Event

Stellamara featuring Colleena Shakti, Kristen Saque and Aliah Najmabadi

Internationally acclaimed electro-acoustic world music ensemble Stellamara presents: "Unfolding and Becoming" a showcase concert at the Marin Civic Center, in collaboration with world renowned Odissi, Indian tribal fusion, classical and contemporary dancer, Colleena Shakti and contemporary Persian devotional dance artists Kristen Sague and Aliah Najmabadi.

Immerse yourself in eastern melodies, soring voices, dramatic orchestral sections, otherworldly ambience, passionate rhythms and deep bass grooves, interwoven with eastern fusion dance, at once refined, exquisite, ecstatic and unbound.

Evolving for over a decade of recording and performing, Stellamara unites world-renowned musicians and dancers from diverse cultural backgrounds in a shared devotion for folk and classical music rooted in Turkish, Arabic, Balkan, Medieval European and Persian and Indian traditions. Stellamara is regarded as being at the forefront of contemporary world music, giving new life and a fresh, modern expression to the beautiful and mysterious qualities of timeless, modal traditional music and performing arts.

Stellamara is a global symphony spun through minarets and grounded in the earth.
***** John Dilberto, Pulse

Stellamara manages to maintain a balance of reverence for the music of other people's cultures with a haunting elegance of expression....
Electronic Musician

...Drakulich has as singular a vocal style as
Lisa Gerrard does, but with the added allure of a siren.
****
Mark Burbey, Alternative Press

Sonja Drakulich: Voice, Hammered Dulcimer, Frame Drum
Gary Hegedus: Oud, Baglama, Mandocello, Violin, Divan Saz
Sean Tergis: Darbuka, Frame Drum, Riqq
Evan Fraser: Zabumba, N'Goni, Jaw Harp, Daff, Voice
EO: Keyboard, Orchestration, Trumpet, Voice
Colleena Shakti: Dance
Kristen Sague: Dance
Aliah Najmabadi: Dance

http://stellamara.com
http://www.colleenashakti.com
http://kristensague.com