Ross Daly
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Ross Daly is a world music
ian who specializes in music of the Cretan lyra. Although of Irish
descent, he has been living on the island of Crete
for over 35 years.
In 1990 Daly designed a new type of Cretan lyra which incorporates elements of lyraki, the byzantine lyra
and the Indian sarangi
. The result was a lyra with three playing strings of 29 cm in length (the same as the standard Cretan lyra), and 18 sympathetic strings which resonate on Indian-styled jawari bridges (the number of sympathetic strings was later increased to 22).
Daly has released more than 35 albums of his own compositions and of his own arrangements of traditional melodies collected during his travels.
In Summer 2004 he was the artistic director of the cultural program of the Olympic Games for the Olympic city of Heraklion on the island of Crete, titled "Crete, Music Crossroads". He organized and artistically supervised 15 concerts with the participation of 300 musicians from all over the world, including: Jordi Savall
, Eduardo Niebla
, Huun Huur Tu, Habil Aliyev
, Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan
, Mohammad Rahim Khushnawaz, Chemirani Trio
, Adel Selameh.
LPs
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
ian who specializes in music of the Cretan lyra. Although of Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
descent, he has been living on the island of Crete
Crete
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
for over 35 years.
Biography
Ross Daly has traveled the world, mainly in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent, studying various forms of local music traditions. In 1982 he established an educational institution called Labyrinth Musical Workshop, in the village of Houdetsi in Crete, twenty kilometres south of the capital city of Herakleion. More than 250 instruments that Daly collected during his travels are on show and hundreds of students from all over the world come to study with renowned international teachers of modal music each year.In 1990 Daly designed a new type of Cretan lyra which incorporates elements of lyraki, the byzantine lyra
Byzantine lyra
The Byzantine lyra or lira , was a medieval bowed string musical instrument in the Byzantine Empire and is an ancestor of most European bowed instruments, including the violin. In its popular form the lyra was a pear-shaped instrument with three to five strings, held upright and played by stopping...
and the Indian sarangi
Sarangi
The Sārangī is a bowed, short-necked string instrument of India which is originated from Rajasthani folk instruments. It plays an important role in India's Hindustani classical music tradition...
. The result was a lyra with three playing strings of 29 cm in length (the same as the standard Cretan lyra), and 18 sympathetic strings which resonate on Indian-styled jawari bridges (the number of sympathetic strings was later increased to 22).
Daly has released more than 35 albums of his own compositions and of his own arrangements of traditional melodies collected during his travels.
In Summer 2004 he was the artistic director of the cultural program of the Olympic Games for the Olympic city of Heraklion on the island of Crete, titled "Crete, Music Crossroads". He organized and artistically supervised 15 concerts with the participation of 300 musicians from all over the world, including: Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall i Bernadet is a Catalan viol player, conductor and composer. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for bringing the viol back to life on the stage...
, Eduardo Niebla
Eduardo Niebla
Eduardo Niebla is a Spanish guitarist. Besides his work with jazz and Spanish flamenco guitar, he has collaborated with trance group Juno Reactor and early in his career played in Spanish progressive rock band Atila, and the Franco-British progressive rock band Mother Gong.- Solo albums and...
, Huun Huur Tu, Habil Aliyev
Habil Aliyev
Habil Aliyev is a prominent Azeri kamancheh player. His music has been widely appreciated in the Middle East and Europe.He is well versed in Persian traditional music and has played for many years at Tehran concert halls. He has numerous recording with the prominent Persian classical musician...
, Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
, Mohammad Rahim Khushnawaz, Chemirani Trio
Chemirani ensemble
Chemirani ensemble is a notable Persian classical music ensemble.The group is made of Chemirani family:*Bijan Chemirani*Djamchid Chemirani*Keyvan Chemirani*Maryam Chemirani...
, Adel Selameh.
