 | | Venue: | Mermaid Arts Centre |
| | Date & Hour: Sunday 1st May, 8pm | |
| | | Featuring: | Emer Mayock (flutes, whistles, pipes), Nick Roth (saxophone, furulya, davul),Francesco Turrisi (accordion, harmonium, percussion), Kate Ellis (cello), Robbie Harris (bodhrán, bones). |
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| | Tarab (Italy/Irl) | | Line Up: Emer Mayock (flutes, whistles, pipes), Nick Roth (saxophone, furulya, davul), Francesco Turrisi (accordion, harmonium, percussion), Kate Ellis (cello), Robbie Harris (bodhrán, bones). | | | | Venue: Mermaid Arts Centre | | Date & Hour: Sunday 1st May, 8pm | | Price: €25 | | Also featuring: Tarab will open this double bill presentation, which will also feature Hamilton de Holanda and Andre Mehmari (Brazil). | | | In Arabic, “Tarab” is a state of ecstasy and surrender one enters while listening, with body and soul, to music.
In this case Tarab is an ensemble directed by Turin-born musician and composer Francesco Turrisi, and aims to create an imaginary link between aesthetic elements of Mediterranean music and the Irish instrumental and vocal tradition.
Taking common elements such as similar instrumentation, ornamentation and performance practice as a point of departure, Tarab develops a whole new multicultural musical language based on instrumental virtuosity and exciting rhythms.
Jazz and improvisation are also key elements in the musical creative process of Tarab. Tarab has collaborated with many guests such as Theodosii Spassov, Gabriele Mirabassi, Pedram Khavar Zamini, Bijan Chemirani, Andrea Piccioni.
The group were artists in residence at Bray's Mermaid Arts Centre for the duration of 2010, and have appeared at Bray Jazz Festival on a number of occasions. They will use this concert to launch their debut album.
Some of the most enchanting music I have heard this year- The Irish Times
One can only hope that a group as good as this gets the wider exposure it surely deserves - All About Jazz
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