Gitameit Myanmar Traditional Music Troupe

Myanmar Slide Guitarist Man Yar Pyae, U Tin, & colleagues joined the Traumzeit Festival 2011, in Germany while on tour.












Myanmar Slide Guitarist Man Yar Pyae, U Tin, & colleagues joined the Traumzeit Festival 2011, in Germany while on tour.
Short video filmed at GITAMEIT music center in Yangon, Myanmar on February 21. Featuring Gitameit teacher Saya U Tin playing the Saung Gauk, or traditional Burmese Harp.
by Ma Thanegi Gitameit is a combination of two words: ‘gita’, meaning music, and ‘meit’, meaning friendship. Artists came together in friendship at the centre last week from across the globe; from the United States, Thailand, Hong Kong, Germany, and Myanmar; for a week-long workshop culminating in two truly unique performances the likes of which [...]