Discography
- White Dragon Seistron
- Elefthero Simio Sistron
- Pnoe Sistron
- Naghma Arion
- Mıtos Network Medien Gmbh
- Selected Works
- Cross Current
- Beyond The Horizon Sistron
- Echo Of Time Sistron
- At The Cafe Aman Network Medien Gmbh
- An-Ki
- Gulistan L'empreinte Digitale
- Iris Protasis
- Kin Kin Sistron
- Spyrıdoula Toutoudaki - Ross Daly / Me Ti Fevga Tou Kerou Sistron
- Mıcrokosmos Music Of Crete
- Synavgia Libra Music
- Live At Theatre De La Vılle / Avec Le Trio Chemıranı Naïve
LPs
- Anadysi
- Ross Daly
- Crete
- Hori
Concerts at festivals
Daly has performed in many venues and festivals:- Migration Festival, Taipei, Taiwan (2006)
- International Lute Festival, Tetouan, Morocco (2006)
- Madrid Summer Festival, Sabatini Gardens, Spain (2006)
- International Festival, Warsaw, Poland (2006)
- Manresa Festival, Barcelona, Spain (2006)
- Athens Concert HallAthens Concert HallThe Athens Concert Hall is a concert hall located in Athens, on Vassilissis Sofias Avenue....
, (1993, 2006) - National Concert HallNational Concert HallThe National Concert Hall is a concert hall located on Earlsfort Terrace in Dublin, Ireland, close to St. Stephen's Green, and is the principal national venue for classical music concerts in Ireland....
, Dublin, Ireland(2005) - Konzerthaus Mozart Saal, Vienna, Austria (2005)
- Thessaloniki Concert Hall (2002)
- San Francisco World Music Festival, U.S.A (2005)
- State Theatre Company, Adelaide, Australia,(2005)
- Théâtre de la VilleThéâtre de la VilleThe Théâtre de la Ville is one of the two theatres built in the 19th century by Baron Haussmann at Place du Châtelet, Paris; the other being the Théâtre du Châtelet...
, Paris, France (1992–93, 2002,2003,2005, 2008) - Festival de Saint Chartier, France (2003)
- Municipal concert hall, Kayseri, Turkey (2006)
- Skala Aglantza Nicosia, Cyprus (2005)
- Urkult Festival, Sweden(2003)
- Passionskirche, Berlin (1994,95,96)
- Rudolstadt Festival, Germany (2002)
- Aarhus, Denmark(1997)
- Huset theatre, Ahlborg, Denmark (1995–97)
- Copanhagen, Denmark (1995–97, 2003)
- Les Nuits Atypiques Festival, Langon, France (1995)
- Nikos Kazantzakis Theater, Herakleion, Crete (1996, 1999, 2001, 2008)
- Sodern Theatre Stockholm, Sweden (2004)
- Archaeological Museum, Madrid, Spain (1998–99, 2001)
- Festival of Murcia, Spain (1999)
- Isle of Wight Festival (2000)
- Oslo Cathedral (2004)
- Cemal Reşit Rey Concert HallCemal Resit Rey Concert HallCemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall is a concert hall located in the Harbiye neighbourhood of Istanbul, Turkey. It is one of the country's major concert halls, being the first one designed for classical music. It is named after the great Turkish composer Cemal Reşit Rey, the hall is owned by the...
, Istanbul, Τurkey (1997, 2005, 2006) - World Music Festival, Skopje, Macedonia (1999, 2003)
- Lycabbetus theatre, Athens (1987,91,93,98)
- Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, U.K (1998-2000-2)
- Purcell Room, London (2007), Clarinet Festival, Bretagne (2008)
- Jerusalem Oud Festival (2008)
- WDR, Munich, Germany (1999)
- WDR Wuppertal, Germany (1992)
- Protestant Church, Brussels, Belgium (2001)
- Luxemburg Concert Hall (1992, 1994)
- San Sebastien Festival, Spain (2008)
- Nuremberg, Germany (1992, 2006)
- Cairo Opera House (2006)
- Emirates Palace Theater (2006, 2007)
- Frankfurt, Germany (1992)
- Epidaurus Theatre, Greece
- Herodion Theatre Athens, Greece (1992, 1998)
- Bourges, France (2008)
- Al Dhafra Concert Hall, Abu Dhabi (2008)
- Rainforest World Music FestivalRainforest World Music FestivalThe Rainforest World Music Festival is an annual 3-day music festival celebrating the diversity of world music, held in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, with daytime music workshops, cultural displays, craft displays, food stalls, and main-stage evening concerts...
, Sarawak, Malaysia (2008)