JANUARY
LE MYSTERE DES VOIX BULGARES (Bulgaria)
15.01 Stuttgart Liderhalle, Mozartsaal / D
BULGARA (Bulgaria)
Their music is a homogenous very groove mixture of extracts of Balkan and Bulgarian folklore with modern beats like drum & bass, funk etc.
Modern sound, adding to the beauty of the traditional Balkan Music.
19.01 Stuttgart Landespavillon / D
FEBRUARY
CHRISTIAN WALLUMROD QUARTET (Norway)
The Label ECM RECORDS www.ecmrecords.com
Arve Henriksen – trumpet
Nils Okland – violin / hardangerfiddle / viola d’amore
Per Oddvar Johansen – drums
Christian Wallumrod – grand piano / harmonium / toy piano
Music of character and quiet strength from four of Norway’s most independently-minded musicians. Three of them have impressive CVs in jazz and improvisation, the fourth is recognised as an innovator in the world of folk music. The music they play together in the Wallumrod Quartet defines its own territory, as the players negotiate the leader’s subtle, finely-constructed compositions.
02.02 Bielefeld Bunker WDR Mitschnitt / D
03.02 Lubljana Cankarjev Dom / SLO
05.02 Nürnberg Jazz Studio / D
FEBRUARY / MARCH
TONI KITANOVSKI & CHERKEZI GYPSY ORCHESTRA (Macedonia)
NEW ALBUM ON ENJA “BORDERLANDS”
The gipsy brass orchestra ‘Cherkezi’ were thrilled to collaborate with jazz artists. What came out is mysterious hounting melodies and rhythms that make one cry and laugh in the same time, a strange force that makes you move your body and your feet, the ability to play for several hours without a second of a brake, unusual professionalism and dedication to the performance.
23.02 Törlmaglern Gailtal / A
24.02 Feldkirchen Amthof / A
28.02 St.Pölten Cinema Paradiso / A
01.03 Wels Schlachthof / A
02.03 Vienna Ost Club / A
03.03 Waidhofen Thaya Igel / A
07.03 Kitzbühel / A
08.03 Innsbruck Treibhaus / A
09.03 Heidelberg DAI / D
IVO PAPASOV & HIS WEDDING BAND (Bulgaria)
“With a huge gut and unwieldy frame, Ivo Papasov seems an unlikely source for some of the most nimble and virtuoso music you’ll encounter anywhere in the world. After seeing him in concert, though, you’ll be left in little doubt that he’s one of the most interesting clarinettists around. He and his band race through numbers based on the complex rhythms of Bulgarian folk dances… “
Simon Broughton / World Music – The Rough Guide
24.02 Eeklo N9 / B
25.02 Amsterdam Concertgebouw-Oval Room / NL
27.02 Groningen Oosterpoort / NL
28.02 Eindhoven MC Frits Philips / NL
01.03 Middelburg Schuttershof / NL
02.03 Antwerpen Zuiderpershuis / B
03.03 Rotterdam De Doelen / NL
04.03 Utrecht Rasa / NL
MARCH
EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria)
Eva Quartet consists of some of the best Bulgarian female voices – the four solo singers of the world-famous female folk choir “Le mystere des voix bulgares”. Here the different voices are meeting in such a virtuosity that you are getting the feeling of listening to one. The singing of EVA is pure solo work and every tone can be felt very sensitively.
01.03 Antwerpen Zuiderpershuis / B
02.03 Utrecht St. Peter’s Church / NL
03.03 Amsterdam Concertgebouw / NL
04.03 Rotterdam De Doelen / NL
CRACOW KLEZMER BAND / BESTER QUARTET (Poland)
www.tzadik.com & www.besterquartet.com
Jaroslaw Bester – accordion
Jaroslaw Tyrala – violin
Oleg Dyyak – accordion, clarinet, percussion
Wojciech Front – double bass
The CKB are one of the most creative and innovative music groups in Poland – keep on searching for new forms of expression for their musical fascinations. The CKB are the only Polish group recording for John Zorn’s Tzadik label that has released their three CDs.
