The Shin http://www.theshin-music.com The official web site of The Shin Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:46:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= The Shin is working on the new program. http://www.theshin-music.com/2012/01/27/the-shin-is-working-on-the-new-program/ http://www.theshin-music.com/2012/01/27/the-shin-is-working-on-the-new-program/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:28:39 +0000 jv http://www.theshin-music.com/?p=1187 Continue reading →]]> The Shin is working on its new program Extraordinary Exhibition. It was inspired by the book “Simple music for piano”, written by the great contemporary composer Giya Kancheli  Extraordinary Exhibition will be a musical performance where different music areas and systems will perform as an actors. Music of the great Maestro Giya Kanchlei will play the leading part in the show.

Première will take place in Liepaja (Latvia) in November 2012. Liepaja Symphony Orchestra will take part in this concert.

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]]> http://www.theshin-music.com/2012/01/04/happy-new-2012/feed/ 0 Open World Project concert in the Wagenhallen Stuttgart, 22.12.2011 http://www.theshin-music.com/2011/12/19/open-world-project-concert-in-wagenhallen-stuttgart-22-12-2012/ http://www.theshin-music.com/2011/12/19/open-world-project-concert-in-wagenhallen-stuttgart-22-12-2012/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:42:18 +0000 jv http://www.theshin-music.com/?p=1145 Open World Project performs  on 22.12.2011 at 8 p.m in the Wagenhallen Stuttgart, (Innerer Nordbahnhof 1,   70191 Stuttgart, Tel 0711 – 25 37 012 (Tu – Fr // 11h – 15h)

http://www.wagenhallen.d/programm.html

]]> http://www.theshin-music.com/2011/12/19/open-world-project-concert-in-wagenhallen-stuttgart-22-12-2012/feed/ 0 Live online broadcasting from Ekaterinburg on 16.12.2011 http://www.theshin-music.com/2011/12/12/the-shin-live-broadcasting-on-16-12-2011/ http://www.theshin-music.com/2011/12/12/the-shin-live-broadcasting-on-16-12-2011/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:37:38 +0000 jv http://www.theshin-music.com/?p=1095 Continue reading →]]> On Friday 16.12.2011 The Shin will perform at the Snow Jazz Festival in Ekaterinburg.

The Shin will be featuring Polish accordion player Jakub Mietla and great Russian folk vocalist and musician Sergei Starostin.

We have a great opportunity to invite all of you to this concert!!!  No visas, no travel, no stress! All you need is Internet.

Live broadcasting of the concert will take place on 16.12.2011 at

http://sgaf.tv/live

at 13:30 Middle European time ( 16:30 Moscow time/16:30 Tbilisi time/ 15:30 Istanbul time).

See you at the online concert!!!

]]> http://www.theshin-music.com/2011/12/12/the-shin-live-broadcasting-on-16-12-2011/feed/ 0 Georgia in Your Mind – premiere in Latvia http://www.theshin-music.com/2011/12/08/georgia-in-your-mind-premiere-in-latvia/ http://www.theshin-music.com/2011/12/08/georgia-in-your-mind-premiere-in-latvia/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:38:29 +0000 jv http://www.theshin-music.com/?p=1069 Continue reading →]]> During two evenings – 06.12 and 07.12 The Shin together with Georgian jazz singer Maia Baratashvili presented in Riga their new program Georgia in Your Mind. This project is a combination of world music elements and American jazz intensively flavoured with Georgian sound .

It is  a great pleasure and also a challenge to present new program to the audience, which knows you and has high expectation. Riga is one of these special places, where The Shin has been performing tregularly starting from 2007 and also doing joint project Es ari together with Latvian musicians.

We want to thank Ilze, Gita and their families for organizing our coming, the audience for  listening and support and our Latvian friends and colleagues for performing Es ari with us.

Paldies!

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Open World Project is an ambitious project of Georgian world-jazz band The Shin and international musicians from Stuttgart.

In the Open World Project Argentinean Tango fuses with Arabic sounds and Caucasian spirited melodies. North African beats meet Latin American rhythms, highlighted by stunning flamenco guitar, driving bass and jazzy drums. Algerian and Argentinian singer and Georgian polyphony, lot of percussion, drums and guitar makes it a  surprising   Arab-Argentinian- Caucasian-sound experience.

