| Dmitri Pokrovsky's goal was to preserve and transmit to a new generation of performers and audiences the vitality that he found in authentic village music. Dmitri was the one of the first musicians in Russia who felt the need to bridge the gap between the old and new musical vocabulary. WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE DMITRI POKROVSKY ENSEMBLE: pokrovsky-ensemble.ru CONTACT US FOR BOOKING INFORMATION www.facebook.com From their base in Moscow, Pokrovsky Ensemble have traveled the length and breadth of rural Russia, documenting and learning to perform themselves the music traditions they encountered. Pokrovsky Ensemble brought the authentic folklore of Russia back to life. The Ensemble was the first group of professional musicians who performed the folk music in authentic village style at the academic scene.To learn the essence of the village music, members of the Ensemble became a part of the village, experiencing the relationships, rituals, life and music of the villagers. The Pokrovsky Ensemble has grown to encompass more than 1000 songs, including the village songs, dances and pagan rituals, medieval Russian village music, spiritual music, classic and modern works of Russian composers. Ensemble also reveals the totally lost layer of pious spiritual songs and verses that were sung outside of church, thus recreating a variety of folk oral traditions; monastery styles and early forms of Russian church polyphony. By the way Pokrovsky had avoided the image of an only ... |
