Brouhaha is a recording and performance project, combining music with anthropology in an attempt to address the disconnect with our nature and origins. Project founder and violinist Maiani da Silva has commissioned six stylistically eclectic musicians to compose for solo violin based on what intrigues them about our human nature. In addition, Maiani and the composers have collaborated with world-renowned scientists in the fields of evolutionary, paleo, and cultural anthropology, biology and primatology to gain insights on their chosen theme. What results is an imaginative collection of works that both transcends stylistic labels and embraces intellectual inquiry.

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The drive to express and understand are both deeply human. Brouhaha combines two cultural pillars—art and science—to further ask: What separates and also connects us to the delicate web of nature, other species, and one another?

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Brouhaha will be recorded in early 2025, and subsequently tour

North America and Europe.