Medena Ensemble - Full Circle - Wellington
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Aotearoa’s premier Bulgarian Folklore Vocal Ensemble, lead by Tui Mamaki, returns -
offering a fresh collection of ancient melodies gathered on their recent trip to Bulgaria,
with exquisite a capella arrangements, crafted for their unique blend of women’s voices.
FULL CIRCLE is the culmination of an important year of mahi, which saw the ensemble
travel to Bulgaria for the first time together, to perform at the famed Koprivshtitsa
Festival and to study with some of the country's finest folklore keepers and vocalists.
This concert will be a presentation of livings songs, learnt in the living rooms, chitalishte
(community halls), and on the mountain tops of Bulgaria. Full Circle is the celebration of
the completion of a journey to the source - a vibrant feminine tapestry of traditional
Bulgarian song, where classic choral arrangements rub shoulders with rural treasures.
We invite you to celebrate with us in Te Whanganui-a-Tara’s beautiful St Peter’s on Willis
Church, in Te Aro, where voices make the wood sing, for spring equinox Sunday 20 Sept.
MEDENA ENSEMBLE : FULL CIRCLE (Wellington)
“The polyphonic fruition of an extraordinary vocal adventure in Bulgaria”
SUN 20 SEPT, 3pm @ St Peter’s on Willis, Te Aro, Wellington
Tickets : undertheradar.co.nz
Medena Ensemble will also be performing at SlavFest 2026 on Saturday 19th September - a free to the public
event - in collaboration with the new Wellington based Bulgarian women’s vocal ensemble “Slaveya-a-Tara”
Who are Medena Ensemble? Be it through classic Bulgarian folklore choir arrangements or obscure rural
treasure songs issue of Tui Mamaki’s long standing love affair with Bulgaria and its phenomenal voices, this
ensemble explore that compelling vocal tone, that bewitchingly close harmony, those playful odd-meter
rhythms and the colourful feminine fabric of a devoted community blend. Medena means “honeyed”! Highlight
performances to date include: Koprivshtitsa Festival (Bulgaria) and Ellen Melville Centre 2025, Auckland Folk
Festivals 2024-26, World Choir Games, VoCo & Unitarian Church with the Bulgarian Roses, in 2024.
www.tuimamaki.com/medena-ensemble
www.youtube.com/@MedenaEnsemble
offering a fresh collection of ancient melodies gathered on their recent trip to Bulgaria,
with exquisite a capella arrangements, crafted for their unique blend of women’s voices.
FULL CIRCLE is the culmination of an important year of mahi, which saw the ensemble
travel to Bulgaria for the first time together, to perform at the famed Koprivshtitsa
Festival and to study with some of the country's finest folklore keepers and vocalists.
This concert will be a presentation of livings songs, learnt in the living rooms, chitalishte
(community halls), and on the mountain tops of Bulgaria. Full Circle is the celebration of
the completion of a journey to the source - a vibrant feminine tapestry of traditional
Bulgarian song, where classic choral arrangements rub shoulders with rural treasures.
We invite you to celebrate with us in Te Whanganui-a-Tara’s beautiful St Peter’s on Willis
Church, in Te Aro, where voices make the wood sing, for spring equinox Sunday 20 Sept.
MEDENA ENSEMBLE : FULL CIRCLE (Wellington)
“The polyphonic fruition of an extraordinary vocal adventure in Bulgaria”
SUN 20 SEPT, 3pm @ St Peter’s on Willis, Te Aro, Wellington
Tickets : undertheradar.co.nz
Medena Ensemble will also be performing at SlavFest 2026 on Saturday 19th September - a free to the public
event - in collaboration with the new Wellington based Bulgarian women’s vocal ensemble “Slaveya-a-Tara”
Who are Medena Ensemble? Be it through classic Bulgarian folklore choir arrangements or obscure rural
treasure songs issue of Tui Mamaki’s long standing love affair with Bulgaria and its phenomenal voices, this
ensemble explore that compelling vocal tone, that bewitchingly close harmony, those playful odd-meter
rhythms and the colourful feminine fabric of a devoted community blend. Medena means “honeyed”! Highlight
performances to date include: Koprivshtitsa Festival (Bulgaria) and Ellen Melville Centre 2025, Auckland Folk
Festivals 2024-26, World Choir Games, VoCo & Unitarian Church with the Bulgarian Roses, in 2024.
www.tuimamaki.com/medena-ensemble
www.youtube.com/@MedenaEnsemble
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St. Peter's on Willis, 211 Willis St,Wellington, New Zealand
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