SUN

30 NOV

7PM

with thanks to our sponsor
PIANO RESTORATIONS LIMITED
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

SUN 30 NOV,  7PM

PETER CULSHAW & FRIENDS
Record Launch

Join Peter Culshaw and friends for the launch of his mesmerizing new album Surrender to Love, written as the soundtrack to the forthcoming film SAMA and just selected as one of Bandcamp's 'New and Notable’ albums.  

For this special launch gig, Culshaw’s nomadic piano blends with an array of stellar young European musicians:

Mariia and Nazar will also perform a beautiful set of their own of Ukrainian music, previewing further events in its support in the New Year.

Ukraine: MARIA PETROVSKA (bandura)
& NAZAR LEKH (sopilka)

Poland: BASIA BARTZ (violin)

UK:  HARVEY GIBBONS  (cello)

Peter Culshaw's 'Temple of Light'

‘music beamed back from a better future’

‘Mariia Petrovska gave a...rapturous recital…remarkable harmonic shifts and subtle quiet modulations’
Simon Jenner: ‘Fringe Review’

‘Mariia Petrovska stunned…with her angelic vocals… Everyone was in awe of her incredible talent.”...
I Love Manchester

PETER CULSHAW is a writer, composer and former member of West India Company on Brian Eno’s Editions EG label. As a music journalist, he has interviewed innovators from Steve Reich to Fela Kuti and reported from Siberia to the Amazon, experiences that also shaped his acclaimed book Clandestino – In Search of Manu Chao, published in ten languages. Following his acclaimed album Temple of Light, his new album Surrender to Love is the soundtrack to his film SAMA and  blends nomadic piano with Tanbur, Gamelan and Indian strings and winds, extending his visionary exploration of sound, travel and spirit

MARIIA PETROVSKA is a charismatic bandura player and singer, and one of the rising stars of Ukrainian music. She combines a complete mastery of the bandura with a pure, emotive voice, making Ukrainian traditional music sound utterly fresh and contemporary. Her mesmerising live solo performances frequently draw standing ovations, and it is Mariia’s belief that this ancient traditional instrument can find a new audience far beyond its Ukrainian home.

NAZAR LEKH is the ‘flute guy’, a wizard of the Ukrainian ‘sopilka’. And not just the sopilka – he possesses a unique and varied collection of traditional flutes, and he’s made himself a master of them all. His music is steeped in the haunting folk melodies of Ukraine, and he has been acclaimed in many international competitions and festivals. Yet he also whips up a heady storm of dance beats to packed halls across Europe in Ukrainian electo-folk band ‘Go-A’ which hit the headlines in Eurovision.

Cellist HARVEY GIBBONS is a rising young star of the crossover music scene, whose innovative approach blends different genres. He’s a highly accomplished classical cellist, who has played in orchestras, chamber groups and quartets, specialising in Late Romantic, Impressionist and 20th Century music. But he’s making a splash in World Folk, Indian Classical and Jazz among others, and his inventive style and desire to push the boundaries of his instrument come to the fore in collaborations with musicians such as Pearl Fish, Cosmo Pyke and George Jones.

BASIA BARTZ  is a Poland-born, London-based violinist known for her expressive, genre-spanning sound. Blending classical technique with folk, gypsy, and jazz fiddle styles, she has collaborated across Americana, experimental, jazz, and alternative scenes, performing at leading London venues and touring Europe. After years of prolific recording and gigging, she now forges an inventive, deeply personal solo path.

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