Ariana with pūtātara for Good Company Arts PEPE and Pōtaka Nautilus in Ōtepōti.

Ariana Tikao is a renowned practitioner and composer of taonga puoro, Māori traditional instruments. She is a New Zealand Arts Laureate who has gained recognition as a soloist with Aotearoa's principal orchestras and chamber groups such as Stroma and the New Zealand String Quartet. Her arts practice is rooted in her South Island Māori identity, with a palpable connection to place, and ancestral narratives. Ariana’s live performances move between realms, beyond time, and enable audiences to feel like they are being “bundled up in a big feather cloak and transported to another world”.

Ariana will perform a programme of vocal and taonga puoro music, both solo, and accompanied by members of the London-based Rothko Collective, including creative director and violist Dominic Stokes. They will perform some new works composed by Karl Sölve Steven (NZ/Sweden), as well as music by Luka Venter, Muriwai (Ariana Tikao and Bob Bickerton), multi-media works by Good Company Arts, and some improvisations.

https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/ariana-tikao/