Constantinople
   Kiya Tabassian, setar, voice, and direction
   Darlene Gijuminag, Mi’kmaq drums and singing
   Celina Kalluk, Inuit throat singing
   Kianoush Khalilian, ney
   Didem Başar, kanun
   Etienne Lafrance, double bass
   Patrick Graham, percussion  

Breathings is a celebration of our intimate relationship with nature. It is a concert that places the breath at the centre of the musical act, in which Constantinople’s musicians and their guests from indigenous communities are guided by the pulsing of a heartbeat and the human voice in all its forms.