The First San Francisco World Music Festival 2000
The First Annual SFWMF in May 16-28 2000 was a tremendous success with world musicians from the Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, Tuva, Armenia, and Iran. With approximately 20 different performance groups over the course of the 3-day Memorial Day weekend (Friday through Sunday) the festival presented Round Table Discussion moderated by Catherine Gollery, a World Music Film Screening curated by Stephen Parr and showcased the following world music artists:
Master Classes at San Francisco State University:
Palabuniyan Kulintang and "Southern Filipino Kulintang"; Jumping Buddha Ensemble and
"Chinese Music"; The Creative World Ensemble Master Class directed by Hafez Modirzadeh;
Dror Sinai and "Introduction to Hand Drumming"; Chirgilchin and "The Art of Tuvan Music".
Performances at Clarion Music Center:
Tipsy House (Celtic trio), De Iman (Caribbean trio), Deepak Ram (Indian bansuri flute
soloist), Georges Lammam (Arabic ensemble), Alan Kushan (Persian santur soloist), Nhut
Bui (Vietnamese dan bau soloist), Amazigh Music Group (Berber ensemble);
Performances at Cowell Theater:
Edessa (Greek), Chookasian Armenian Ensemble, Jumping Buddha Ensemble (Chinese),
Hossein Omoumi (Persian ney master), Alessandra Belloni (Southern Italian), Azerbaijan
Ensemble (master performers), Chirgilchin (Tuvan quintet), Habib Khan (Indian sitar),
Trance Mission (Didjeridu trance), West African Highlife Band (African).
