Mara! is an Australian world music

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. They have won 2

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s for

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in 1996 (''Ruino Vino'') and 2001 (''Live in Europe'') and they were also nominated in 2006 (''Sorella'') and along with the Martenitsa Choir in 1997 (''Sezoni'').

Members

* Paul Cutlan - clarinets, saxophones *

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- saxophones * Llew Kiek - guitar, bouzouki, baglama * Mara Kiek - vocals, percussion

Former members

Jim Denley Jim Denley (b 1957) is one of Australia's foremost improvisers of new music known for his improvisations on wind instruments and electronics. His radio work ''Collaborations'', produced by ABC Radio National radio won the 1989 Prix Italia for radi ...

- flute, alto sax * Michael Haughton - tenor and soprano saxes * Tony Gorman - clarinet and alto sax * Steve Elphick - double bass *

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- saxophones

Associate artists

* Stefan Kozuharov (librettist) * Silvia Entcheva (vocalist) * Daniele di Giovanni - engineer * Guy Dickerson - engineer

Associate artists: Schools performers

* Tim Clarkson - horns * Brendan Clarke - double bass * Dave Ellis - double bass * Loretta Palmeiro - horns * Sam Gill - horns

Discography

Albums

Awards and nominations

ARIA Awards

Mara! have won two

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from four nominations, all in the same category:

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1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

, , ''Sorella'' , , Best World Music Album , , , -

References

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External links

Mara!
Australian world music groups ARIA Award winners