Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra

There will be two music events. – Sun. Feb 21, 2:00 – 4:00 pm, FREE and Mon Feb 22, 6:00 – 8:00pm, $5

Music of the Whole World
Indian-Persian – Canada
with Neelamjit Dhillon, Tabla; and Reza Honari, Kamanche
Sun.Feb 21, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
FREE

Music of the Whole World
China – Canada
with Gelina Jiang, Sanxian; Song Yun, Erhu; and Mark Armanini, Bass Guitar
Mon Feb 22
6:00 – 8:00pm
$5

The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra is unique in the world, and uniquely Canadian. It is one of the first concert orchestras in existence that bring together musicians trained in a wide variety of cultural disciplines, to perform new inter-cultural works on a grand scale. In the VICO, violins and flutes rub shoulders with the shakuhachi, the erhu and the sitar.and fertile ground is created for cross-cultural teamwork between classical, jazz and world music artists.

Many smaller ensembles undertake similar collaborations. The VICO, however, boasts a core roster of 24 musicians and at least as many occasional members. Some are trained in the Western (European) classical tradition, while many others are internationally-recognized performers in the musical traditions of cultures from all over the world (Asian, African, East Indian and Middle Eastern, to name only a few).