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Friday, January 13, 2012
Dance workshop with Steve Kotansky
7:30 – Cherven Traktor
8:00 – Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band
Dance party
8:30 – Cherven Traktor - Bulgarian folk music featuring Nikolay Kolev on gadulka (bowed rebec) and Donka Koleva on vocals
9 – Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band - from kolos to Kosturica – Romany and Slavic music of the Balkans
9:50 – Svitanya - Balkan dance music by a stunning Eastern European Women’s Vocal Ensemble from Philadelphia – listen
10:20 - Kavala Brass Band with Lefteris Bournias on clarinet – sublime clarinet and brass music from Greece and surrounds
10:55 – Ralph Iverson on gadulka
11:05 - MAL’CHIKI I D’EVUSHKI - Balkan folk party music – listen
11:50 - Raya Brass Band - exuberant Balkan music from the village of Brooklyn – listen
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Please NOTE: This schedule is tentative and is likely to change even up until the very last minute.
Last update: January 12, 2012, 12:16 am EST.
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| Start | Space | Band | Music (short) | Band Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/14/12 6:00 PM | Chopin Room | David's Harp | Music of Jewish communities from the Middle East and Balkans | Joseph Alpar-vocals, santouri, darbuka; Cynthia Folio-flute; Brenda Alpar-keyboard; Sergei Panov-violin; Dean Reynolds-electric bass; Carlo Valte-oud |
| 1/14/12 6:00 PM | Rainbow Room | Čoček Nation | Balkan music, young musicians' ensemble | Nathan Wolman, Sarah Ferholt-trumpet; Stacey Anne Sternberg-violin; Felicia and Anna Goldberg-dumbek; Lizzy Dargie-clarinet; Ellen Cooper, Sophie Kropf-accordion; Aaron Kisslinger-trombone; Ariana Harris-baritone; Becki Marcus, Emily-tupan; Don-tuba |
| 1/14/12 6:15 PM | Atrium | Brazda | Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Romani, and Greek- traditional and contemporary music | Shelley Thomas, Willa Roberts-voice; Jordan Shapiro-accordion; Connell Thompson-clarinet; Francesco Marcocci-bass; Ivaylo Kuchev-tapan; Rami El Aasser-riq, doumbek; Oksana Rosenblum-daf, tarabuka |
| 1/14/12 6:20 PM | Rainbow Room | Bulgardaş | Negotiating the musical borders of Bulgaria and Turkey | Jeremy Bloom-accordion; Varol Saatcıoğlu-gaida; Emily Geller-tapandavul |
| 1/14/12 6:25 PM | Grand Ballroom | Gogofski | Mostly Macedonian | Melinda Fields-accordion; David Golber-clarinet; Henry Goldberg-drum |
| 1/14/12 6:30 PM | Chopin Room | NY Spelmanslag | Scandinavian traditional dances: waltz, schottische, hambo and polska | Patrice, Margie, Rick, Carolyn, Petra, Paul, Lydia, Stacey Anne, David, Bruce, Loretta, Stefhan-violin; Scott Gianelli-guitar, bouzouki; citarra-Allison Meer; Rachel Givner, clarinet; Mel Meer-Nyckelharpa |
| 1/14/12 6:40 PM | Rainbow Room | Echidna | Greek rembetika | Heather Cole-violin; Emily Geller-doumbek; Kristina Vaskys-guitar, vocals |
| 1/14/12 6:45 PM | Atrium | Isra-Alien | Guitar duo playing Balkan and Middle Eastern arrangements | Gilad Ben-Zvi, Oren Neiman |
