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Kyle Hovatter

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San Francisco Based Composer/Organist
Newest Album “After the Cycle” available everywhere

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The first video of opening of last year's festival which took flight near the Turkish-Syrian border in September, weaving music, mythology, and movement into a breathtaking spectacle. Inspired by "The Conference of the Birds" by Persian poet Attar, our opening performance follows the mystical journey of birds in search of their king—mirroring our own quest for unity, resilience, and beauty through art.

✨ Vocals by the incredible Vanessa Kourtesi @vanessakourtesi (Greece)
🎶 Music performed by the talented musicians of Flying Carpet / Mixed by: Kyle Hovatter @kyle.hovatter / Visuals: Nima Dehghani @nimadehghani7 / Costume Design: Soheila Bajelan @soheilabajelan

In a world of borders, we create bridges. In a time of division, we tell stories of togetherness. Stay tuned for more magical moments from #FlyingCarpet2024! Thanks to our mother @sirkhane and our US partner @artogether__
Video: Özgür Mert @ooozgurmert

#FlyingCarpetFestival #Attar #ConferenceOfTheBirds #MusicBeyondBorders #VanessaKourtesi #ArtForPeace #TurkeySyria #RefugeeVoices #HerYerdeSanat #Sirkhane #FlyingCarpet #FlyingCarpet2024

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It’s taken me a few months to process my experience at the Flying Carpet Festival. Like most significant things that happen in life, the lessons and insights come into focus with time and distance.

Now it all feels like a beautiful dream.

Back in September I was transported away from the familiar land of self driving cars and microclimates to an ancient town in Turkey near the cradle of civilization.

I was joined by dozens of other artists from all corners of the globe who brought with them open hearts, curious minds and a desire to create something beautiful for children who have experienced traumas and displacement.

Within our 48 hours of meeting, we created a fully produced show and spent the next week performing it in neighboring towns. Day times were spent giving music workshops to the local children in the blistering heat. I didn’t speak the local dialects but luckily we were all fluent in the language of play.

The most profound experiences for me occurred in the relationships built with the other artists. The nightly sprawling conversations about life and art over shared meals, the spontaneous musical jams and bus ride sing alongs, the debke dance parties and the bonding forged out of long hard joyous days of work.

Woven into this beauty were the bitter reminders of the uglier side of humanity:

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📸: @s.opalka @aryadreaming

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I’ve taken a little social media break that stretched out to be way too long! But this family has inspired me to post again. They came into the gallery yesterday and the husband, Kyle, fell in love with this little painting, a memory in abstract of the Grand Canyon. He loved it so much and it gives me so much joy to know that. People don’t understand how important it is to artists to have this experience with another person. To connect with them through this medium. When I sit alone creating a painting, I never know where it’s going to go. Having the opportunity to meet the person who falls in love with it is priceless. Thank you, Hovatter Family!!!

#ThingsToDoInSutterCreek #thingstodoinhouston Amador #ArtinSutterCreek #Gratitude #LocalArt #SutterCreekGallery #TheSutterCreekGallery

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Some days ago I returned from what I consider one of the most magical purposes I ever had the chance to serve at. @flyingcarpetfestival founded by @sahbakia in collaboration with @sirkhane
@pinardemirallll @circusheroesofsirkhane and with @artogether__ as a partner.

Ten days of Joy and Magic, brought to hundreds of children along the Turkish-Syrian border, a lot of small humans displaced and hurt by war. The festival is an ode to magic, to love, to dedication. Resilience through refusing to lose faith in the good and beautiful, brought to the most vulnerable and most inspiring beings, by artists from all over the globe. Singing, dancing, juggling, jamming, organizing, loving, believing, laughing, crying, eating, all together.

Please take a moment to explore this wonderful gathering and circus spectacle and consider to donate to help make it happen again and again.

A rebellion of love in the service of children & adult hearts.

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Second set of photos by @s.opalka from our parade at Çınar near Diyarbakır. What an incredible for all of us again to parade through the park and start our performance at the amphitheater.

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Our first JAM session in Mardin in its glory from the lens of @s.opalka. JAM Sessions are opportunities for us to connect to the local scene, local artists and local youth. They are nights of free improvised music, dance and circus. We are so lucky this to be hosted at @pinardemirallll’s rooftop with a gigantic view of the Mesopotamia ♥️🙏🏽🌹

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Our parade on the third day at Midyat ♥️ Our parades represent the essence of childhood and we would love to have a parade in every city. They turn our artists, the local residents and everyone into playful children who can now play with the local children. Thanks again to @midyatbld for making this parde possible.

Gorgeous photos: @s.opalka

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Our second show at Kızıltepe Çatom @kiziltepe_catom_. Thanks to @s.opalka for capturing these precious moments. Also many thanks to @kiziltepe_catom_ for partnering with us and making this event possible. 🙏🏽❤️

You can still support out carpet: link in the bio 🔗

#FlyingCarpetFestival2024 #KızıltepeCATOM #SOpalkaArt #CircusJourney #ArtInMotion #VisionaryImages #CircusMagic #TravelingCircus #CommunityArt #InspireThroughArt #CircusLife #CatchTheMagic #LivePerformance #CircusArt #SpreadingJoy

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Second show at Kızıltepe Çatpm @kiziltepe_catom_ from the perspective of our incredible artist @s.opalka. Thank you for this visionary images! ♥️🌹🙏🏽

Our Flying Carpet will be traveling through many more cities and villages and we will keep you posted here!

You can still the magic carpet: link in the bio 🔗

#FlyingCarpetFestival2024 #KızıltepeCATOM #SOpalkaArt #CircusJourney #ArtInMotion #VisionaryImages #CircusMagic #TravelingCircus #CommunityArt #InspireThroughArt #CircusLife #CatchTheMagic #LivePerformance #CircusArt #SpreadingJoy

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This Saturday (1/8) 8pm at @oldfirstconcerts — pleased to share the program with these wonderful performers and performers! Will be both live-streamed and I’m person.

Thanks to @brettaustineastman for the video and helping organize this ❤️

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An honor and a magical experience making animations in collaboration w/ incredible composers in recent years @annaclynecomposer @kyle.hovatter @christocasa.

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Sing this beautiful hymn with us "You Are the Way" being aided by a bright red melodica :)
Link in bio

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