Muriwai
Muriwai is a new musical collaboration of Ariana Tikao and Bob Bickerton.
The name refers to a confluence of two rivers, and their music is a convergence of Māori and Celtic musical traditions through celtic harp, vocals, and taonga puoro. Long-time collaborators, the pair have now developed a major work which journeys through time and place starting with a Kāi Tahu creation story relating to water, through to the arrival of people in Te Waipounamu, our impact on the environment, and imagined consequences of our actions.
This 40 minute work was first performed at NCMA in the Nelson School of Music auditorium on 4 August 2022 and is now available for festivals and concerts around Aotearoa.
Contact Ariana or Bob for more details
Auroko
Auroko is a song of hope and connection.
Te Ao Takata
Te Ao Takata is about the arrival of people in Aotearoa
Elegiac, ethereal, and urgent, Muriwai carry the message for our times. Conduits for the instruments and voices of the atua, their work is a journey from the source towards the future we must urgently protect. This is both balm for the soul and a rousing call to action - Jacquie Walters
On Tour October 2024
We’re thrilled to announce Muriwai will be touring with Chamber Music New Zealand in October 2024.
Click on the promo video above.
Please contact us for more details.
Auroko Release
We’re thrilled to announce that the studio recording of the beautiful Auroko is now released on Oro Records.
Click on the track artwork above to listen and enjoy.
Biographies
Ariana Tikao
Ariana Tikao (Kāi Tahu) is a composer and performer of waiata in te reo Māori and English, as well as being an exponent of taonga puoro. She has written many waiata in the Kāi Tahu dialect and has performed extensively around Aotearoa. In 2020 the New Zeland Arts Foundation awarded her the Jillian Friedlander Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Laureate Award.
Bob Bickerton
Bob Bickerton is a performer of both traditional Irish music and taonga puoro and has recorded with Richard Nunns, Aroha Yates-Smith as well as many others. He has performed extensively in concerts, festivals and schools around Aotearoa . Bob was appointed as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2015 New Year’s Honours list for services to music.