Archa Theatre

Stepanida Borisova (Jakutsk) & Pavel Fajt (Czech Republic)

June 30, 8 p.m.
A concert that connects Shaman singing from Siberia with the avant-garde percussions of Pavel Fajt.
This concert is followed by a performance at the prestigious world music Festival in Rudolfstadt, Germany.

Stepanida Borisova

was born in 1950 in the District of Megino-Khangalaas in the Siberian Republic of Yakutia. After her studies at the famous Shepjin School of Acting, she started in 1974 an acting carrier at the Ojunski-Sakha-Theatre.
          She received, as well, the Ojunsky prize from the USSR and is a celebrated actress since this time. As a singer and performer Stepanida mastered many different styles of the traditional Sakha singing.
          In the entire Russian Federation and abroad, she won her special place in the world of music mainly as a singer of "tojuks" (improvised, epic songs). Stepanida sings "ugadan kurduk" as a shaman. In Kamlania female shamans are considered more powerful than male shamans. Though it is difficult to prove, it is said that her voice has healed people.
          With a unified work with other artists of her country she has been very important in the further developement of the Sakha culture. For this, she also is highly engaged in international projects with Hubl g and Luigi Archetti (Hulu Project - since 1996).
          She has made many guest appearences in international Theatre from such countries as, Mexico, USA, Finnland, Germany, Japan, Poland, Norway, Italy, France, the Czech Republic, Hongkong, Hungary, Great Britain and in the lands of the once USSR. In these countries she toured giving many concerts and has received international acclaim.

Pavel Fajt

Czech musician and composer, drummer and percussionist, has been a fixture for more than fifteen years in the grey area where rock music and new music meet.

Short - Winded Biography

1980-87 music for dance and theater - collaboration with the "Husa na provázku" theater etc.
from 1983 professional musician (groups "Nucleus", "Manana", "Jeste jsme se nedohodli")
1983-90 a founding member of "Dunaj" - famous Czech rock band (former name "Collective")
from 1985 duo with Iva Bittová (for more information visit http://www.bittova.cz)
1988 participation in the Mimi Festival, France, co-operation with guitarist Fred Frith
1989 collaboration with the French guitarist Ferdinand Richard and Iva Bittová
1990 project "Joseph Boys" with Vladimír Václavek and Marcus Therofal (The Blech)
1991 tour with the band "The Vogel Europas" and project with Fred Frith ("Music Unlimited 91")
from 1992 duo with American drummer Jim Meneses ("Songs for the Drums")
1994 touring with Anna Homler and Geert Waegeman ("Macaronic Sines", "Corne de Vache")
from 1993 performing as an improviser (solo for drums, voice and electronics)
1993 music for film and theater (Ctibor Turba in Prague, Christine de Smedt in Belgium)
from 1994 touring with Mikolás Chadima (project "Transparent People")
from 1995 founder of the group "Pluto" (1997 Victoriaville Festival in Canada)
summer 1997 music for theater - play "Mask" performed by "Theater of Comedy"
1998 music for dance / theater play "Hamlet: Part II" directed by Jan Nebeský
from 1998 touring with Stepanida Borisova from Yakutsk National Theater (World Music)