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Estas Tonne (Ukrainian: Естас Тонне),
born April 24, 1975 in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, is a
Ukrainian self-styled "modern day troubadour" who primarily plays the
classical guitar in a style derived from Gypsy music.
Estas Tonne’ is a charismatic being who is committed to the artistic
expression and to the authentic unfolding of music. Authenticity and
self-renewal makes him explore the individuality of sound and the
possibilities of how the sounding source can create a space that arises
creatively and that in the same time allows the listener to momentarily
adapt it – for the purpose of wellbeing and for the purpose of a shift.
By traveling to countless countries and places Estas Tonne finds himself
in several cultural references without identifying himself with a
single nation or country, rather with the cultural richness of the
world. His music is therefore a reflection of many approaches. A fusion
of classical structure, technique of Flamenco, roots of Gypsy,
characteristics of Latin and Electronic Soundscape – a variety of styles
flowing into each other almost unnoticed and showing up as surprises in
a harmonious structure of sound, reaching out differently in each
performance, yet always in unique form and melody.
His music is getting shaped by emotional expression and a wide range of
audible elements that not only stem from various music genres but from
the access to emotions itself. They weave the sparkle of joy into the
music, the tension of challenges, the velocity of excitement, the
gentleness of openheartedness, the grace of divine connection and the
balance of the “I” at ease.
Life in the immediate presence is therefore integrating itself
technically and emotionally, acoustically and electronically,
dynamically and most often silently. All these influences create a new
soundtrack in each performance steadily raising the awareness for the
transforming and powerful within the sound.
Two opposites are the fields from where the music is formed. It is the
underlying structure of “I know“ and the additional uniqueness of
improvisation with the starting point of “I don’t know“. This particular
approach of creating music encompasses both, the foundation and freedom
in the same time. Thus, the soundspace unfolds according to the
respective situation and allows the composition, variation and musical
theme to appear with variety instead of repetition in the melodic line.
The meaning of “meditative“ does not mean minimalistic or motionless in
the musical happening, It rather means to create an access to the
personal emotional biography, its focus and situative conditions. As
different the listener’s state of mind can be, as dynamically different
an Internal Flight can be experienced.
Estas Tonne’ performs at concerts, conferences, Street, Yoga, Art or
other Festivals etc., yet he is involved in collaborations that range
from different film projects, poetry, meditation to dance or circus art.
His involvement in the film project “Time of The Sixth Sun“ shows him
in the role of the traveling Troubadour who spreads a meaningful impact
on society and the world while experiencing his inner transformation.