The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra, founded in 2001, was one of the first professional concert orchestras devoted specifically to performing new intercultural music on a grand scale. It is currently the only ensemble of its kind in Canada, and one of only a handful that exist in the world. The VICO brings together musicians and composers from many cultural and artistic communities in the Greater Vancouver area, including Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese, Indian, Persian (Iranian), Latin and South American, Vietnamese, African, North American and European. The ensemble includes Western strings and winds (violin, viola, cello, contrabass, oboe, flute, clarinet) alongside Chinese erhu, sanxian, zheng, and sheng/suona; Persian kamanche, tar/setar, and tombak; Vietnamese dan bau; percussion from many world music traditions; and a variety of other instruments as required.
Since repertoire for the VICO’s unusual and diverse instrumentation does not already exist, creating new work is an integral component of all our programming. Developing new commissions (over 50 new Canadian works since 2001, and counting!) provides a necessary framework for bringing musicians and composers together to learn from each other, in a uniquely collaborative process. We build bridges of imagination. We approach diversity as a fascinating challenge and a creative call to action. We create and perform music that transcends borders and breaks down barriers, modeling a pathway for integrating non-Western traditional instruments, sounds and techniques into contemporary Canadian classical music.
Company Details
- Employees
- 8
- Founded
- -
- Address
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca
- Industry
- Entertainment Providers
- NAICS
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Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
- Website
- https://vi-co.org
- Keywords
- intercultural music, music education, composition, world music, contemporary classical music.
- HQ
- Vancouver, British Columbia
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Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra's website is https://vi-co.org
Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra's LinkedIn profile is https://ca.linkedin.com/company/vancouver-inter-cultural-orchestra
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Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra's categories are Entertainment Providers
Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra's founding year is 2001
