Issyk-Kul, Sept. 3, 2026 /Kabar/. Today, September 3, the Rukh Ordo Cultural Center in Cholpon-Ata is hosting an international program of creative music sessions dedicated to traditional performing arts and the epic heritage of peoples from different countries.
The program began with the performance "Epic Voices of the North," featuring performers from Yakutia, Tuva, and Altai. They performed fragments of the olonkho and instrumental compositions on traditional musical instruments.
Guests were then treated to a musical program, "Breath of the Earth," featuring the DIBBOGYANI ensemble from Bangladesh, musician Horo Solomon Grant from New Zealand, and Irina Kiskorova from Russia. The performers presented a combination of flute, jaw harp, tambourine, and other instruments, capturing natural timbres and rhythms.
The "Ancient Strings and Voices" program will also feature performances by representatives of Khakassia, China, and Uzbekistan. Musicians will perform on the chatkhan, khomys, jaw harp, dutar, and other traditional instruments.
A separate section will be the "Voice of the Ancestors: Altai - Kyrgyzstan - Mongolia" project. It will feature representatives from the Altai Republic, Kyrgyzstan, and Mongolia. The program will combine throat singing with the sounds of traditional instruments—the topshur, shor, Altai komus, yadagan, arkayik, and kheel-khuur.
The program also features "The Path of the Ashyk" featuring musicians from Azerbaijan, Turkiye, and Kazakhstan; "Sufi Pulse" featuring performers from Pakistan and Greece; and "Tales of the Silk Road" featuring participants from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Karakalpakstan, and Dagestan. The program includes traditional instruments, vocals, and musical improvisations that blend diverse national traditions.
In an interview with journalists, musician Horo Solomon Grant from New Zealand explained that he represents the Maori people, the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.
"It is a great honor and pleasure for me to share this stage with my sister from Siberia, Irina Kiskorova. This is our first performance here in Kyrgyzstan at the Nomad Games. We come from two completely different corners of the world, but it is music that intertwines all cultures. It is music that conveys our vibrations and our frequency, sharing them with this land, with the waters and the skies, and unites us as people," he said.
