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CLAUDE SAMARD
Discovering WorLd Guitars...
Claude Samard invites you to discover World Guitars. All these instruments are presented to the audience throughout musical stops on every continents where the instruments have elvoved and improved. From the prehistoric musical arc to electric guitar, oud, banjos, ukulele... 14 instruments on show and played live. This show, both fun and educational is very convivial and reaches a large and diversified audience. "A short history of guitar" written by Claude Samard is also available at the end of the show.
Claude Samard, graduated from the Berklee University (USA) is an eclectic musician. He worked with different artists, including Alan Stivell, Lulendo, J.J. Goldman, Manu Dibango, Sansévérino, Roger Hodgson (Supertramp), Chet Atkins & M. Dadi, Rita Marley... He composed music for UbiSoft (Rayman) and won the “Best music” award at the Shanghai Film Festival (2001). He also worked as musical director for Jean-Michel Jarre show (Peking 2004) and is Okna Tsahan Zam producer/arranger (Throat Singing). But whatever his current projects may be, his “World Guitars” always keep a very special place. |
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The 14 guitares of the world shown on stage :
- Arc musical (1 corde, Africa/Brasil)
- Monocorde Laotien (1 corde, Laos)
- Balalaïka (3 cordes, Russia)
- Ukulélé (4 cordes, Hawaï)
- Banjo (5 cordes, USA)
- Guitare Hawaïenne (6 cordes, USA)
- Dobro (6 cordes, USA)
- Lap Steel (6 cordes, first electric guitar, USA)
- Guitare acoustique (6 cordes, Espagne)
- Guitare électrique (6 cordes, USA)
- Mandoline (8 cordes, Italy)
- Oud (9 cordes, Luth arabe, Egypt)
- Pedal Steel (10 cordes, USA) |
Some references ...
Paléo Festival de Nyon, Festival Voix sacrées du Monde de Lausanne, Forde Folk Musik Festival, Ollikan World Culture Festival, Festival Arrels d’Arreu de Girona, "SHAMAN VOICES" Tour with Tanya Tagaq Gillis (Bjork featured in Bjork latest projects), and Wimme from Finland, Festival d’Art de Huy, Festival du chant marin de Paimpol, Festival A Tout Art de Thouars, Rencontres Polyphoniques de Calvi, Festival Le Rêve de l’Aborigène, Espace Prévert de Savigny le Temple, La Fleuriaye à Carquefou, Théâtre de Roanne, La Chelidoine à St Ang |
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