13.03 Fürth Klezmer Fest / D
14.03 Landau Haus am Westbahnhof / D
15.03 Rotterdam Theatre de Evenaar Rotterdam / NL
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22.03 Graz Festival / A
24.03 Feldkirchen / A
MARCH / APRIL
DUNABE MUSIC FESTIVAL
“Against The Stream”
www.danubemusicfestival.com
02.04 * BORIS KOVAC (Serbia)
04.04 * ZOLTAN LANTOS & KORNEL HORVATH (Hungary)
05.04 * ROMENGO GYPSY BAND (Hungary)
06.04 * KALMAN BALOGH & PETER RALCHEV Project (Hungary / Bulgaria)
07.04 * OTTO LECHNER & ANATOLY VAPIROV (Austria / Bulgaria)
07.04 * BLACK SEA TRIO (Bulgaria / Hungary / Crimea)
08.04 * EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria)
09.04 * IVO PAPASOV & ZIG ZAG TRIO (Bulgaria)
09.04 * ENVER IZMAILOV SOLO (Crimea)
APRIL
KAUSHIKI CHAKRABARTY (India)
BBC Music Award Winner!
“Kaushiki is the one young Indian classical vocalist everyone should listen to. Purity of voice, excellent control, maturity and a deep sensitivity demonstrate that this new CD is a milestone in the development of a great talent within India’s rich vocal heritage.”
11.04 Veere, Grote Kerk / NL
12.04 Rotterdam, Doelen / NL
13.04 Utrecht, Rasa / NL
14.04 Antwerpen, Zuiderpershuis / B
15.04 Amsterdam, Tropentheater / NL
16.04 Stans Musiktage / CH
17.04 Ascona / CH
19.04 Dublin / IRL
“COOH” BALKAN DANCE DJ (Bulgaria)
14.04 Brussels BEAUX-ARTS Festival / B
ENVER IZMAILOV SOLO (Crimea Tatar / Uzbekistan)
“By two handed hammering on he is making the guitar a new instrument which is in no way inferior to the polyhone possibilities of the cembalo. Izmailov’s tours through baroque quotations, Slavian folklore and sound excesses are technically and artistically pure magic.”
Uli Olshausen / Frankfurter Allgemeine
14.04 Worms / D
15.04 Landau / D
20.04 Stanser Musiktage Festival / CH
BLACK SEA TRIO
Enver Izmailov – guitars (Crimea / Uzbekistan)
Anatoly Vapirov – soprano saxophone (Bulgaria)
Kornel Horvath – percussion / udo, gato etc. (Hungary)
“The musicians succeeded in charming the audience with a vital mixture of rhythms, melodies, improvisation and repeated sounds of the East-European folklore. Highly complex and at the same time spontaneous music – like a conversation which sticks to the point and never develops into insignificance – without mannerism and always exciting.”
Birgit Gabler / Concerto
21.04 Freiberg, Jazztage / D
APRIL / MAY
GJALLARHORN (Finland / Sweden)
www.gjallarhorn.com & http://web18.lohmar.com/start.html
Jenny Wilhelms – vocals, fiddle, hardangerfiddle
Adrian Jones – viola, mandola, kalimba
Göran Månsson – sub contrabass recorder, flutes
Petter Berndalen – percussion
Gjallarhorn features world music with roots in the Swedish folk music of Finland. A personal and talented echo of the ancient folk music tradition of Scandinavia with its mythical medieval ballads, whirling minuets, prayers in runo-metric chanting and ancient Icelandic rimur epics. The Vocals feature ornaments and microtonality from the Scandinavian traditional way of singing, with elements of improvisation and influences from Indian classical music. The arrangements of the voice layers bring out the harmonisation of the Scandinavian folk music.
28.04 Waidhofen / A
29.04 München Kammerspiele / A
30.04 Schloss Goseck / D
MAY
EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria)
Eva Quartet consists of some of the best Bulgarian female voices – the four solo singers of the world-famous female folk choir “Le mystere des voix bulgares”. Here the different voices are meeting in such a virtuosity that you are getting the feeling of listening to one. The singing of EVA is pure solo work and every tone can be felt very sensitively.
