PūoroTū - A Celebration of the Oro - Ep1
The first of two episodes featuring live recordings and interviews from Pyramid Club's Taonga Pūoro Festival held in November 2021. Pyramid Club along with Ruby Solly and Al Fraser hosted Pūoro Tū, a festival of “adventures in Māori instruments and sounds” in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. With a simple welcome to taonga pūoro players throughout the Aotearoa a significant event took place, the worlds first six day celebration of the oro of taonga pūoro. Thomas Lambert collected the recordings made during the festival, and conducted interviews. Live recording by Thomas Lambert, Warwick Donald, and Jonny Marks. Visit https://www.pyramidclub.org.nz/ for much more information about the festival and the performers involved. Also read this article by Ruby Solly about what took place https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2022/02/18/moving-from-revival-to-renaissance-the-first-taonga-puoro-festival/ ------- With thanks to Creative New Zealand.