Lineup:
Zaza Miminoshvili (The Shin/Georgia) — guitar
Zurab Gagnidze (The Shin/Georgia) — bass, vocals
Mamuka Gaganidze (The Shin/Georgia) — vocals, percussion
Gabriela Brgallo (Argentina) — vocals
Daniel Messina (Argentina) — drums
Ranem Hamous (Algeria) — vocals
Gerald Dorsch (Germany) — vibrophone

Open World Project – Maria de Buenos Aires

]]> http://www.theshin-music.com/2011/11/18/open-world-project/feed/ 0 Photos from Singapore http://www.theshin-music.com/2011/09/13/photos-from-singapore/ http://www.theshin-music.com/2011/09/13/photos-from-singapore/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:21:23 +0000 jv http://www.theshin-music.com/?p=1001

We have posted some photos of The Shin performance at the Night Festival in Singapore.

The Shin in Singapore

]]> http://www.theshin-music.com/2011/09/13/photos-from-singapore/feed/ 0 Open World Project 2011 http://www.theshin-music.com/2011/07/20/open-world-2011/ http://www.theshin-music.com/2011/07/20/open-world-2011/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:39:08 +0000 jv http://www.theshin-music.com/?p=907 Continue reading →]]> On 15.07 new program of the Open World Project ” Maghreb & Co” was presented to the enthusiastic audience of the Festival der Kulturen in Stuttgart. This year Open World was presented by The Shin musicians, Argentinian drummer Daniel Messina, Algerian singer Ranem Homous, Georgian singer Mamuka Tchitchinadze, Tunisian musicians Amine & Hamza Mraihi, Polisch accordion player Jakub Mietla. We thank all participants for their efficiency. We also thank Kulturamt Stuttgart for its support, Kulturhaus Schwanen and Laboratorium for the rehearsal possibilities, and Rolf Grasser for his trust in Open World Project!

Photos of the Open World Project 2011

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What an unforgettable experience it was! Great festival, great artists, wonderful organization.

Photos of The Shin at the Rainforest World Music Festival

]]> http://www.theshin-music.com/2011/07/19/rainforest-festival/feed/ 0 Russian tour http://www.theshin-music.com/2011/06/27/%d0%b7%d0%b0%d0%b2%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%88%d0%b8%d0%bb%d1%81%d1%8f-%d1%80%d0%be%d1%81%d1%81%d0%b8%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d1%82%d1%83%d1%80/ http://www.theshin-music.com/2011/06/27/%d0%b7%d0%b0%d0%b2%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%88%d0%b8%d0%bb%d1%81%d1%8f-%d1%80%d0%be%d1%81%d1%81%d0%b8%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d1%82%d1%83%d1%80/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:27:01 +0000 jv http://www.theshin-music.com/?p=891 Continue reading →]]> Our Russian tour is over. The short story is that we performed at the Moscow House of Music, in the Moscow suburb Elektrougli, conducted master classes for the project “Planet of People” in Perm, performed together with members of master classes at the festival “White Nights” in Perm, and had a concert in Nizhny Novgorod.

The longer story is that these 10 days spent in Russia have left vivid memories and an emotional glow from our impressions, experiences and surprising encounters.

In Moscow, we were touched by the sincere concern of the Union of Georgians in Russia. We were helped very much by the Polish Cultural Institute to be able to bring along Jakub Mietla (accordion). Our great friend Artjom presented us with The Shin t-shirts. These few days spent in Moscow will never be forgotten!

In Elektrougli we met Father Alexander and Father Andrei, who dedicate their lives to bringing spirituality and enlightenment to this small industrial town.

In Perm, we were supported by our wonderful friends – the organizers of the project “Planet of People”, Evelyna, Marina, Seraphima, Alexandra, delicate but unbelievably strong women, and dedicated promoters. All the participants of the master classes showed intense enthusiasm and incredible discipline: In only three days the dancers, guitarists and singers were not only able to grasp the complicated material, but also to prepare a few pieces and participate in our concert. Bravo!

In Nizhny Novgorod we got to meet still more amazing people – the organizers of the concert – Pavel and Victor, who very professionally organized our visit and the concert, and also shared with us their beautiful city. We also met members of the Georgian community of Nizhny Novgorod who passionately and carefully preserve their culture.

Thanks to everyone who was there for us, and those we met by the way, to all who warmed us with their hospitality, the interest in our music and our culture!

The Shin in Russia

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