The Balkan Fusion Project
Bulgarian-born
virtuoso accordionist Milen Slavov
joins forces with one of the West Coast's hottest Balkan brass bands, the Krebsic Orkestar, to create the "Balkan Fusion Project" in an evening of
energetic, danceable, and wild
gypsy-inspired music
with a twist. The show features original compositions by Milen and classic Old World
gypsy songs. Expect odd-meters, fast and virtuosic melody lines, a
powerful rhythm section made up of drums and low brass, and an
infectious, emotionally moving repertoire of...Balkan Fusion... energetic, danceable, wild!
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Milen Slavov
Bulgarian/Balkan
accordion music and World fusion
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Milen performing with
Yuri Yunakov at the
San Antonio International
Accordion Festival, 2007
photos by Kay Douglas
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Zhivka Papancheva
Traditional Bulgarian singing
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Born in Burgas on the
Black Sea Coast, Zhivka Papancheva is one
of Bulgaria's most famous singers of the
Strandzha style. She is a graduate of
Bulgaria's most prestigious musical training institute, the
Filip Kutev Music School in Kotel. As a student, she was the
solo singer exclusively chosen to represent the music school
in festivals, concerts and competitions. She was already
recording for Bulgarian National Radio/TV during her first
year at the school. After graduation, Papancheva was a
teacher at the Kutev Music School and has had many private
singing students. Zhivka is living in the USA since 2000,
and makes her home in Portland, Oregon.
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