Romanian turbo brass band Fanfare Ciocărlia return to Brno
PRESALE: CZK 530 (plus booking fees)
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The twelve-piece Fanfare Ciocărlia have played a major part in reviving and popularising Balkan music. They are full of energy and play at breakneck speed – hence the nickname turbo brass band. The band draws mainly on the rich traditions of Roma and Romanian music, but also on Turkish, Bulgarian, Serbian and Macedonian styles.
Their debut Radio Paşcani (1998) was a success soon after its release, and the second album Baro Biao (1999), featuring the well-known hit Asfalt Tango, confirmed the band's popularity. After the death of founding member and clarinettist Ioan Ivancea, they released Queens and Kings (2007), dedicated to his memory and featuring guest musicians from all over the world. To mark their 25th anniversary they released the long-planned and so far latest album It Wasn't Hard to Love You (2021), celebrating their career and their fans' support.
The band members come from Zece Prăjini, a small Romanian village that was almost cut off from the rest of the country and so managed to preserve traditional music that had died out elsewhere. The factory workers, who now and then played at weddings and funerals, were discovered by German producer Henry Ernst. Soon afterwards he brought them, now a newly formed band, to Germany for their first tour. Since then they have played several thousand concerts around the world, won a BBC Award for World Music and been the subject of the documentary Iag Bari – Brass on Fire. They have played in the Czech Republic several times, including a unique Balkan Brass Battle against Boban i Marko Marković Orkestar at Colours of Ostrava. Brno fans saw them this year at Mendel Festival and, in the past, at Kabinet Múz.