:: ELEN Music - CONCERTS 2010 ::

ELEN MUSIC 2010

JANUARY

UNNI LØVLIDs Project RITE
Link: www.elen-music.com/art089en.php
Link: www.myspace.com/unnilovlid

Unni Løvlid is one of the most exciting folk music performers around day, who dares to take traditional music to entirely new places, and has the creative imagination to do so. She is a versatile musician and artist and has experience from a great variety of projects and genres in the region Norwegian folk, contemporary music and electronica. It has taken four years to complete RITE, for which Løvlid has written all the words and music herself. The music on RITE lies somewhere between electronica, contemporary and world.

Unni Løvlid - vocal, electronics
Håkon Kornstad - saxophone, electronics
Thomas Strønen - percussion, electronics
Ingar Hunskaar - sound

18.01 Magdeburg Kammerspiele / D
19.01 Leipzig Telegraph / D
20.01 Marbug KFZ & HR Radio / D

Unni Løvlid - vocal, electronics
Håkon Kornstad - saxophone, electronics
Erik Skodvin “Svarte greiner” - electronics
Ingar Hunskaar - sound

24.01 Karlsruhe Tollhaus / D
26.01 Lubljana Cankarjev Dom / SLO
27.01 Feldkirchen Amthof / A
29.01 Linz Posthof / A

FEBRUARY

*** NEW ALBUM on ELEN MUSIC / SUMMER 2010 ***
EVA QUARTET & HECTOR ZAZOU feat. Special Guests
Laurie Anderson, Bulgara Group, Cecilia Chailly, Antoni Donchev, Robert Fripp, Bill Frisell, Djiavan Gasparian, Mehdi Haddab, Kaushiki, Zoltan Lantos, Nils Petter Molvær, Carlos Nunez, Bill Rieflin (REM), Ryuichi Sakamoto, etc.

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.

21.02 Kassel Kreuzkirche / D
24.02 Thun Mokka / CH
25.02 Dornbirn Spielboden / A
26.02 Wolfach Klausenbauernhof / D
27.02 Martigny Centre de Loisirs et Culture / CH

MARCH / MAY

*** NEW ALBUM on CONNECTING CULTURES ***
PROMOTION TOUR

RENE LACAILLE & BAND (Reunion)
Link: www.elen-music.com/art095en.php
Link: www.myspace.com/renelacaille

René Lacaille - accordion, ukulele, guitars, voice
Julian Babou - guitars
Yanis Lacaille - percussions, charango, backing vocals
Marc Lacaille - percussions, backing vocals
Oriane Lacaille - backing vocals, percussions, keyboard

Lacaille is the master of the spicy séga rhythms of l'Île de la Réunion, a volcanic island paradise located deep in the southwestern Indian Ocean. The embodiment of la Réunion's vitality, René is a man steeped in his culture's celebration of life and good times.

" ... The gravel-voiced troubadour in rumbustuous form, swinging between rum-soaked chansons and thumping singalongs ... "
The Observer UK

04.03 Vienna Sargfabrik / A
06.03 Dornbirn Spielboden / A
07.03 Heidelberg Karlstorbahnhof / D
09.03 Lubljana Cankarjev Dom / SLO
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08.05 Geneva Atelier d'ethnomusicologie / CH

MARCH

DUNABE MUSIC FESTIVAL
"Musical dialogues on the Memory of Europe"
Link: www.danubemusicfestival.com

HAIG YAZDJIAN, MIHALY DRESCH QUARTET, MATTHIAS LOIBNER, ALAN BERN & PETER RALCHEV, MISIRLI AHMET, FERUS MUSTAFOV, ELISABETH VATH, CARLOS NUNEZ etc.

This is very special trip. A condition is that the musicians have to play on sessions. So every night there not only concerts but also a lot of another sessions. The ambiente is very nice, because there are just 100 people on the ship. At the day the ship is in a city and you can visit the diferent places.

