The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York presents Maria Raducanu, one of the most original singers in Romania's jazz history, together with two international outstanding musicians: Krister Jonsson (guitar) and Chris Dahlgren (double-bass).
Following the group’s performance at Symphony’s Space “Wall to Wall behind the Wall” on May 15, 2010, the concert at Joe’s Pub features jazz translations of Romanian folk music, as well as romances from last century's Bucharest.
Maria Raducanu erupted on the Romanian jazz scene with a very personal translation of traditional Romanian music, which she renders in all its simplicity. Her incantations touch the listener with their spare and somber sonority. Fado and Balkan folklore, cradle songs and Russian romances, jazz standards and Sephardic songs, tangos and bossa-nova, all these different strains flow into each other, blending into an all-encompassing sound vortex. She has toured widely across Europe with both Romanian and international musicians.
Maria Raducanu is like no other before her ... - Gabriela Melinescu, Literary Romania ... un undescribable Voice - Maxim Belciug, Dilema
View a live performance featuring Maria Raducanu (vocal, Romania), Krister Jonsson (guitar, Sweden), Derek Shirley (double-bass, Canada)and Michael Griener (drums, Germany), March 2009, Corsica, a film by Paul Rognoni.
[Image: Maria Raducanu. Photo credits: Oana Ispir.]
