The cobzar-collector of traditional music Simion Bogdan-Mihai, together with Taraf
Lăutarii de Mătase, presents a new show for the first time at Form Space, Friday, March 3.
Born in 1990 in Râmnicu-Vâlcea, Bogdan started studying kobzar at the age of 15. Starting in 2006, he traveled around Romania, collecting fiddle songs and learning from the few surviving fiddlers. He has collaborated with artists from various musical areas such as Taraf de Haidouks, Les Elephants Bizarres, Chimie, Samurai, and others. Since 2017, he has held numerous fiddle music concerts with the Lăutarii de Mătase troupe. He worked on the soundtrack of the documentaries "Flavors of Romania" and "Wild Carpathia" made by the British journalist Charlie Ottley. On May 1, 2021, he released the album "Valahia in Demol". The album was produced by Adrian Despot.
The show will have three general directions: a vein of Romanian peasant music, one of urban fiddle music, and one of generic Romanian pop music (waltzes, tangos, and cabaret songs from the beginning of the 20th century until after the Second World War).
The sound of the kobzar will be enhanced by Nelu Răducanu (timbal), Mandi Pană (violin), Cornel Neacșu (accordion), Robert Adam-Szoltan (double bass), and Cristi Adam-Szoltan (viola).
This event is 18+
