This will be an extraordinary musical moment at the feet of the dinosaurs.

The Crimean Tatars, a Turkish-speaking ethnic group, belong to the original population of the Crimean peninsula. After being deported to Central Asia under Stalin in 1944, they were unable to return until Ukraine gained independence in 1991. Since the annexation of Crimea in 2014, they have once again suffered massive repression.

In this project the Crimean Tatar  multi-instrumentalist Djemil Karikov  and his daughter  Nial Khalilova meet the Ukrainian singer and actress Natalia Rybka-Parkhomenko, who is also part of Kurbasy. As an ethno-musicologist, Djemil Karikov has rescued numerous folk songs from obscurity and contributed to the revival of a number of national musical instruments. In 2021, he published an anthology of traditional Crimean Tatar music “Qırımnın yerli muzıkası” (“Music of Crimea”). Together they combine two cultures, two languages ​​and two peoples in this project. Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar folk songs. In the Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian tradition, the plant “Yuşan” has a symbolic meaning: it would help not to forget one’s own roots and culture.

One thing is certain, the gallery of the dinosaurs is immersed in delightful musical poetry.

This concert also takes place at 6.30pm.

Musicians:

• Djemil Karikov: saz
• Nial Khalilova: cello
• Natalia Rybka-Parkhomenko: vocals

In collaboration with Museum of Natural Sciences.