Tenterden Folk Festival
Friday 3rd, Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th October 2003
News release - July 2003
"A band of speed demons, laughing its way across the bumpiest musical
terrain"
The New York Times, October 16 2001
The traditional Romanian brass band, Fanfare Ciocarlia, will be appearing in a special concert at Tenterden Folk Festival on Sunday 5th October 2003. The band will be touring the UK at that time and were keen to include an appearance at an English folk festival.
This unique concert will be held in the new Community Theatre at Homewood School and has been made possible by generous sponsorship from Homewood School to whom we are extremely grateful.
Hailing from the secluded village of Zece Prajini in mountainous eastern Romania, near the Moldovan border, Fanfare Ciocarlia embodies all the bravura and vertiginous speed of Roman Gypsy brass band music. The band has become an international sensation since the world music network first caught wind of their hyper horn hoe downs, typically clocking in at a feverish 150 beats per minute. Playing a mixture of styles from the Balkans, the band plays with demonic speed. Their high-spirited music comprises a lively blend of traditional dances from Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia and Turkey played on horns, trumpets, clarinets and timpani. As well as from their own traditional music, the group take up current melodies from movies between Bollywood and Hollywood as well as adapting international radio hits to Fanfare Ciocarlia's very own style.
Over the last four years Fanfare Ciocarlia have released three CDs, entered music charts and received excellent reviews for their CDs and live performances. The band has toured incessantly around the world, playing in major cities like Tokyo, London, Amsterdam, Moscow, Montreal and New York. They have performed in festivals such as WOMAD, the Montreal Jazz Festival, and at Cartagena's Mar de Música, just to name a few. And now they are to appear in Tenterden at this year's Tenterden Folk Festival!
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