Wednesday, February 16, 2011

KLEZMERATA FIORENTINA - WOW! WOW! WOW!

Their West Coast premiere was tonight at the Norman Rothstein Theatre in Vancouver.  My friend Myra, very kindly treated me to this wildly wonderful performance.


Klezmerata Fiorentina is a quartet of principal players from one of the leading Italian operatic and symphonic orchestras - the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.  Formed in 2005 by Igor Polesitsky, violinist, with Riccardo Crocilla, clarinet, Francesco Furlanich, accordionist and bassonist,and Riccardo Donati, double bass player, their work is a reinterpretation of music from the southern frontier of Ukraine.  Varied and exciting, the music is influenced by Balkan, gypsy, Turkish and Yiddish traditions, which coexisted over the centuries on the vast territories along the shores of the Black Sea.

Don't miss the music streaming on their website:


I bought their CD "Fifteen Variations on the Theme of Life" and look forward to playing it for our friends!

1 comment:

  1. You've had a busy day!
    I am really enjoying your posts.
    You get out and about; seeing and doing some wonderful things.

    Jenny

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