Gitanes Blondes

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Gitanes Blondes
General information
Genre (s) Klezmer , jazz , Balkan folk, classical
founding 1999
Website www.gitanes-blondes.de
Founding members
Mario Korunic
Current occupation
Konstantin Ishenko
Christoph Peters
Simon Ackermann
violin
 Mario Korunic
cooperation with
Giora Feidman

Gitanes Blondes (French) is a German music group from Munich , which is mainly dedicated to the musical styles of Klezmer , Balkan Folk and Jazz . The group includes the native Croat Mario Korunic ( violin ), Konstantin Ischenko ( accordion ) from Chelyabinsk , Russia, and Christoph Peters ( guitar ) and Simon Ackermann ( double bass ), both of whom are from Munich. All four musicians studied at renowned training centers for classical music. The name (German: Blonde Gypsies ) refers to the unusual constellation of Central Europeans playing Balkan music.

history

The band, founded by Korunic in 1999, played at the Safed Klezmer Festival in Israel , the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival , the Rheingau Music Festival , at Sternstunden in the Allerheiligen-Hofkirche Munich, the Chiemgauer Musikfrühling , at the Tollwood Festival Munich , the promenade concerts Timmendorfer Strand , im Gasteig Munich, at the Evangelical Church Congress in Dresden 2011 and the Walkenried cloister concerts .

On the cruise ship Europa in 2010 there was an encounter with the "King of Klezmer" Giora Feidman . This concert tour included a joint appearance by the Gitanes Blondes with the Argentine clarinetist . Feidman was enthusiastic and has since performed with the four guys from Munich, including at the Festival 28 Years Songs on a summer evening at Banz Monastery. The ensemble and the soloist completed a tour of Germany in 2012. In the same year, the joint CD Giora Feidman & Gitanes Blondes “Very Klezmer” was released .

Discography

  • 2002: Gitanes Blondes & Slava: "Silky Way"
  • 2007: Gitanes Blondes & Friends: "Journey" - featuring Olga Mishula (cimbalom) Slava Cernavka & Angel Antonov (clarinets) Xhafer Rukeci (percussion) Anna Shilova (piano)
  • 2009: Gitanes Blondes: "Ce Soir"
  • 2010: Gitanes Blondes & Slava: "Mamaia Beach"
  • 2012: Giora Feidman & Gitanes Blondes "Very Klezmer"
  • 2014: Gitanes Blondes: "Little Camel"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hartmut Griem: An old master on the clarinet. In: Weser courier . dated February 2, 2012.
  2. ↑ Mario Korunic: "Gypsy music" can not only be played by Roma and Sinti, but by all musicians who love this music. "Gitanes" means "gypsy" in French. "Since we are not Sinti or Roma, we call ourselves" Gitanes blondes ". From: bäckstage Volksmusik. To: BR-alpha . From July 2nd, 2012.
  3. ↑ a b Thomas Becker: A Bridge Between Cultures , in: Der Westen ( WAZ ) of January 22, 2012.
  4. ↑ from: Gitanes Blondes. | (Info) , on: the band's homepage
  5. ↑ Lothar Fritz: Feidman's clarinet enchants. In: Südkurier . dated August 7, 2012.
  6. ↑ discography
  7. ↑ New publication: Giora Feidman & Gitanes Blondes (2012)