| 1/14/12 7:00 PM | Chopin Room | Harris Brothers Balkan Band | Roma-inspired folkdance tunes of the Balkans | Drew Harris-saxophone, clarinet; Laine Harris-trumpet; Lauren Brody-accordion; Helen Marx-bubanj; Jerry Kisslinger-percussion; Paul Brown-bass; Bill Cope-guitar |
| 1/14/12 7:05 PM | Grand Ballroom | Yuliyan Yordanov and Nedialko Ketev | Folklore music from Rhodope, Bulgaria | Yuliyan Yordanov-tupan,vocals; Nedialko Ketev-kaba gaida; Eva Salina Primack,Catherine Foster,Ethel Raim-vocals |
| 1/14/12 7:05 PM | Rainbow Room | Electric Goat Trio | Balkan bagpipe | Matt Darriau-gaida; Brad Shepik-guitar; Seido Salifoski-Balkan percussion; Ivan Goff-uilleann pipes |
| 1/14/12 7:15 PM | Atrium | Judith Cohen | Sephardic traditional songs | Judith Cohen, Tamar Ilana, Geoffrey Clarfield |
| 1/14/12 7:25 PM | Grand Ballroom | Eastern Watershed Klezmer Quartet | Romanian | Janice Coppola-clarinet, bass clarinet; Lynette Garlan-accordion, violin; Phil Van Ouse-tuba, bass trombone, helicon; RJ Heid-percussion; Nancy Vanderslice-oboe; James Rumbaugh-clarinet, recorder; Morgan Clark-santouri |
| 1/14/12 7:25 PM | Rainbow Room | TURKU, Nomads of the Silk Road | High energy village music from Turkey & Iran | Farzad Farhangi-violin; Ted Monnich-saz; Behyar Behipour-bass guitar; Carla Monnich, Daveed Korup-percussion |
| 1/14/12 7:30 PM | Chopin Room | West Philadelphia Orchestra | Traditional Bulgarian and Serbian songs | Petia Zamfirova, David Fishkin, Elliott Levin, Larry Goldfinger, Gregg Mervine, Nezih Antakli, Jim Parker, Adam Hershberger, Koofreh Umoren, Larry Toft, Steve Duffy, Brendan Cooney, and Janos Perge |
| 1/14/12 7:40 PM | Atrium | Penceresi | Balkan, Sephardic and Flamenco | Tamar -vocals, hand percussion; Mark -violin, vocals; Dennis -Flamenco guitar; Jaash -darbuka, cajon; Demetrios -oud, buzuki, baglamas |
| 1/14/12 7:50 PM | Grand Ballroom | Pesnopojka | Bulgarian traditional dance songs | Petrana Koutcheva, Shelley Thomas, Stoya Maglova, Petya Maglova, Eleonora Kozic -vocals; Nikolay Kolev-gadulka; Varol Saatcioglu-gaida, Ivaylo Koutchev-tapan |
| 1/14/12 7:55 PM | Rainbow Room | Niva | Macedonian village | Bridget Robbins-kaval; Corinna Snyder-tambura, vocals; Emily Geller-tupan; Kristina Vaskys-tambura, vocals |
| 1/14/12 8:00 PM | Chopin Room | Tribecastan | Folk and dance music from the Balkans and points farther East, re-imagined through New York's urban filter | John Kruth-banjo; Jeff Greene-mandolin; Matt Darriau-clarinet; Kenny Margolis -accordion; Dave Dreiwitz-bass; Scott Metzger-guitar; Boris Kinberg, Todd Isler-percussion; Claire Daly-b. sax; John Turner-trumpet; Chris Morrow-trombone |
| 1/14/12 8:10 PM | Atrium | Zhenska Pesna | Traditional Balkan Folk Songs | Carol Freeman, Lauren Brody, Ruth Orlowicz, Karin de Vries-vocals; Alan Zemel-tambura; Stoyan Kostov-tambura, guitar; Adam Good-oud, tambura; Umut Yasmut-kanun |
| 1/14/12 8:10 PM | Grand Ballroom | Lyuti Chushki | Traditional Bulgarian via D.C. | Tzvety Weiner-vocals; Len Newman-tambura; Varol Saatcioglu-gaida; Bruce Sagan-gûdulka; Larry Weiner-tupan |
