Lucian Ban & Elevation: Songs From Afar

Name: Lucian Ban & Elevation: Songs From Afar
Start: 2017-11-10T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2017-11-10T23:59:59+00:00
Location: Kirkland Performance Center

WHEN: November 10, 2017 WHERE: Kirkland Performance Center

“Songs from Afar”(in collaboration with Earshot Jazz), a unique concert that will bring together 12 musicians from Romania, New York, and Seattle, with rich and diverse musical backgrounds.

Celebrating the music of Romania this concert event is an amalgamation of Transylvanian folk with jazz and improvisation. Featuring Lucian Ban’s ELEVATION Quartet; master saxophonist Abraham Burton; Transylvanian singer Gavril Tărmure; and the Angela Drăghicescu Ensemble paying tribute to famed composer George Enescu with a new arrangement of the Romanian Rhapsody.

This event sets off the 4th Edition of the Romanian Film Festival: “One Eye Laughing, One Eye Crying: TALES FROM AFAR”, celebrating the connection between cinema, music and the other arts.