese musicians and European musicians. That is how Tim Isfort and Jan Klare first met Thaung Htike. 
And that was also how Daphne and Thaung Htike met.
Daphne is a very important linking role. She speaks Burmese, she knows the people and their music and she can translate during the process of rehearsing. 
Wich is quite important, otherwise sometimes there is no understanding in words and alas no chance to work at musical details.

 Tim Isfort (former festival manager of "Traumzeit" Duisburg, recently festival manager of the well-known "Moers Festival", bassist, composer, arranger) and Jan Klare (saxophone, composition) meet and work with Thaung Htikes Tsaing Waing Ensemble. 

 I have to mention this. Without the work of Tim and Jan things would still be very different. They also started the intense work with the Gitameit Music School, they introduced Jazz there first. We already came to a "prepared" ground. As well in the artistic work. The Burmese musicians already made experiences with "the Europeans" and vice versa off course. 
Please watch the videos below to get some impressions. 

 And there is a very pragmatic and important fact: Tim baught and brought a lot of instruments to Europe. He has a complete Tsaing Waing instrumentarium that can be used in NRW/Germany. Without his instruments it would be much more difficult to realize my duo project with Thaung Htike. 
Thaung Htike has a drum set in Berlin as well. 
Logistics for this project are always a bit special...

 Tim Isfort´s work about Myanmar in videos: 
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NItwz6Uwotk
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMpTQ5wZZqw
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nU9jF5cyeM
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiWjZy6Wf68
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYhqzQrlQSs
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-cnmt1rYco
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LazKXpEn74M
8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GjCE-POIwo
9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpdnQQvB70Y
10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSWYLBUlMDM
11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTNMMQJEKWc
12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2ckOb07yuI
13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCg0ztXHWao
14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92-KMPUtuBc

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