"Muzika: Celebrating the Sounds of Eastern Europe" features
award-winning vocalist Natalie Nowytski (natalien.com) with friends, including
Bulgarian gadulka player Nikolay Gueorguiev, women’s a capella group Mila Vocal
Ensemble (milavocalensemble.com), Balkan party band Orkestar Bez Ime
(rogaria.com), and the folk supergroup Ukrainian Village Band
(ukrainianvillageband.com). At 7:00pm
the artists will give a talk on what to listen for in Eastern European music to
help those new to the music, followed by the concert itself at 7:30 pm.
Friday’s concert features a selection of music that covers
the Balkans to the Carpathians, including Bulgaria, Bosnia, Croatia, Latvia,
Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, as well as music of the Roma, the
Carpatho-Rusyns, and others. The audience might even see the musicians
intermingling and collaborating on songs throughout the program, as nearly
everyone on the stage has worked with one another at some point.
Tickets
for the Friday concert are by general admission, $12 for adults, $8 for students
and will be available at the door and by
phone through the Sundin Music Hall Box Office, 651-523-2459.
