Staff Reports
SAFFORD – The Gila Valley Arts Council is proud to present Musikaravan at the David M. Player Center for the Arts at Safford High School on Wednesday, March 26, starting at 7 p.m.
This is the final concert of the Gila Valley Arts Council’s season. Tickets are available at the door: $20 for adults and just $5 for children, for open seating.
Don’t miss your chance to see musicians of this caliber in person.
Per their website, “MusiKaravan is an intimate musical adventure that brings the intrepid quest of Etienne Gara’s and YuEun Kim’s 6-month pandemic road trip – through snow storms, tsunamis, ostriches and unexpected human interactions – into concert halls everywhere.
Now touring concert venues as a trio of two violins and a cello, MusiKaravan was born in April 2020 in response to the closure of all concert venues. Etienne Gara and YuEun Kim, violinists of L.A.-based chamber orchestra Delirium Musicum, decided to take to the road with their instruments and Boris, their 1971 VW bus, to bring music where it was most needed.
Living out of their vintage Volkswagen and performing concerts for farm workers, winemakers, random passersby, and even the occasional turkey, Etienne and YuEun traversed the west coast from Mexico to Canada and back over six months in 2020 and 2021. Filming their 4,000-mile trek as it evolved, their resulting 15-episode video series received the Audience Choice Award for Best Streaming Series in 2021 from San Francisco Classical Voice. Enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of viewers, their goal was to celebrate the dedicated people who ‘worked hard to feed us physically and emotionally with quality products.’
MusiKaravan captures and transforms the delirious energy of Delirium Musicum into more intimate, impromptu musical picnics. Performing selections for all ages and backgrounds, our trio punctuates the concert with stories and photo projections from MusiKaravan’s original 6-month journey. Short pieces from French chansons to audience favorites like Monti’s Czardas, from Brahms’ Hungarian Dances to Brazilian and Korean pop tunes, from Vivaldi to Charlie Chaplin, are selected during the concert together with the audience. It’s never the same concert twice!
MusiKaravan shines a special light on our instinctive and essential desire to connect with one another and share the emotional challenges we all face every day. More than a concert, the immediacy of a MusiKaravan show is a deeply human experience where music opens hearts and creates unforgettable memories.”
