Telegram from Russia

Paul Winter and members of the evolving Great Rift Valley Orchestra presented a concert in Ekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains. This collaboration linked the African members of the orchestra with Azat Aitkulov, a player of traditional flute from Ufa in the Bashkir region in western Russia, (representing a Eurasian aspect of the Great Rift flyway). Mr. Aitkulov is considered to be perhaps the greatest Kurai player in Russia.