| 1/14/12 8:25 PM | Rainbow Room | Rakiya | Electric Balkan Rom dance music | Dean Brown, guitar; Colin Ferguson, accordion; Dave Golber, clarinet; Heather Lee, vocals; Alan Mattes-sax, flugelhorn; Tim McNerney-bass; Grant Smith-drums; Patrick Yacono-clarinet, vocals, gajda |
| 1/14/12 8:30 PM | Chopin Room | Meraki | Traditional regional Greek folk music | Yaron Shragai-voice, hand percussion; Ben Pasamanick-clarinet; Dan Salomon-violin; Annemoon Van Erp-voice, violin; Sandy Theodorou-voice, accordion, laouto |
| 1/14/12 8:40 PM | Atrium | The Yale Women's Slavic Chorus | Choral a capella arrangements of traditional Balkan songs | Keren Abreu, Nila Bala, Justine Cefalu, Cynthia Deng, Abby Emerson, Anna Rose Gable, Leslie Hiciano, Chihiro Isozaki , Sarah Larsson, Rachel LaViola, Alexandria Marino, Katy Naples-Mitchell, Celia Rostow, Alexandra Turrini, Laura Wellman, Ayanna Woods |
| 1/14/12 8:45 PM | Grand Ballroom | Zurli Drustvo | Folkdances from Macedonia, Albania and Greece | Drew Harris, Laine Harris, Bill Cope-zurla; Jerry Kisslinger-tupan |
| 1/14/12 8:55 PM | Rainbow Room | Loretta Kelley | Springars and other Norwegian dance music | Norwegian hardingfele |
| 1/14/12 9:00 PM | Chopin Room | Chalgia Band | Traditional Macedonian music | Adam Good -oud; Corinna Snyder-vocals; Willa Roberts-vocals, violin; Polly Tapia Ferber-tarabouka, daire; Umut Yasmut-kanun; Jenny Luna-vocals |
| 1/14/12 9:00 PM | Grand Ballroom | Yuri Yunakov | Bulgarian and Macedonian Romany (Gypsy) wedding music | Yuri is a 2011 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship Award |
| 1/14/12 9:10 PM | Atrium | Slaveya Women’s Vocal Ensemble | A capella vocal music from Bulgaria and Georgia | Thea Austen, Karen Chittenden, Agnieszka Christian, Lacey Cope, Helen Fedor, Carlin Gayer, Anne Harrison, Jenny Lee, Kathryn Mitchell, Betsy Platt, Miriam Rollin, Leslie Root, Toni Schneider, Tzvety Dosseva Weiner |
| 1/14/12 9:20 PM | Rainbow Room | Kagero | Japanese Gypsy rock out of Brooklyn | Kaz Fujimoto-vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica; Jon Whitney-violin; Rob Simpson-vocals, acoustic bass; Kim Simpson-percussion; Shawn Crowder-cajon |
| 1/14/12 9:30 PM | Chopin Room | Which Way East | Balkan/contemporary | Eva Salina Primack-vocals; Jesse Kotansky-violin; Uri Sharlin-accordion; Rich Stein-percussion; Adam Good-guitar, oud, tambura |
| 1/14/12 9:40 PM | Atrium | Rosen Sisters | International folk dance music | Ariana Rosen, Amberly Rosen-violin, Bill Cope-tambura |
| 1/14/12 9:40 PM | Grand Ballroom | Zlatne Uste Brass Band | “Golden Lips” | Five-time invited guest of the Guča Trumpet Festival in Serbia |
| 1/14/12 9:50 PM | Rainbow Room | Ansambl Mastika | Electric Balkan dance party | Greg Squared-sax, clarinet, vocals; Ben Syversen-trumpet; Matthew Fass-accordion; Reuben Radding-bass; Matt Moran-percussion |
