Sarband

The Sarband is a 1986 by Vladimir Ivanoff based, internationally manned chamber music ensemble that specializes in musical relations between East and West as well as Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The name of the ensemble Sarband is retrieve in the Middle Eastern music theory and represents the improvised bridge between two compositions and means as much as connection.

Concert history

Sarband occurred so far in more than 500 concerts on four continents, including:

1989: Horizonte - Berliner Festspiele / 1991: Istanbul Festival / 1992: Romanesque summer, Cologne / 1993: IFA, Berlin / 1994: Abbaye de Sylvanès / 1995: Voices Lörrach / 1996: Copenhagen, European Capital of Culture / 1997: Thessaloniki, Cultural Capital Europe / Jerusalem 2000 / Schleswig- Holstein Festival / 1998: 900 years of Hildegard von Bingen / Baalbek Festival, Lebanon / Festival Oude Muziek, Utrecht / 1999: Boston Early Music Festival / Festival van Vlaanderen, Bruges / 2000: library of Congress, Washington / Spitalfields Festival, London / Styriarte, Graz / 2001: Lufthansa Baroque Festival, London / 2002: Dresdner Festspiele / Bruges, European Capital of Culture / 2003: Madrid / Sevilla / Festival de Menton / 2004: Ludwigsburg Festival / Cathedral of Vezelay / 2005: Komische Oper, Berlin / Rheingau Festival / 2006: Frauenkirche, Dresden / Lincoln Center, New York / 2007: Konzerthaus, Vienna / Accademia di Sat Cecilia, Rome, Singapore Arts Festival / 2008: Berlin Philharmonie, Théâtre de la Ville Paris / 2009: Sheikh Zayed Book Award, Abu Dhabi, Musivereinssaal Vienna / 2010: Schwetzingen Festival / Flanders Festival Bruges / Ruhr Triennale Bochum.

Awards

• Grammy Nominations 1992
• Echo Klassik 2003
• Echo Klassik 2006
• Premio Mousiké 2007
• German World Music Award Ruth 2008.

Discography (selection)

• 2009: An Arabian Passion According To JS Bach
• 2006: Vox Feminae
• 2005: King's Singers & Sarband: Sacred Bridges
• 2005: Concerto Köln & Sarband: The Waltz
• 2003: Concerto Köln & Sarband: Dream of the Orient
• 2003: Pilgrims of the Soul
• 2001: Alla Turca: Oriental Obsession
• 2000: Danse Gothique
• 1996: Sepharad
• 1995: Sephardic Songs
• 1994: Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
• 1992: Music of the Emperors
• 1990: Canticle
• 1989: Mystère de Voix Bulgares & Sarband: Mystères