Catch-Pop String-Strong Concert - 11 - La Lega (Traditional)

Описание: Deutsches Haus at New York University presents:
Catch-Pop String-Strong Concert
April 26th, 2013
Location: Deutsches Haus at NYU, courtyard

Jelena Poprzan (Serbia) and Rina Kacinari (Kosovo), based in Vienna, Austria, formed their duo, Catch-Pop String-Strong, in 2009. Their amazing stage appearance is both intense and full of humor. With just two stringed instruments and voices you get one great surprising groove, which is combined with a wide repertoire ranging from original compositions and classical tunes to Balkan and Scottish folk songs, from free improvisations to the songs of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht. Please note: Catch-Pop String Song's concert will be presented in our magical courtyard.

(...) They come from Serbia and Kosovo respectively, play the viola and the cello, occasionally raise their voices to sing, and restore their music of diverse origins with an almost existential love of the original. Yet their approach has nothing in common with a mere custodianship, but instead manifests itself in extremely intelligent and astonishing alienations and confrontations, performed with an enormous drive and an immense delight in fun, play and subtle rudeness. Technically their performance is faultless; after all, these two ladies have had classical musical training. Their origins account for an instinctive familiarity with regional traditions. (U. Olshausen, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, July 7, 2012)