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Fanfare Ciocarlia - Sydney Festival

Thursday- Fri. 16 Jan 09

$65 - $75

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Featuring:
Fanfare Ciocarlia
Esma Redzepova
Jony Iliev
Mitsou
Florentina Sandu
Kaloome
Aurelia and Tantzica

Fanfare Ciocarlia are Balkan master musicians whose concerts are always a party.

Winners of the 2006 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music, they are the world's foremost Gypsy brass band. This explosive ensemble creates a furious Balkan funk that excites a fan base stretching well beyond world music.

The music Fanfare make is relentless in tempo and ferocious in delivery. The 11-piece orkestar initially came to prominence in 1995, when German music lover Henry Ernst stumbled across their tiny village Zece Prajini. The band members were peasant farmers and factory workers; men who played at weddings, funerals and baptisms. Ernst was impressed enough to sell all his possessions and book some concerts for the orkestar he had named Fanfare Ciocarlia.

For their Sydney dates, the orkestar will be joined onstage by very special musicians and dancers from Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia, Hungary and France, representing the very best of the Gypsy music tradition.

Fanfare Ciocarlia line-up includes:
Dan Ionel Ivancea - Saxophone
Oprica Costel Ivancea – Saxophone & Clarinet
Laurentiu -Mihai Ivancea - Horn
Radulescu Lazar - Trumpet
Monel Trifan - Tuba
Costica Trifan - Trumpet
Costel Ursu - Drums
Calin Constantin - Horn
Nicolae Ionita - Percussion
Constantin Cantea - Tuba
Paul Marian Bulgaru - Trumpet

Guest Singers:
Esma Redzepova
Jony Iliev
Mitsou
Florentina Sandu

Kaloome:
Antoine 'Tato' Garcia – Guitar & Vocals
Sabrina Romero – Cajon & Vocals
Christ Mailhe – Guitar & Vocals

Guest Dancers:
Aurelia Sandu
Tantzica Ionita

Fanfare Ciocarlia & Special Guests also appear at The Gypsy Queens & Kings - Festival Jazz and Festival First Night.