ELEN MUSIC 2007 ELEN MUSIC 2008 ELEN MUSIC 2009 ELEN MUSIC 2010 ELEN MUSIC 2011 ELEN MUSIC 2011 FEBRUARY *** SMAMANIC PROJECT FROM SIBERIA *** STEPANIDA BORISOVA ENSEMBLE (Jakutia) Link: www.elen-music.com/art032en.php Shaman vocals from Asia with drums and electronic. The vocalist Stepanida Borisova belongs to the Turkish people of Sakha who are living in Yakutia and who are rooted in the religion of shamanism. She is in command of different styles of Jakutian singing. 03.02 Antwerpen Zuiderpershuis / B 04.02 Amsterdam Tropentheater / NL 05.02 Utrecht Rasa / NL EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria) Link: www.myspace.com/evaquartet Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=77njz6krKj8 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. 06.02 Lerida / ES 08.02 Palma Mallorca / ES + 27.02 Barcelona / ES 01.03 Madrid / ES MARCH *** NEW ALBUM ON ACT RECORDS *** JOSEFINE CRONHOLM (Sweden / Denmark) Link: www.myspace.com/josefinecronholminperson Josefine Cronholm – vocal Gustaf Ljunggren – guitar Jonas Berg - piano, keys Gunnar Halle – trumpet + Thommy Andersson – Bass Bent Clausen - drums, vibraphone Cronholm's music is like poetry. A breathtaking, intuitive and absolutely original voice has found its own expression. 18.03 St. Ingbert Jazz Festival / D 19.03 Heidelberg Karlstorbahnhof / D ISABELLE OLIVIER (France) Isabelle Olivier - harp David Venitucci - accordion Louis Moutin - drums " ... We're under the spell : Isabelle's harp blends harmoniously with her magnificent quintet, offering an original, ground-breaking, repertoire. The music is beautiful, as unfettered and wild as the ocean, open on all ends. Each musician writes for the group and breathes his own poetry into the project ... " Jazzman / LE 23.03 Vienna Sargfabrik Akkordeon Festival / A APRIL *** WONDERFUL CHAMBER PROJECT *** KALMAN BALOGH & PETER RALCHEV BALKAN PROJECT (Hungary / Bulgaria) Link: www.elen-music.com/art045en.php 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! 15.04 Brussels Balkan Festival / B 16.04 Brussels Balkan Festival / B MAY / JUNE EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria) Link: www.myspace.com/evaquartet Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=77njz6krKj8 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. 13.05 A-cappella Woche Hannover / D 15.05 A-cappella Woche Hannover / D + 24.05 Murcia Festival / ES 25.05 Bergen Festival / NOR 26.05 Bergen Festival / NOR 27.05 Kristiansand / NOR 28.05 Arendal tba / NOR 29.05 Grimstad tba / NOR + 04.06 Augsburg Festival JULY EVA QUARTET (Bulgaria) Link: www.myspace.com/evaquartet Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=77njz6krKj8 01.07 Haarlem Internationale koorbiënnale / NL *** MILES DAVIS OF THE BALKAN CLARINET *** IVO PAPASOV & HIS WEDDING BAND (Bulgaria) Link: www.elen-music.com/art014en.php 01.-03.07 Roskilde Festival (one date) / DK CECILIA CHAILLY (Italy) Link: www.myspace.com/ceciliachailly 01.-03.07 Rudolstadt Festival / Harp Project / D *** GRAVEL-VOICED TROUBADOUR *** RENE LACAILLE & BAND (Reunion) Link: www.elen-music.com/art095en.php Link: www.myspace.com/renelacaille 01.-03.07 Rudolstadt Festival / D *** WOMAN FROM SIBERIA *** AYARKHAAN (Yakutiya) Link: www.elen-music.com/art096en.php Link: www.myspace.com/ayarkhaan 20.-24.07 BBC London / UK 29.07 Sines Festival / P 31.07 Womad Festival / UK AUGUST *** MILES DAVIS OF THE BALKAN CLARINET *** IVO PAPASOV & HIS WEDDING BAND (Bulgaria) Link: www.elen-music.com/art014en.php 12.08 Roccella Jazz Festival / IT SEPTEMBER *** CREATIVE BALKAN MUSIC *** DIVA REKA (Bulgaria) Link: www.myspace.com/divareka Kostadin Genchev - kaval Dimitar Hristov - tamboura Stella Bakalova - double bass Stoyan Pavlov - percussion feat. female vocal "Diva Reka" is a project for acoustic-ethno music on the basis of the Bulgarian folklore. The musicians bring this project together in order to show a different view on the Bulgarian folklore music and a different aesthetics of musicianship. The tasteful compositions are conceived with precision, while the improvised sections spurt with virtuosity, energy and charm. Their first record album will come out this year and features guest appearances of Gergana Dimitrova and Evelina Spasova -- soloists of Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, as well as Julia Gatderova from the Pirin ensemble. 10.09 Lich Festival / D *** MILES DAVIS OF THE BALKAN CLARINET *** IVO PAPASOV & HIS WEDDING BAND (Bulgaria) Link: www.elen-music.com/art014en.php " ... Ivo's wedding music, played first thing in the morning, provides thorough and long-lasting attitude adjustment for the busy executive ... " FRANK ZAPPA " ... Once again, Papasov has his band as well as the listener holding onto the tail of a tiger in this incendiary romp through traditional dance styles given a contemporary facelift ... " DOWNBEAT " ... With a huge gut and unwieldy frame, Ivo Papasov seems an unlikely source for some of the most nimble and virtuosic music you'll be left in little doubt that he's one of most interesting clarinetists around. He and his band race through numbers based on the complex rhythms of Bulgarian folk dances, grafting on jazzy improvisations ... " SIMON BRAUGHTON editor of THE ROUGH GUIDE TO WORLD MUSIC 22.09 Bonn Beethoven Festival / D 23.09 Luxemburg / LUX [ go Back ] [ go Home ] [ go Top] [ login media ]