The annual Glatt & Verkehrt world music festival is set to take place July 3-26, 2015 in Krems (Wachau, Austria). The festival features a mix of traditional and contemporary music, world premieres, unorthodox artistic encounters and exhilarating new projects.
The artists from different parts of the globe have one particular thing in common: their involvement with their own musical roots, be they traditional folk music, jazz, classical music, or the avant-garde.
July 3 to 5 (boat trip through the Wachau region):
Krstić Orkestar, Boris Kovač & David Yengibarian, Svetlana Spajić Group, and Melinda Nadj Abonji (Reading)
July 9 to 10 (Spitz castle):
Die Steirischen Tanzgeiger – Reunion & Helene Blum-Harald Haugaard duo from Denmark, Matthias Loibner, Die Strottern Feat. Marc Unternährer & Puppenspieler Christoph Bochdansky ‘Wandertriebe’ (World Premiere!)
July 10, monastery (Stift Göttweig):
Workshop Reprises
July 22 to 26 (Winzer Krems, Sandgrube 13):
Hamilton De Holanda & André Mehmari Feat. Georg Breinschmid (Brazil/Austria),
Toto La Momposina (Colombia)
Germán Diáz Trio (Spain) Christian Zehnder & Gregor Hilbe ‘Oloid’ (Switzerland) & Der Gruppe Ndima (DR Congo), Wang Li & Epi (China/Mongolia)
Arifa & Waed Bouhassoun (Nl/D/Rum/Gr/Trk/Syr), Rabih Abou Khalil (Lebanon), Simon Shaheen (USA/Israel)
Iva Bittova (Czech Republic) & Hamid Drake (USA), Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite Of Everything (Canada), Sara Neufeld (Canada), Nelson Da Rabeca & Dona Benedita (Brazil), Toni Burger, Paul Dangl (Austria), As Well As The World Premiere Of An Encounter Of All Artists On One Stage
The New Standard Trio Feat. Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow & Bobby Previte (USA), Sofia Rei Quartet (Argentina), Hackney Colliery Band (United Kingdom)
More details at www.glattundverkehrt.at
Author: World Music Central News Room
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