“We learned Russian music, and of course Western European classical music, but nothing from our own Tuvan culture. I think that was the biggest problem of Communists - they didn't care about the cultural life of aboriginal people, here especially in Siberia. Maybe it brought them to collapse.” PeopleThinkingProblemCareCultureWesternCommunistClassical MusicAboriginal Author:Albert Kuvezin
“I want to sing using a throatsinging style, like for example kargyraa, but at the same time sing it like a normal way. Maybe I will try some opera. To sing a melody, and to sing not only Tuvan traditional melodies, but I would like to try Western classics, blues. I think Tuvan music and American blues are very close to each other.” ThinkingTryingStyleWesternMelody Author:Albert Kuvezin
“We are too much in the machine world today. Even here in Tuva we've got every year more and more cars and other technologies, and of course it brings more pollution to our air, to nature. And I think the idea of the Kraftwerk song is people should not be very much mechanized or to be a machine in the world of machines. The idea is to try to find a golden middle between the world of nature and the world of machines.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingTodaySongTechnologyCarPollution Author:Albert Kuvezin
“I would be happy if I could meet some musicians interested in different acoustics and traditional music. Maybe I will find some Native American or Latin tunes. Anything. Even maybe a great heavy metal guitar player or drummer, and we can do something wild together. My next step is making more music without formats or borders. Not just simple songs or doing covers, but music with more ideas. I think it will again be a synthesis with something else.” ThinkingDifferentTogetherSongSimplePlayerMusicianNativeLatinMetalsNative AmericanDrummerGuitar PlayerHeavy Metal Author:Albert Kuvezin