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KABILE
Bulgarian Music
Friday, September 12, 2008
8 pm
Adults - $10.00 ** Children 12 & under – free
Your Inner Vagabond Coffeehouse
4130 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
This multi-talented group of six musicians perform the hauntingly expressive melodies, irregular rhythms, and fiery dance tempos of their native Thrace, in southern Bulgaria on traditional instruments: kaval (folk flute), gaida (bagpipe), tambura (guitar), tapan (large drum) and accordion. Their vocalist Donka Koleva was the featured singer in the film "Everything is Illuminated".
Information on this and on the other upcoming Balkan/Roma concerts in Pittsburgh, check out www.fluffygravy.com
Questions on this concert, places to stay, contact Lynette Garlan!
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS...
IVAN HANDZHIEV (vocals, accordions) is a native of the village of Lesovo in the Jambol region of Thrace. He began singing as a small child with his mother and other village singers and started playing accordion at age 9. He attended the Philip Koutev Secondary School in Kotel, then went on to the Plovdiv Conservatory. Ivan is a master of the ornamentation and improvisation technique unique to the Thracian style and has been on the faculty of the Philip Koutev Secondary Music School for over 25 years. (N.B. --- When Larry Weiner heard Ivan sing he thought he was one of the finest Bulgaria singers he'd ever heard)
NIKOLAY DOCTOROV (kaval) is from Varna on the Black Sea coast. He is a graduate of the Philip Koutev Secondary Music School in Kotel and the Plovdiv Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts. He has performed with the Bulgarian State Folk Ensemble “Philip Koutev” and the Horovod Ensemble in Varna, and is the director of the folk music orchestra Spectar. Nikolay is also the conductor of several regional folk ensembles and is currently on the staff of the “Anton Strashimirov” (post-secondary) High School in Varna.
DZHENKO ANDREEV (gajda) is a gajda player from the village of Hanovo in the Yambol region of Thrace. As a boy, he studied with local teachers and later attended the Philip Koutev Music High School in Kotel, where he developed his local style. Specializing in the traditional melodies from his village, Dzhenko has been a soloist with the Sliven Ensemble, and has performed with them in Bulgaria and abroad for over 20 years.
DONKA KOLEVA (vocals) is a native of the village of Tuzha in the Stara Zagora region of Bulgarian Thrace. She graduated from the Musical Folklore High School in Shiroka Luka, and performed for three years with the Sliven Folk Dance and Music Ensemble. She was the director of the Folk Song Chorus of Sopot, has been a featured soloist on Bulgarian Radio-TV. Donka has participated in many singing competitions in Bulgaria and Europe. Donka's voice has been featured on numerous recordings, and in 1997, her recording of "Javore" was named "Song of the Year" in the Bulgarian national radio competition.
ANGEL KRASTEV (tupan) was born and raised in Yambol in Bulgarian Thrace. He learned to play tupan from the village masters and as a child participated in many music festivals. In high school he formed a popular bitov band that was much in demand for festivals, weddings and other public events. He has served as a soloist with the Yambol Ensemble since 1973.
And joined by Pittsburgh’s, STOYAN KOSTOV – Master of the Tambura and Guitar!
Supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts.
Check out upcoming events at www.fluffygravy.com
KABILE
Bulgarian Music
Friday, September 12, 2008
8 pm
Adults - $10.00 ** Children 12 & under – free
Your Inner Vagabond Coffeehouse
4130 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
This multi-talented group of six musicians perform the hauntingly expressive melodies, irregular rhythms, and fiery dance tempos of their native Thrace, in southern Bulgaria on traditional instruments: kaval (folk flute), gaida (bagpipe), tambura (guitar), tapan (large drum) and accordion. Their vocalist Donka Koleva was the featured singer in the film "Everything is Illuminated".
Information on this and on the other upcoming Balkan/Roma concerts in Pittsburgh, check out www.fluffygravy.com
Questions on this concert, places to stay, contact Lynette Garlan!
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS...
IVAN HANDZHIEV (vocals, accordions) is a native of the village of Lesovo in the Jambol region of Thrace. He began singing as a small child with his mother and other village singers and started playing accordion at age 9. He attended the Philip Koutev Secondary School in Kotel, then went on to the Plovdiv Conservatory. Ivan is a master of the ornamentation and improvisation technique unique to the Thracian style and has been on the faculty of the Philip Koutev Secondary Music School for over 25 years. (N.B. --- When Larry Weiner heard Ivan sing he thought he was one of the finest Bulgaria singers he'd ever heard)
NIKOLAY DOCTOROV (kaval) is from Varna on the Black Sea coast. He is a graduate of the Philip Koutev Secondary Music School in Kotel and the Plovdiv Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts. He has performed with the Bulgarian State Folk Ensemble “Philip Koutev” and the Horovod Ensemble in Varna, and is the director of the folk music orchestra Spectar. Nikolay is also the conductor of several regional folk ensembles and is currently on the staff of the “Anton Strashimirov” (post-secondary) High School in Varna.
DZHENKO ANDREEV (gajda) is a gajda player from the village of Hanovo in the Yambol region of Thrace. As a boy, he studied with local teachers and later attended the Philip Koutev Music High School in Kotel, where he developed his local style. Specializing in the traditional melodies from his village, Dzhenko has been a soloist with the Sliven Ensemble, and has performed with them in Bulgaria and abroad for over 20 years.
DONKA KOLEVA (vocals) is a native of the village of Tuzha in the Stara Zagora region of Bulgarian Thrace. She graduated from the Musical Folklore High School in Shiroka Luka, and performed for three years with the Sliven Folk Dance and Music Ensemble. She was the director of the Folk Song Chorus of Sopot, has been a featured soloist on Bulgarian Radio-TV. Donka has participated in many singing competitions in Bulgaria and Europe. Donka's voice has been featured on numerous recordings, and in 1997, her recording of "Javore" was named "Song of the Year" in the Bulgarian national radio competition.
ANGEL KRASTEV (tupan) was born and raised in Yambol in Bulgarian Thrace. He learned to play tupan from the village masters and as a child participated in many music festivals. In high school he formed a popular bitov band that was much in demand for festivals, weddings and other public events. He has served as a soloist with the Yambol Ensemble since 1973.
And joined by Pittsburgh’s, STOYAN KOSTOV – Master of the Tambura and Guitar!
Supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts.
Check out upcoming events at www.fluffygravy.com
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