WIZARDS AND GYPSIES: THE ASSAD BROTHERS/ ROBY LAKATOS
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WIZARDS AND GYPSIES: THE ASSAD BROTHERS/ ROBY LAKATOS
March 19, 2010 7:30 PM
LUCAS THEATRE FOR THE ARTS
Series: Big World of Music | Series sponsored by
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS
Sponsored in part by
HUNTER MACLEAN
Additional support provided by
Don & Karen Ringsby
Brazilian-born brothers Sergio and Odair Assad (left) have set the benchmark for all other guitarists with their innovation, ingenuity and expression. Their internationally acclaimed artistry and uncanny ensemble-playing mixes styles, periods, and cultures. This program includes works by Albeniz, Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Gnattali, Brouwer, Jobim, Gismonti and Sergio Assad.
"A kind of wizardry lies within the playing of Sergio and Odair Assad... they produce a supple, flawless, unified sound." -The New York Times
Hungarian virtuoso fiddler Roby Lakatos (right) blends jazz and classical playing atop the gypsy violin tradition. His unparalleled technique places him among the world's finest players and his ensemble conjures a 19th century romanticism that fuses the village gypsy idiom with hot club jazz.
"Virtuoso is an overused term these days but in Roby Lakatos's case, it may even be an understatement... Terrific stuff from a band that makes playing exceptional music seem as natural as breathing." -Glasgow Herald (Scotland)
Listen: Roby Lakatos - Hungarian Dance No. 5
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