Program: DakhaBrakha

at UC San Diego

DAKHABRAKHA

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 8 pm Price Center East Ballroom

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ArtPower presents

DAKHABRAKHA

Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at 8 pm Price Center East Ballroom

Marko Halanevych, vocals, darbuka, tabla, didjeridoo, accordion, trombone Iryna Kovalenko, vocals, djembe, bass drums, accordion, percussion, bugay, zgaleyka, piano Olena Tsibulska, vocals, bass drums, percussion, garmoshka Nina Garenetska, vocals, cello, bass drum

ABOUT THE ARTIST DakhaBrakha is music quartet from Kiev, Ukraine. Reflecting fundamental elements of sound and soul, Ukrainian “ethno chaos” band DakhaBrakha creates a world of unexpected new music.

Created in 2004 at the Kyiv Center of Contemporary Art “DAKH” by the avant-garde theater director Vladyslav Troitskyi, DakhaBrakha means “give/take” in the old Ukrainian language.

Theater work has left its mark on the band’s performances as their shows are always staged with a strong visual element.

After experimenting with Ukrainian folk music, the band has added rhythms of the surrounding world into their music, thus creating the bright, unique, and unforgettable sound of DakhaBrakha. They strive to help open up the potential of Ukrainian melodies and to bring it to the hearts and consciousness of the younger generation in Ukraine and the rest of the world as well.

Accompanied by Indian, Arabic, African, Russian, and Australian traditional instrumentation, the quartet’s astonishingly powerful and uncompromising vocal range creates a transnational sound rooted in Ukrainian culture. At the crossroads of Ukrainian folklore and theater, their musical spectrum is at first intimate then riotous—plumbing the depths of contemporary roots and rhythms— inspiring “cultural and artistic liberation.”

DakhaBrakha is the winner of the prestigious Sergey Kuryokhin Prize for Contemporary Art in 2010 and 2011 they were discovered by WOMADelaid, a world music and dance festival in Australia, and began their ascent in the international music scene. They have since played more than 300 concerts and performances and have taken part in major international festivals throughout Eastern and Western Europe, Russia, Asia,Australia, and North America. DakhaBrakha has also collaborated with such international musicians as: Port Mone (Belarus), Kimmo Pohjonen (Finland), Karl Frierson (De-Phazz) (Germany), Steve Cooney (Ireland), Inna Zhelannaya (Russia), Kievbass (Ukraine), Djam (Ukraine/Iran), and David Yengibarian (Hungary).

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ARTPOWER DONORS 2015–16 VISIONARY ($50,000+)

Joan and Irwin Jacobs Fund of the Jewish

Community Foundation

CATALYST ($20,000–49,999)

Jon and Bobbie Gilbert George Clement Perkins Endowment The Weil Family Foundation

CREATOR ($10,000–19,999)

Epstein Family Foundation Sam B. Ersan Michael and Susanna Flaster Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon

of the Galinson Family Foundation Eric Lasley and Judith Bachner New England Foundation for the Arts

PERFORMER ($5,000–9,999)

Amnon and Lee Ben-Yehuda Joan Jordan Bernstein Hamburger Chamber Music Series

Endowment Fund

ADVOCATE ($2,500–4,999)

Ann Spira Cambell Ronald and Wynnona Goldman Mehran and Susan Goulian Renita Greenberg Alexa Kirkwood Hirsch Charles and Marilyn Perrin Edith High Sanchez and Paul Sanchez Lee and Judith Talner

GUARDIAN ($1,000–2,499)

Joyce Axelrod and Joseph Fisch Bjorn Bjerede and Josephine A. Kiernan Maureen and C. Peter Brown Nelson and Janice Byrne Carol and Jeffrey Chang Alain Cohen and Denise Warren Ruth Covell Martha and Edward Dennis Wayne and Elizabeth Dernetz Dr. Diane Everett-Barbolla Drs. Edwin and Wita Gardiner Norman J. Goldberg and Fusako Yokotobi Pat Jacoby Liz Lancaster and Eli Shefter Marvin and Reinette Levine Ruth Stern and Mort Levy Barbara and Robert Nemiroff Hans Paar and Kim Signoret-Paar Clayton and Susan Peimer 4

