Meg Hamilton- violin/viola,
Harriet Mackenzie -violin,
Laura Anstee- 'cello, Shirley Smart- cello
Milos Milivojevic -accordion (guest)
Influences
In no particular order.....klezmer music, Sephardic music, flamenco, Bartok, Shostakovich, Piazzolla, Hungarian and Russian Gypsy music, Taraf de Haidouks, Ravel, Fairouz, Alicia Svigals, Arvo Part, nature, Roby Lakatos, Sheila Nelson, Selim Sesler, Bjork, Yehudi Menuhin, Kyriakos Gouventas, Stephane Grapelli, Philip Glass, Miles Davis, Picasso
Sounds Like
Kosmos's create their own cutting edge arrangements of Argentinian tangos, Russian, Eastern European and Balkan folk music with a contemporary twist.
Kosmos is an innovative string trio performing its own compositions, arrangements and improvisations. Inspired by traditional music, the ensemble offers a unique sound free from borders and labels. Kosmos explores the boundaries of Western Classical and Contemporary music with Eastern European, Gypsy, Balkan, Klezmer and Tango influences. Its baptism of fire at the Hydra Rebetika Festival in Greece (televised) in 2005 has led to performances at Portello River Festival in Padua two years running (also televised), broadcasts on Classic FM, performances at the Jewish International Festival and International Concert Season in Leeds, the Wales Millenium Centre, recitals at music clubs and societies across England including the Chichester Festivities, Pulse Festival in Suffolk, the Deal, Ryedale, Hexham, Swaledale and North Wales International festivals. London performances have included world premieres at St James’s Piccadilly, the Royal Albert Hall (‘Ignite’ series), The Spitz in Spitalfields, the London Fiddle Conference as well as at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts featuring a rope artist. Kosmos is committed to expanding contemporary repertoire and is thrilled to have collaborated with many composers; Robert Fokkens, Ben Oliver, Nadja Gabriela Plein and Owen Bourne have all written and dedicated pieces for the group. Kosmos is also proud to have participated in the late Yehudi Menuhin’s Live Music Now! scheme, which promotes the benefits of live music for all.
Based on traditional music from Gypsy, Jewish, Balkan and Tango traditions, Kosmos delivers a unique mix of entrancing dance rhythms, soulful improvisation and Gypsy passion with inimitable panache and virtuoso technique.
"Such is the quality and mix of music across the eleven tracks that Mazi Mazi easily stands repeated listening" RocknReel
Kosmos plays for the Sam and Ruby charity 27/06/08
Click on the image below to view the flyer in .pdf format.
Dear friends, I am playing a free gig at the beauteous Union Chapel, Islington this Saturday. The sunlight will be streaming through its vaulted windows as Blank Canvas and Arctic Circle present this gig during the blessed daylight hours of 12-2. And yea shall its hallowed interior be filled with all manner of scraping, wailing and gnashing of teeth. Let us pray. And then let us go to the pub.
Don't miss... DUB COLOSSUS “IN A TOWN CALLED ADDIS” Wednesday 8 JULY Dingwalls Camden Lock "as if Lee Scratch Perry were producing Ethiopiques" FT 12-piece band featuring musicians direct from Ethiopia www.dingwalls.com
You have surely heard about the tragic death of a brave young woman who was murdered in Iran just for peacefully protesting with her father on the streets of Teheran.
We invite you to see video of the concert that we offered last June 4 at Teatro de Rojas (Toledo, Spain) performing our concert "tr3s" on the occasion of the Opening of the Great Week of Corpus Christi.
We hope your comments and we will send you a greeting from Toledo, Pepa & Gabriel. ------------------------------- ETHNOS ATRAMO >> different kinds of world music through a prism vanguardist result of twinning between different languages, ancient tones of instruments and experimental electronic sequences. More music and information www.ethnosatramo.com
About this page: I have been very active in Domestic Violence causes all of my adult life. I noticed a need in the world pertaining to Same Sex Domestic Violence. It happens more than people know. Unfortunately there are a number of gay people who barely consider themselves worthy or valued as a gay person much less a Domestic Violence Victim. There are also very limited resources, statistics, or information, for Same Sex Domestic Violence. Hopefully through empowerment and education we can change some of this. :D
About this page: I have been very active in Domestic Violence causes all of my adult life. I noticed a need in the world pertaining to Same Sex Domestic Violence. It happens more than people know. Unfortunately there are a number of gay people who barely consider themselves worthy or valued as a gay person much less a Domestic Violence Victim. There are also very limited resources, statistics, or information, for Same Sex Domestic Violence. Hopefully through empowerment and education we can change some of this. :D
We are Pepa G. Lillo & Gabriel Navalón and we invite you to discover our new music project >> ETHNOS ATRAMO >> For more information visit our web: www.ethnosatramo.com.
In this web site you can listen our new live recording >> UNA MATICA DE RUDA >> Sephardic song from Rhodes (Greece).
Greetings from Toledo (Spain).
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ETHNOS ATRAMO >> diferentes músicas del mundo a través de un prisma vanguardista fruto del hermanamiento entre diferentes lenguas, ancestrales timbres de instrumentos y experimentales secuencias electrónicas.
Every time that we listen or write music... play an instrument... dance... act in a play... or work in some audio/image/video engineering process... Something is healing inside...
When we share it with friends... Something is healing all over...
Thank you Harriet, Laura and Meg to be my friends. You play a great music, either highly sensitive and energetic. Congratulations and kindest regards from beyond the Channel.
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