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Balkan Horses Band
12+ albums
balkanethnoethno jazzbulgarian folkbulgaria
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The project was brought into completion 6 years ago and has performed ever since on many international festivals and concerts. The music and the story are recorded on a double CD and DVD, which participate in the BBC 3 radio competition in the "World Music" section. This debut on the air of the world-famous radio station has provoked huge interest. Unfortunately the lack of a precise musical category to fit this multi-national band was a sufficient obstacle to cancel its participation for the future. However, the indisputable success of this first and unique musical mega project in the domain of Ethno and World music has inspired its initiators and "ideological creators" – Krassi Jeliazkov and Peter Petrov – to continue with the next challenge: Balkan horses II. Popular and recognized names from the Balkan and international music scene will participate once again in the Balkan horses II band, only this time they will be "backed up" by a 20 people string orchestra, constituted by talented young Bulgarian performers. If one should describe these musicians, who gather on one scene wanting to create a musical journey in time, they are people attracted to the idea of establishing foundations between cultures, ethnos and traditions. They interlace past, present and future in their music, using the specifics of Balkan folklore. Together they will draw a picture of the Balkans through a music that unites the intonations of every different country on it. Folklore rhythms and melodie