20.03 - 31.03. Danube River
Esztergom, Vukovar, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, Durnstein, Melk, Linz, Passau

YAZDJIAN-KIOURTSOGLOU-KARIPIS TRIO (Armenia / Greece)
Link: www.myspace.com/haigyazdjian

Haig Yazdjian - ud, voice
Yiotis Kiourtsoglou - el.bass
Vangelis Karipis - perc .

Haig Yazdjian was born by Armenian parents in Syria, and has been living in Greece for the last 20 years. Yazdjian was hailed for the unique ways he was blending diverse elements of the eastern Mediterranean music traditions vested in the practice of considering tradition as a live creative force.

24.03 Frankfurt am Main Die Fabrik / D
25.03 Steyr Akku / A
26.03 Danube Music Festival Budapest / HUN
27.03 Danube Music Festival Bratislava / SK
28.03 Danube Music Festival Vienna / A

SEVDA AZERI PROJECT (Azerbaijan)
Link: www.sonicbids.com/SEVDA

Sevda Alekperzadeh - vocal
Malik Mansurov - tar, ud
Salim Mammadov - bass guitar
Elchin Shirinov - piano
Natik Shirinov - perc / nagara, davul
Vagif Aliyev - drums, percussion

Her musical career has been formed by a synthesis between western and eastern music. She is also interested in classical and pop music. Her magical blend of music from East Asia, the Orient and the Occident caught the attention of experts from the East and from abroad. This unique way of adopting and adapting different musical traditions means that Sevda has opened up a whole new chapter in the history of Azeri Music.

27.03 Marseille Babel Med Fair / FR

MAY

*** NEW ALBUM on ELEN MUSIC / SUMMER 2010 ***
EVA QUARTET & HECTOR ZAZOU feat. Special Guests
Laurie Anderson, Bulgara Group, Cecilia Chailly, Antoni Donchev, Robert Fripp, Bill Frisell, Djiavan Gasparian, Mehdi Haddab, Kaushiki, Zoltan Lantos, Nils Petter Molvær, Carlos Nunez, Bill Rieflin (REM), Ryuichi Sakamoto, etc.

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 Utrecht Rasa Festival / NL
16.05 Hannover Masala Festival / D
18.05 Lich Bezalel-Synagoge / D
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30.05 Bath Fringe Festival / UK

BLACK SEA TRIO
Link: www.elen-music.com/art006en.php
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jy6e3z1Bks

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

18.05 Prague tba / CZ
19.05 Frankfurt am Main Fabrik / D
21.05 Hannover Jazzclub / D
22.05 Brussels Muziekpublique Molière / B
23.05 Nijmegen Music Meeting Festival / NL
25.05 Vienna Porgy & Bess / A

A MOVING SOUND (Taiwan)
Link: www.myspace.com/amovingsound

Mia Hsieh - vocal and dance
Tang Hsuan Lo - erhu
Hwa Jou Hsieh - zhong ruan, western guitar
Scott Prairie - zhong ruan, bass
Cheng Chun Wu - percussion, flute, erhu

Traditional Taiwanese, Chinese and neighboring Asian music forms are fused in new original song compositions. Instruments such as the Chinese erhu (a vertically held, bowed instrument), the zhong ruan (Chinese guitar), an assortment of western instruments, and the transcendent vocals and dance of lead singer Mia Hsieh, transport listeners on a journey that Global Rhythm magazine describes as "...delicately balanced between many worlds. an entryway to Eastern music and artful expression of the human condition".

" ... One of the most original outfits working in the world music arena today ... "
Tom Pryor / Global Rhythm Magazine

21.05 Spain Festival / ES
29.05 Helsinki World Village Festival / FI

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 presicion, 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.

25.05 Paris Unesco / F
26.05 Bonn tba / D
27.05 Bonn Museum / D

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.