28.04 Ulm Neue Musik Festival / D
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11.-12.05 Umea Festival / S
TONI KITANOVSKI & CHERKEZI GYPSY ORCHESTRA (Macedonia)
NEW ALBUM ON ENJA “BORDERLANDS”
The gipsy brass orchestra ‘Cherkezi’ were thrilled to collaborate with jazz artists. What came out is mysterious hounting melodies and rhythms that make one cry and laugh in the same time, a strange force that makes you move your body and your feet, the ability to play for several hours without a second of a brake, unusual professionalism and dedication to the performance.
18.05 Brussels / B
19.05 Bielefeld Festival / D
23.05 Halle Saale Objekt 5 / D
27.05 Rotterdam Dunya Festival / NL
31.05 Bath Festival / UK
01.06 Antwerpen Zuiderpershuis / B
02.06 Rödermark Jazz Fest / D
JUNE
MIHALY DRESCH QUARTET (Hungary)
Dresch Mihály – saxophon
Lukács Miklós – cimbalom
Szandai Mátyás – double bass
Baló István – drums
Dresch’s unique fusion of jazz with wild Hungarian music comes from the stomach as well as the head. Full of expressivity and passion it carries us away from the very first moment and does not let go after the end.
30.05 Brussels / B
31.05 Amsterdam Bimhus / NL
01.06 Idar Oberstein Jazz Festival / D
BALTIC QUARTET
Petras Vysniauskas – saxophone (Lithuania)
Vladimir Volkov – viola da gamba (Russia)
Bobo Stenson – organ, piano (Sweden)
Klaus Kugel – drums, percussion (Germany)
A really outstanding project – a wonderful trip into the world of sounds and improvisation. Here many experienced intrumentalists are united whereby every single musician does an expressive sound work in his individula way. With these musicians you might have the feeling of being in the world of sounds.
Improvised, expressively profound – simply genius.
09.06 Lüneburg Jazz Festival / D
EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria)
Eva Quartet consists of some of the best Bulgarian female voices – the four solo singers of the world-famous female folk choir “Le mystere des voix bulgares”. Here the different voices are meeting in such a virtuosity that you are getting the feeling of listening to one. The singing of EVA is pure solo work and every tone can be felt very sensitively.
17.06 Ettiswil Stimmen Festival / CH
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24.06 Limburg Festival van Vlaanderen / B
MADIOKO & RAFIKA (France)
www.madioko.com
Afro Funk Oriental from Paris.
Very Hot Afro-Funk Music with Oriental Sounds!
Enjoy the Groove!
23.06 Prague Festival / CZ
30.06 Cologne Festival / D
01.07 Cologne Matinee der Liedermacher / D
JULY
HECTOR ZAZOU SOLO (France)
6-8.07 Rudolstadt Festival / Keys Project / D
ACTORES ALIDOS (Sardinia)
Songs of the Sardinian women
From the Sardinia of the Tenores di Bitti (Bitti Tenors) an original project dedicated to the female polyphony. Songs of love and sacred songs, lullabies and popular dances, funeral laments and serenades.
06.07 Belmullet Festival / IRL
08. & 09.07 Wroclaw Festival / POL
CHERKEZI GYPSY BRASS ORCHESTRA (Macedonia)
NEW ALBUM ON ENJA “BORDERLANDS”
The gipsy brass orchestra ‘Cherkezi’ were thrilled to collaborate with jazz artists. What came out is mysterious hounting melodies and rhythms that make one cry and laugh in the same time, a strange force that makes you move your body and your feet, the ability to play for several hours without a second of a brake, unusual professionalism and dedication to the performance.
