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Four virtuoso storytellers
Fri 09 April Amstelkerk, Amsterdam

Who travels can tell many stories, Boi Akih knows all about it. Not for nothing the group name refers to an ancient Indian fairy tale. Since 1996 the charismatic singer Monica Akihary and guitarist/composer Niels Brouwer form the chameleonic couple Boi Akih that performed from Eastern Europe and South Africa to Southeast Asia. Their repertoire sounds just as cross-border, in which divergent musical traditions organically merge with European impro-jazz. Renowned abroad, in the Netherlands Boi Akih is at best known among connoisseurs. Wrongly so, especially since the duo is constantly developing new travel stories. In other words, adventurous combinations with renowned musicians such as tabla player Sandip Bhattacharya and cellist Ernst Reijseger. For their latest album Storyteller, Akihary & Brouwer collaborate with Hungarian recorder player Dodó Kis and West African kora player Sekou Dioubate. Together four nomadic spirits who forge unexpected encounters into virtuoso stories. Moreover, a golden combination in prelude to Boi Akih's upcoming silver jubilee in 2022....

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Four virtuoso storytellers
Fri 09 April Amstelkerk, Amsterdam

Who travels can tell many stories, Boi Akih knows all about it. Not for nothing the group name refers to an ancient Indian fairy tale. Since 1996 the charismatic singer Monica Akihary and guitarist/composer Niels Brouwer form the chameleonic couple Boi Akih that performed from Eastern Europe and South Africa to Southeast Asia. Their repertoire sounds just as cross-border, in which divergent musical traditions organically merge with European impro-jazz. Renowned abroad, in the Netherlands Boi Akih is at best known among connoisseurs. Wrongly so, especially since the duo is constantly developing new travel stories. In other words, adventurous combinations with renowned musicians such as tabla player Sandip Bhattacharya and cellist Ernst Reijseger. For their latest album Storyteller, Akihary & Brouwer collaborate with Hungarian recorder player Dodó Kis and West African kora player Sekou Dioubate. Together four nomadic spirits who forge unexpected encounters into virtuoso stories. Moreover, a golden combination in prelude to Boi Akih's upcoming silver jubilee in 2022.

"The sultriest voice in the Netherlands is probably that of Monica Akihary. Together with guitarist Niels Brouwer she is working on an intriguing and elusive oeuvre that crosses musical geographical boundaries in all respects" - Het Parool

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