17.06 Poznan Festival / PL

TENORES DE BITTI (Sardinia)
famous vocal quartet from Sardinia

19.06 Augsburg Festival / D

JULY

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 presicion, 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.

01.07 Leipzig naTo / D
02. & 03.07 Rudolstadt TFF Festival / D

KIRAN AHLUWALIA (India)
Link: www.elen-music.com/art088en.php
Link: www.myspace.com/musickiran
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QyQAG7mvpM

Kiran Ahluwalia - voice
Rez Abbasi - guitars
Nikku Nayar - bass
Ashok Bidaye - harmonium
Nitin Mitta - table

Kiran Ahluwalia's music is a reflection of her on-going quest to bring the ghazal style into a modern and global context - while maintaining the connections to its storied and poetic past. Though she may sing about unfulfilled desires, her music reveals a compelling harmony that unites diverse inspirations, into a truly sublime and satisfying whole.

"... Ahluwalia's voice is caressing and seductive and the arrangements are magnificent ..."
Songlines

22. & 23.07 Telemark Festival / NOR
28.07 Thun Mokka Festival (Option) / CH

SEPTEMBER

*** NEW ALBUM on ELEN MUSIC / FALL 2010 ***
EVA QUARTET & HECTOR ZAZOU feat. Special Guests
Laurie Anderson, Bulgara Group, Cecilia Chailly, Antoni Donchev, Robert Fripp, Bill Frisell, Djiavan Gasparian, Mehdi Haddab, Kaushiki, Zoltan Lantos, Nils Petter Molvær, Carlos Nunez, Bill Rieflin (REM), Ryuichi Sakamoto, etc.

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.

12.09 Roma Santissimo Nome di Maria / IT

JAZZ CD OF THE MONTH / RONDO MAGAZINE
*** NEW ALBUM ON ENJA & YELLOWBIRD ***

ISABELLE OLIVIER
Link: www.elen-music.com/art098en.php

Isabelle Olivier - harp
David Venitucci - accordion
Michel Bénita - double Bass

feat. Special Guests for different formations

Louis Sclavis - bass clarinet
David Linx - voice
Peter Erskine - 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

17.09 Lich Synagoge Festival / D

IVO PAPASOV & HIS WEDDING BAND (Bulgaria)
Link: www.elen-music.com/art014en.php

"... 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 clarinettists 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

15.09 Koblenz Cafe Hahn / D
16.09 Niedersachsische Musiktage Barsinghausen, Zechensaal / D
17.09 Niedersachsische Musiktage Isernhagen, Isernhagenhof / D
18.09 Niedersachsische Musiktage Schloss Haemelschenburg / D
22.09 Karlsruhe Tollhaus / D
23.09 Amsterdam Bimhuis / NL
25.09 Copenhagen Global / DK

SEPTEMBER

JOSEFINE CRONHOLM (Sweden / Denmark)
Link: www.elen-music.com/art101en.php

There hasn't been a singer like her -- someone who makes the quietness of her Swedish nature surrounding enchantingly audible -- for a long time. Cronholm's clear, high voice comes from out of nowhere, developing and weaving around sound and melodies with a calmness which is quite unique.

*** NEW ALBUM on ACT RECORDS ***
Link: www.actmusic.com

28.10 Munich Unterfahrt / D
31.10 Berlin A-Trane / D

NOVEMBER

MUNADJAT YULCHIEVA (Uzbekistan)
Link: www.elen-music.com/art055en.php

Munojatkhon Yulchieva - vocal
Shavkat Mukhamedov - rubab
Khodjimurad Safarov - doira
Dilfuza Khaydarova - dutar

"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!

03.11 Vienna Sargfabrik / A
04.11 Antwerpen Zuiderpershuis / B
05.11 Amsterdam Tropentheater / NL
06.11 Utrecht Rasa / NL
07.11 Veere Church / NL

DECEMBER

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.

09.12 Nantes / FR
12.12 Lörrach Festival / D

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