Fourteen leading klezmer (Yiddish) and lautari (Roma) musicians, unite to lead a multi-cultural experience.

Formed and directed by Alan Bern, and funded by a grant from the European Union, this performance presents a supergroup that creates powerful, deeply emotional music.

Theirs is a collective sound that restores a centuries-old cooperation between two groups who inhabited the same space in present-day Moldova before being torn apart by war, the holocaust and immigration.

Featuring distinguished soloists from seven countries, The Other Europeans – which received the Best Practices in Favour of the Roma Community award from the European Commission – seeks to build new cultural relationships, mainly between two peoples often considered marginally European, but who have played a key role in creating and transmitting European musical traditions.

 

 

 

Valletta 2018, European Capital of Culture
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01 FEB 18

7 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND THE OTHER EUROPEANS THIS SATURDAY

1. To discover klezmer and lautari music
Discover this group of fourteen distinguished soloists from seven different countries including Bulgaria, Hungary and Moldova, who will be coming together to explore the common roots of Yiddish klezmer and Roma lautari music.

2. To learn something new
This is your chance to learn about the demystifying of connected cultures who cohabitated present-day Moldova before being torn apart by conflict    through the power of music, with the goal of creating a new heritage and a new shared European identity.

3. To listen to an eclectic mix of instruments
The concert will feature star musicians and virtuosi playing a wide selection of instruments for a whole 90-minute set. Whether you love the violin, cimbalom, accordion, clarinet, tuba, saxophone, clarinet or double bass, this interesting concoction of sounds is definitely something you should experience.

4. Director Alan Bern
The Other Europeans performance is directed by American composer, pianist, accordionist, educator and cultural activist Alan Bern, and during the night the musicians will be playing music from their award-winning album ‘Splendor’, which includes a selection of music that’s whimsical, emotional and at times very fast-paced.

The performance will be held in the St Agatha’s Auditorium at the St Paul’s Missionary College in Rabat.