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THE OTHER EUROPEANS

Titre Original	THE OTHER EUROPEANS
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Année	2009
Format	DVD
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Langue	All. Ang. st Ang.
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Résumé	Lautari et Klezmorin à Israël, Moldova, Budapest, Weimar, Cracovie et Texas. The Other Europeans est un nouveau "supergroupe" de musiciens du monde du klezmer (musique juive) en partenariat avec des lautari (musiciens tsiganes roms). Le fondateur Alan Bern (connu de l'ensemble klezmer Brave Old World) a reconnu la similitude incontestable entre la musique klezmer et la musique tzigane et a découvert qu'en Bessarabie (une région de l'actuelle Moldavie) les villages où juifs et gitans vivaient très proches l'un de l'autre ont survécu à la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale, l'Holocauste et l'émigration ont mis en pièces. Les musiciens klezmer et lautar de l'époque s'inspirent du même répertoire mais jouent différemment selon les publics. Anciens disques klezmer et enregistrements ethnographiques de Moldavie, livres et articles, interviews : toutes ces sources d'information ont servi d'outils, parce qu'en fin de compte, il n'y a pas d'arrangements écrits qui soient concluants sur la façon dont la musique en Bessarabie s'est vraiment fait entendre. Alan Bern (piano, accordéon), Christian Dawid (clarinette), Mark Rubin (tuba, basse), Matt Darriau (sax, flûtes, clarinette), Paul Brody (trompette), Guy Shalom (batterie), Daniel Blacksberg (trombone) et Stas Rayko (violon). Des musiciens d'Europe de l'Est peuplent le sous-groupe du sextet Lautari : Adam Stinga (trompette), Adrian Receanu (clarinette), Csaba Novak (basse), Kalman Balogh (cimbalom), Marin Bunea (violon, voix) et Petar Ralchev (accordéon). Lautari and Klezmorin to Israël, Moldova, Budapest, Weimar, Krakow and Texas. The Other Europeans is a new 'supergroup" of musicians from the world of klezmer (Jewish music) in partnership with lautari (Roma gypsy musicians). Founder Alan Bern (known from the leading Klezmer ensemble Brave Old World) recognized the unmistakable similarity between klezmer and gypsy music and discovered that in Bessarabia (a region in the current Moldova) villages where Jews and Gypsies lived very close together survived until World War II, the Holocaust and emigration drove them apart. The klezmer and lautar musicians of that era took their inspiration from same repertoire but played in a different way depending on the audience. Old klezmer records and ethnographic recordings from Moldova, books and articles, and interviews: all these sources of information served as tools, because ultimately there are no written arrangements that are conclusive as to how the music in Bessarabia when truly sounded. Alan Bern chose to work with two subensembles. The intention was not to simply revive old music, but to use it as a basis for an innovative and creative project. To fulfill this mission, the finest virtuosos of both worlds are necessary. In the 8-piece klezmer subgroup, we find the following musicians from Western Europe and the United States Alan Bern (piano, accordion), Christian Dawid (clarinet), Mark Rubin (tuba, bass), Matt Darriau (sax, flutes, clarinet), Paul Brody (trumpet), Guy Shalom (drums), Daniel Blacksberg (trombone) and Stas Rayko (violin). Musicians from Eastern Europe populate the sextet Lautari subgroup: Adam Stinga (trumpet), Adrian Receanu (clarinet), Csaba Novak (bass), Kalman Balogh (cimbalom), Marin Bunea (violin, vocals) and Petar Ralchev (accordion). The result of this intriguing concept can be heard on the double album "Splendor," which was recorded during a concert in 2009 in Weimar, Germany. Although the music is completely instrumental, it was anything but a dull, academic affair, on the contrary, the music oozes enjoyment! And one quickly notices each musician here is excellent in his own right. On the menu are mostly suites of two or three parts. This alternation is an advantage, since not always the same musicians are at the forefront, making room for other combinations of small groups (duo, trio, quartet) or larger ensembles. Klezmer and lautari thus remain well separated, but the segues are very natrual and occasionally the two melt together smoothly, especially when the entire orchestra plays together. Emotions navigate smoothly between subdued, melancholy, passionate and festive!
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