Mantra tee / Festival Klaaspärlimäng 2026

Sat, July 11th at 10 pm

PATH OF MANTRA

Martin Kuuskmann (bassoon, dung-chen, Estonia/USA), Peeter Vähi (keyboards, percussion)

In programme: traditional, Vähi, Cage

A late-evening concert with an exotic, oriental atmosphere celebrates the long and fruitful musical collaboration between Peeter Vähi and Martin Kuuskmann, which has resulted for example in the music for the film Karu süda and the album The Path of Mantra. The latter serves as the basis for this concert. However, unlike the recording, Vähi and Kuuskmann will appear on stage as a duo, while the parts of Tibetan monks will be added via pre-recorded audio and as visual projections based on Vähi’s photographs. The soundscape is enriched with intriguing timbres and a cosmic dimension by a large Tibetan ritual horn, the Planet Venus Gong, and a tube metallophone created by German instrument maker Jochen Fassbender, based on a pure overtone scale. Adding further intrigue, the programme is not fully fixed in advance – the final selection will be made by the musicians on site, depending on mood, audience, and other circumstances.