16.07 Trento Festival / IT
17.07 Trento Festival / IT
19.07 Kempten Sommer / D
20.07 Waiblingen Festival / D
JULY & AUGUST
IVO PAPASOV & HIS WEDDING BAND (Bulgaria)
“With a huge gut and unwieldy frame, Ivo Papasov seems an unlikely source for some of the most nimble and virtuoso music you’ll encounter anywhere in the world. After seeing him in concert, though, you’ll be left in little doubt that he’s one of the most interesting clarinettists around. He and his band race through numbers based on the complex rhythms of Bulgarienn folk dances…”
Simon Broughton / World Music – The Rough Guide
14.07 Kozani, Vlasti Festival / GR
15.07 Brussel, Brossella Festival / B
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31.07 Kapols Festival / HUN
02.08 Dolomiti Festival / IT
04.08 St. Nazaire Festival / FR
AUGUST
GJALLARHORN (Finland / Sweden)
www.gjallarhorn.com & http://web18.lohmar.com/start.html
Jenny Wilhelms – vocals, fiddle, hardangerfiddle
Adrian Jones – viola, mandola, kalimba
Göran Månsson – sub contrabass recorder, flutes
Petter Berndalen – percussion
Gjallarhorn features world music with roots in the Swedish folk music of Finland. A personal and talented echo of the ancient folk music tradition of Scandinavia with its mythical medieval ballads, whirling minuets, prayers in runo-metric chanting and ancient Icelandic rimur epics. The Vocals feature ornaments and microtonality from the Scandinavian traditional way of singing, with elements of improvisation and influences from Indian classical music. The arrangements of the voice layers bring out the harmonisation of the Scandinavian folk music.
04.08 Quedlinburg Festival / D
CHERKEZI GYPSY BRASS ORCHESTRA (Macedonia)
NEW ALBUM ON ENJA “BORDERLANDS”
The gipsy brass orchestra ‘Cherkezi’ were thrilled to collaborate with jazz artists. What came out is mysterious hounting melodies and rhythms that make one cry and laugh in the same time, a strange force that makes you move your body and your feet, the ability to play for several hours without a second of a brake, unusual professionalism and dedication to the performance.
11.08 Sziget Festival / HUN
14-19.08 Antwerpen Summer Festival / B
AUGUST / SEPTEMBER
EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria)
Link: www.myspace.com/evaquartet
Eva Quartet consists of some of the best Bulgarian female voices – the four solo singers of the world-famous female folk choir “Le mystere des voix bulgares”. Here the different voices are meeting in such a virtuosity that you are getting the feeling of listening to one. The singing of EVA is pure solo work and every tone can be felt very sensitively.
22.08 Cutrofiano La Notte della Taranta Festival / IT
25.08 Melpignano La Notte della Taranta Festival / IT
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14.09 Lauenau, Niedersächsischen Musiktagen, St. Lukas / D
15.09 Uchte, Niedersächsischen Musiktagen, Kirche / D
16.09 Leipzig, Evangelisch – reformierte Kirche / D
UBRE DEBRE GYPSY BAND feat. COOH (Bulgaria)
Kostadin Kostadinov – kaval (wooden flute)
Angel Metodiev – trumpet
Mitko Iliev – trombone
Stefcho Kolev – tuba
Kiril Karabadjakov – bass guitar
Stoyan Pavlov – percussion
feat. COOH (DJ)
UBRE DEBRE GYPSY BAND feat. COOH is a Bulgarian gypsy formation representing an extraordinary project with acoustic Gypsy music and Electronic sounds.
27.09 Amsterdam / Concertgebouw / NL
28.09 Utrecht / RASA / NL
29.09 Dortmund Domicil / D
OCTOBER
KALMAN BALOGH & PETER RALCHEV BALKAN PROJECT (Hungary / Bulgaria)
Kálmán Balogh – cimbalom (Hungary)
Peter Ralchev – accordion (Bulgaria)
Ateshhan Juseinov – guitar, tambura (Bulgaria)
Csaba Novák – double bass (Hungary)
* New Project of two great Balkan Musicians *
Peter Ralchev – the great Bulgarian accordion virtuoso with
Kalman Balogh – the great Hungarian cimbalom player!
03.10 Vienna Konzerthaus / A
CHRISTIAN WALLUMROD QUARTET (Norway)
The Label ECM RECORDS www.ecmrecords.com
Arve Henriksen – trumpet
Nils Okland – violin / hardangerfiddle / viola d’amore
Per Oddvar Johansen – drums
Christian Wallumrod – grand piano / harmonium / toy piano
10.10 Heildelberg Enjoy Jazz Festival / D
DEJAN TEZIC UNDERGROUND (Germany / Croatia)
Christian Weidner – saxophone
Frank Möbus – guitar
Henning Sieverts – double bass
Dejan Terzic – drums
The German Drummer and Cultural Prize Winner Dejan Terzic is presenting his current new project “Underground”. The central starting point of the musical interpretation are the folkloristic disclosures of the Balkan Area – music from Ex-Yugoslavia.
