HKUST Arts Festival 2021 - ART, DESPITE THE PANDEMIC 藝術在蔓延

Video Releasing Period:
Mar 24 - Oct 10

Documentary by Mountains of Tongues: Gitara

Director and Producer: Dr. Stefan Williamson Fa
Language: Azeri dialects with English subtitles

Synopsis: 
Since the late 1960s the guitar has been adopted and transformed by musicians across the Caucasus. Inspired by traditional genres, such as the courtly mugham, and the songs and tunes of ashiq bards, guitarists have developed a unique sound, new techniques and styles of playing. Gitara traces the development of this musical subculture, following the lives of guitarists from the suburbs of Azerbaijan's capital Baku to the rural villages of Borçalı (Kvemo Kartli) in Georgia.