| 1/14/12 9:55 PM | Chopin Room | Wind of Anatolia | Turkish folk songs mostly from halk müziği | Ismail Siglam-baglama, Fatih Bayram-guitar, Esat Seyho-vocals, Ozcan Atav-drums, Frank Mastroianni-percussion; Imran Akcay-kanun, Rami El Aasser-darbuka |
| 1/14/12 10:10 PM | Atrium | Supruli - the NYC Georgian Choir | Georgian polyphonic folk singing | Carl Linich (director)-chonguri, Elena Belan, Suzanne Claire, Paul Clazing, Charles Collins, Ezra Halleck, Brian Dolphin, Marina Kaganova, Sunny Lawrence, Sarah Leitao, Reagan Copeland, Olivia Gunton, Rebecca Stanton |
| 1/14/12 10:20 PM | Chopin Room | Eva Salina Primack | Balkan dance music | Eva Salina Primack-vocals; Frank London-trumpet; Ron Caswell-tuba; Rich Stein-percussion; Peter Stan-accordion |
| 1/14/12 10:20 PM | Rainbow Room | Souren Baronian | Middle Eastern fusion | Souren Baronian-clarinet; Robert Boghosian-oud; Polly Tapia Ferber-percussion; Paul Brown-bass |
| 1/14/12 10:30 PM | Grand Ballroom | Mal'chiki i D'evushki | balkan-gypsy-klezmer-party-punk super-band | http://youtu.be/YxSu7CvR3QY |
| 1/14/12 10:35 PM | Atrium | Black Sea Hotel | Balkan a cappella | Willa Roberts, Sarah Small, Corinna Snyder |
| 1/14/12 10:50 PM | Chopin Room | Zikrayat | Arab classical music and dance traditions | Salma Habib-vocals; Hadi el-Debek-oud; Bridget Robbins-nay (cane flute); Tareq Abboushi-buzuq (long-necked lute); Umut Yasmut-kanun (zither); Apostolos Sideris-bass; Rami el-Aasser-darbouka (goblet drum), Johnny Farraj-riqq (tambourine) |
| 1/14/12 11:00 PM | Rainbow Room | Balkan Tales | Balkan Tales offers a fresh take on Bulgarian folk songs | Vlada Tomova-voice; Kyle Sanna-guitar; Harvey Valdes-oud; Uri Sharlin-accordion; Mike Savino-bass; Mathias Kunzli-percussion |
| 1/14/12 11:05 PM | Atrium | Tenores de Aterúe | Traditional a cappella from Italy, Corsica, and Sardinia | Avery Book, Gideon Crevoshay, Carl Linich, Doug Paisley |
| 1/14/12 11:05 PM | Grand Ballroom | Zurli Drustvo | Folkdances from Macedonia, Albania and Greece | Drew Harris, Laine Harris, Bill Cope-zurla; Jerry Kisslinger-tupan |
| 1/14/12 11:15 PM | Chopin Room | Scott Wilson & Efendi | Music of the Middle East | Scott Wilson-oud, vocals; Jim Nordstrom-bass; Souren Baronian-clarinet; Umut Yasmut-kanun; Carmine Guida-dumbek |
| 1/14/12 11:15 PM | Grand Ballroom | Sazet Band | Macedonian/Rom music | Sal Mamudoski-clarinet; Romeo Kurtali-sax, clarinet; Caner Tokgozol- solo keyboards; Remzi Demo-bass keyboards; Kurte Kurtali-drums; Amdi Seyfedinov-dumbek; Beni Kurtis, Ferdi Demir-vocals |
| 1/14/12 11:30 PM | Atrium | Ensemble Hilka | Folk polyphony songs of Polissia in northern Ukraine | Cherrymae Golston, Shelley Thomas, Eva Salina Primack, Ethel Raim, Willa Roberts, Julia Pivtorak, Maria Sonevytsky, JR Hankins, Brian Dolphin, Julian Kytasty |
| 1/14/12 11:30 PM | Rainbow Room | Raya Brass Band | Village style brass band music from the Balkan Peninsula | Greg Squared-sax; Ben Syversen-trumpet; Matthew Fass-accordion; Don Godwin-tuba; EJ Fry-tupan |
| 1/14/12 11:45 PM | Chopin Room | Macedonian Izvorno | Traditional Macedonian dance | Jeff Fine-kaval; Adam Good, Alan Zemel, Marjorie Selden, Kristina Vaskys-tambura; Bill Cope-gaida; Jerry Kisslinger-tupan |