Dejan Terzic, beeing born in former Yugoslavia, also felt the need, at a certain point of his carreer, to start discovering and analyzing his musical roots, and transform these roots into the realms of modern Interpretation.
22.10. Magdeburg / D
24.10. Stuttgart / D
25.10. Frankfurt am Main / D
26.10. Bern / CH
27.10. München, Unterfahrt / D
28.10. Reutlingen / D
NOVEMBER
ANATOLY VAPIROV & HARRY TAVITIAN (Bulgaria / Romania)
Anatoly Vapirov – soprano saxophone (Bulgaria)
Harry Tavitian – piano (Romania)
This Improvised music is influenced by jazz, contemporary chamber music, the folklore of the Balkan and Armenia. Sheer Energy!
07.11 Belgium Festival / B
MUNADJAT YULCHIEVA (Uzbekistan)
Link: www.networkmedien.de
Munojatkhon Yolchieva – vocal
Shavkat Mukhamedov – rubab
Khodjimurad Safarov – doira
Malikakhon Ziyayeva – dutar
Marufjon Khalitov – gidjak
“Leading performer of classical Uzbek music and its Persian-language cousin Shashmaqâm. One of the Great Artist and Voices from Mid Asia!”
As a performer she is incredible, like a Queen – She is a part of the World Heritage!
02.11 Vienna Festival / A
03.11 Zürich Moods / CH
04.11 Bern Bee Flat / CH
07.11 Luxembrug / LUX
09.11 Brussels Musicpublique / B
BESTER QUARTET (CRACOW KLEZMER BAND) (Poland)
www.tzadik.com & www.besterquartet.com
Jaroslaw Bester – accordion
Jaroslaw Tyrala – violin
Oleg Dyyak – accordion, clarinet, percussion
Wojciech Front – double bass
The CKB are one of the most creative and innovative music groups in Poland – keep on searching for new forms of expression for their musical fascinations. The CKB are the only Polish group recording for John Zorn’s Tzadik label that has released their three CDs.
11.11 Burgos Festival / ES
BULGARA (Bulgaria)
Link: www.myspace.com/bulgaragroup
Their music is a homogenous very groove mixture of extracts of Balkan and Bulgarian folklore with modern beats like drum & bass, funk etc.
Modern sound, adding to the beauty of the traditional Balkan Music.
15.11 London Olympia / UK
DVUGLAS (Bulgaria)
Link: www.myspace.com/dvuglas
Old Music & Old Folk Music from Bulgaria
22.11 Vienna Sargfabrik / A
24.11 Stuttgart Laboratorium / D (double concert with EVA QUARTET)
EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria)
Link: www.myspace.com/evaquartet
Eva Quartet consists of some of the best Bulgarian female voices – the four solo singers of the world-famous female folk choir “Le mystere des voix bulgares”. Here the different voices are meeting in such a virtuosity that you are getting the feeling of listening to one. The singing of EVA is pure solo work and every tone can be felt very sensitively.
24.11 Stuttgart Laboratorium / D (double concert with DVUGLAS)
25.11 Vienna, Odeon Theatre / A
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14.12 Bari / IT
DECEMBER
ACTORES ALIDOS (Sardinia)
Songs of the Sardinian women
From the Sardinia of the Tenores di Bitti (Bitti Tenors) an original project dedicated to the female polyphony. Songs of love and sacred songs, lullabies and popular dances, funeral laments and serenades.
06.12 Vienna Konzerthaus / A
07.12 Nürnberg / D
BULGARA Acoustic feat. Gergana Dimitrova / EVA Quartet (Bulgaria)
Their music is a homogenous very groove mixture of extracts of Balkan and Bulgarian folklore with modern beats like drum & bass, funk etc.
Modern sound, adding to the beauty of the traditional Balkan Music.
13.12 Vienna Sargfabrik / A