Byron Nicholai - Tengauryugtua (I want to fly) - Pan-Arctic Vision 2023

Tengauryugtua (I want to fly) by Byron Nicholai


Byron Nicholai, Toksook Bay (Alaska, USA - AK)

Byron Nicholai grew up in Toksook Bay on the far west coast of Alaska, on the brink of the Bering Sea. In 2014, Nicholai started uploading videos singing in his Indigenous Yup'ik language on social media. One video in particular went viral, deeming some media to dub him the "Justin Bieber of Alaska". In 2015, Byron Nicholai performed for United States Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington, D.C. at the Arctic Council.

Byron is a long term friend and collaborator of Anchorage Museum, the Alaska partner who helped us find this brilliant participant from the other side of the North. We are looking so much forward to Byron Nicholai´s magical fusion of tradition and contemporary beats!


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