TreppEE, JP

For centuries, the Mari and Chuvash people have shared the Volga region of Russia, even though they come from different linguistic roots: Mari from Finno-Ugric and Chuvash from Turkic. Their musical traditions, while distinct, share regional influences shaped by generations of cultural exchange. Trepp - the duo of Anna Makeev and Sakiko Ishii - blends ancient Eastern Mari songs with experimental Estonian kannel music. Through the chromatic kannel's resonant strings, they build a sonic bridge between ancestral memories and modern innovation, creating mesmerizing sounds that harmonize perfectly with Eastern Mari singing traditions.