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Imago Mundi este titlul unui vast tratat de astrologie scris in zorii Renasterii de catre cardinalul Pierre D’Ailly. Inventar de cunostinte despre toate tarile si popoarele lumii, lucrarea sustinea teoria (pentru prima oara acceptata!) potrivit careia pamantul este rotund.
Urmeaza 30 de ani de descoperiri – si Europa se confrunta dintr-o data cu America, Africa si Asia. Lumea incepe sa-si dea seama ca este finita si incepe sa faca primul pas spre propria unificare. Pe langa popularitatea povestirilor descoperitorilor noilor lumi, exista un al doilea motiv, care se refera la o particularitate a istoriei europene: “La Convivencia” facuse posibil contactul intre populatii foarte diferite din punct de vedere cultural – crestini, evrei, mauri si turci musulmani, africani animisti. Europenii cunosc asadar, pe baza propriului trecut si prezent, pluralitatea culturilor: recentele descoperiri nu reusesc sa le tulbure imaginea globala asupra lumii.
Originile istorice ale muzicii sunt eterogene; vechii muzicieni arabi au imprumutat copios din muzica egiptenilor, asirienilor, sumerienilor, fenomene asemanatoare avand loc in toata lumea. Multe dintre instrumentele folosite acum sunt descendente directe ale acelora reprezentate in frescele si sculpturile civilizatiilor trecute; instrumentele cu care cantam sunt atat instrumente culte moderne (flaut, oboi, corn englez, vioara, viola, chitara, fagot) cat si instrumente traditionale vechi (asa cum s-au pastrat ele de-a lungul trecerii timpului – baglama, bouzuki, ukulele, toaca, djembe, darbouka, tareya, castagnete), iar alaturarea lor nu este deloc intamplatoare: aceste instrumente au radacini comune (oboiul este “nepotul” bombardei); mai mult decat atat, ele se regasesc in aproape toate culturile lumii.
In anul 2001 Oana Maris si Daniel Ivascu pun bazele formatiei Imago Mundi. Pornind de la scopul declarat de a crea muzica de fuziune intre muzica veche si cea traditionala (muzica popoarelor lumii), pe baza materialelor adunate de-a lungul cercetarilor (incepute cu un an inainte, dar care continua si acum), cei doi aduna in jurul lor instrumentisti cu idei asemanatoare, dezvoltand impreuna atmosfera in care fiecare muzician are posibilitatea sa-si exprime tehnica solistica si improvizatorica. Pe de alta parte, ei isi canalizeaza creativitatea catre identitatea grupului ca intreg.
Invitati sa sustina concerte in Bucuresti, Iasi, Sibiu, Brasov, Bran, Fagaras, Rasnov, Targoviste, Imago Mundi pot fi intalniti in salile destinate muzicii culte, la festivalurile medievale, dar si in cluburile obisnuite cu concerte de jazz, blues si rock.
Nota: acest text este, fara indoiala, rodul influentelor pe care le-a avut asupra noastra studiul unor carti precum: Omul Renasterii (Eugenio Garin), Omul Medieval (Jacques Le Goff), Poezia trubadurilor (Teodor Bosca), Istoria Sefarzilor – de la Toledo la Salonic (Esther Bembassa, Aron Rodrigue), precum si cautarile pe site-uri muzicale din intreaga lume sau prin biblioteci electronice (fie apartinand unor institutii publice de specialitate, fie sustinute de oameni iubitori, ca si noi, de arta si cultura de reala calitate).
Multumim: Doru Dumitrescu, Mihai Rasnoveanu, Cosmin Zidurean, Mihai Plamadeala, Adrian Donose, David Sandor, Amedeo Achim, Cristina David, Dan Miron, Gore Lupsan, Oana Enachescu, tuturor celor care cred in noi.
Oana Maris / Daniel Ivascu
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Imago Mundi is the name of a vast treaty of astrology written, at the dawn of Renaissance, by Cardinal Pierre D’Ailly. It is an inventory of all knowledge on countries and peoples of the world, supporting the (accepted!) theory formulating that the Earth is round.
There follow 30 years of discoveries – Europe finds itself facing America, Africa and Asia. The world realises it can reach an end, and begins taking the first steps towards unification. Besides the popularity of the stories on the valiant explorers of new worlds, there is a second motif, referring to a particularity of European history: “La Convivencia” made possible the contact between diverse culturally populations, as Christians, Jews, Muslim Moors and Turks, animist Africans. The Europeans know, due to their own past and present, the plurality of cultures: the recent discoveries do not trouble their global view on the world.
The historical origins of music are heterogeneous; old Arab musicians have borrowed from the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Sumerian music, and closely resembling phenomena happened all over the world. Many of the instruments used for making music are descendants of those depicted in paintings and sculptures of past civilizations; the instruments we use are both modern (flute, oboe, English horn, violin, viola, bassoon) and traditional (as they were preserved during the times – djembe, darbouka, tareya, toaca, castanets), and combining them is not a random fact: these instruments have common origins (the oboe is a “grandson” of the bombard); furthermore, these instruments are to be found in the majority of world’s cultures.
In 2001 Oana Maris and Daniel Ivascu found Imago Mundi. Starting from the declared purpose of creating fusion music from early music and traditional music (world music), based on materials gathered from research (began a year earlier, still continuing); the two musicians form a band of instrumentalists with similar ideas, developing an atmosphere where each musician can express soloist and improvisatory techniques. As well, Oana and Daniel focus on the identity of the band as a whole.
Invited to concert in Bucharest, Iasi, Sibiu, Brasov, Bran, Fagaras, Rasnov, Targoviste, Imago Mundi can be encountered in classical music halls, in medieval festivals, and also in places with regular jazz, blues and rock concerts.
Note: this text is, undoubtedly, a product of the influences on us of the study of books as: The Renaissance Man (Edited by Eugenio Garin), The Medieval Man (Edited by Jacques Le Goff), The Poetry of the Troubadours (Teodor Bosca), History of the Sephardim – from Toledo to Salonika (Esther Bembassa, Aron Rodrigue), as well as from searches on music web sites from all over the world or in electronic libraries (pertaining to specialised institutions or supported by lovers of art and culture of real quality).
Thank You: Doru Dumitrescu, Mihai Risnoveanu, Cosmin Zidurean, Mihai Plamadeala, Adrian Donose, David Sandor, Amedeo Achim, Cristina David, Dan Miron, Gore Lupsan, Oana Enachescu, and all those who believe in us.
Oana Maris / Daniel Ivascu
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