Program

Anne Marie Pleska and Luc Cayet Elaine and Jerry Schneider Robert and Lauren Resnik Arthur and Molli Wagner Zelda Waxenberg

SUPPORTER ($500–999)

Janice Alper and Charles Kantor Ginger and Ken Baldwin Douglas Bradley Sam and Teresa Buss Bill Coltellaro and Eric Cohen Bill Michalsky Phyllis and Ed Mirsky Nessa O’Shaughnessy Anne Otterson Edward and Arlene Pelavin Sharon Perkowski Samuel Popkin and Susan Shirk Joseph W. Watson

CONTRIBUTOR ($250–499)

K. Andrew Achterkirchen Connie and George Beardsley William and Wendy Brody Patti and Brian Carlos Jeffrey C. Donahue and Gail Donahue Meg and Allan Goldstein Carol Hinrichs Barry and Helen Lebowitz Robert and Arleen Lettas Athina Markou and Mark Geyer Joani Nelson Rod and Barbara Orth Carol Plantamura and Felix Prael Gary and Brenda Ratcliff Doug and Eva Richman Jim and Kathleen Stiven Mr. and Mrs. Eli Strich Johanna Thompson Sylvia Wechter

SPARK ($100–249)

Shirley Babior and Judith Richards Paulyne Becerra Mary L. Beebe Geoffrey Clow Ed and Edie Drcar Carol Hobson Renee D. Johnson Cynthia Kroll Jane and Herbert Lazerow Carole Leland Elaine and Howard Maltz Kate Oesterreicher Ina Page Luc R. Pelletier

Stephen and Susan Shuchter Janet Smarr Ellen Speert and Paul Henry Jimmy Tran Carey G. Wall Shirley Weaver Anonymous, In honor of Jimmy Tran

ARTPOWER STAFF DONORS Molly Clark Carolena Deutsch-Garcia Jordan Peimer Jason Smith Joanna Szu Rebecca Webb

CORPORATE SPONSORS

GRANTING ORGANIZATIONS

MEDIA SPONSOR

POWERPLAYERS PowerPlayers are an exceptional group of donors that have made a three year commitment to support ArtPower. This multi-year support is crucial to ArtPower’s continued success and growth.

Joyce Axelrod Joan Bernstein Alain Cohen Martha Dennis Phyllis Epstein Elaine Galinson Bobbie Gilbert Norman Goldberg

Renita Greenberg Eric Lasley Kim Signoret-Paar Hans Paar Robert and Lauren Resnik Arthur and Molli Wagner Zelda Waxenberg Pat Weil A portion of funding for ArtPower is provided by the UC San Diego Student Services Fee Committee.

Donor list as of 05.02.2016

ARTPOWER STAFF

Molly Clark, Associate Director of Artistic

Planning & Education Carolena Deutsch-Garcia, Associate

Director of Development John Morgan, Box Office Manager Sean Nash, Ticketing Coordinator Jordan Peimer, Executive Director Jason Smith, Production Manager Joanna Szu, Associate Director of Marketing

and Communications Rebecca Webb, Film Curator

STUDENT STAFF

Grason Caldwell, Marketing Assistant Crystal K. Chan, Film Curatorial

Assistant Intern Minhtri Chu, Marketing Intern Riley Dewitt-Rickards, Production Assistant Austin Eamnarangkool, Marketing Intern Keita Funakawa, Film Curatorial Assistant Camille Latzke, Marketing Intern Aileen Liang, Marketing Assistant Joyce Liang, Marketing Intern Derrick Lieu, Marketing Intern Cliff Mann, Film Curatorial Assistant Connie Oh, Marketing Intern Kendra Quinlan, Marketing Intern Emily Small, Marketing Intern Maryanee Vargas, Marketing Intern Bryant Vu, Marketing Assistant Karen Wang, Production Assistant

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Friday, May 20, at 8 pm Mandeville Auditorium Tickets: $28–46