| 1/14/12 11:55 PM | Grand Ballroom | Slavic Soul Party | Gypsy Funk | Peter Hess-sax; John Carlson, Kenny Warren-trumpet; Peter Stan-accordion; Tim Vaughn-trombone; Ron Caswell-tuba; Matt Moran-goc; Chris Stromquist-snare |
| 1/15/12 12:00 AM | Rainbow Room | Raklorom | Romani music from Central/East Europe/Balkans and Russia, and Gypsy jazz | Amy Bonnaffons-voice, percussion; Matt Cross-guitar; Petra Gelbart-voice, accordion, percussion; Siv B. Lie-viola; Andrew McGovern-bass guitar, trumpet; Anoosua Mukherjee-violin; Borey Shin-accordion; Maria Stankova-voice; Ben Wood - guitar |
| 1/15/12 12:10 AM | Chopin Room | Pontic Band | Greek Pontian dance music | Beth Cohen-violin; Jerry Kisslinger-daoul; Paul Brown-bass |
| 1/15/12 12:30 AM | Grand Ballroom | Ralph Iverson | Bulgarian | Ralph Iverson-gadulka |
| 1/15/12 12:30 AM | Rainbow Room | Cherven Traktor (червен трактор) | Bulgarian folk | Nikolay Kolev-gadulka; Belle Birchfield-tambura; Michael Ginsburg-percussion; Donka Koleva-vocals |
| 1/15/12 12:35 AM | Chopin Room | Raquy and the Cavemen | Progressive Middle Eastern | Raquy Danziger, Liron Peled-kemenche, dumbek, dumset, guitar, Tuvan throat singing |
| 1/15/12 12:45 AM | Grand Ballroom | Avram Pengas & the Noga Group | Music from around the Mediterranean | Avram Pengas-guitar, vocals; Gal Gershovsky-drums; Nick Mandoukos-guitar, bass, vocals; Ossama Farouk-dumbek; Jesse Kotansky-violin |
| 1/15/12 1:00 AM | Chopin Room | Veveritse | South Serbian Romany inspired | J.R. Hankins, Sarah Ferholt-trumpet; Greg Squared, Aurora Nealand-alto sax; Quince Marcum, Lily Paulina, Matt Moran-tenor horn; Don Godwin-helicon; Emily Geller-tapan |
| 1/15/12 1:00 AM | Rainbow Room | Romski Boji | Balkan Rom Trio | Seido Salifoski-percussion; Peter Stan-accordion; Zoran Muncan-keyboard |
| 1/15/12 1:20 AM | Grand Ballroom | What Cheer? Brigade | Balkan, Bollywood, hip hop metal, & originals | Proof that loud music doesn’t need electricity |
| 1/15/12 1:30 AM | Chopin Room | Sherita | Traditional Macedonian, Turkish, Greek and Sephardic | Greg Squared-clarinet, vocals; Rima Fand-violin, viola and vocals; Adam Good-oud, guitar, tamboura; Renee Bergan-percussion, vocals |
| 1/15/12 1:30 AM | Rainbow Room | Kavala Brass Band | Northern Greek | Michael Ginsburg-trumpet; Catherine Foster-reeds; Morgan Clark-accordion; Belle Birchfield-baritone; Jerry Kisslinger, Matt Moran-percussion; Paul Brown-bass |
| Start | Space | Band | Music (short) | Band Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/14/12 6:25 PM | Grand Ballroom | Gogofski | Mostly Macedonian | Melinda Fields-accordion; David Golber-clarinet; Henry Goldberg-drum |
| 1/14/12 7:05 PM | Grand Ballroom | Yuliyan Yordanov and Nedialko Ketev | Folklore music from Rhodope, Bulgaria | Yuliyan Yordanov-tupan,vocals; Nedialko Ketev-kaba gaida; Eva Salina Primack,Catherine Foster,Ethel Raim-vocals |
| 1/14/12 7:25 PM | Grand Ballroom | Eastern Watershed Klezmer Quartet | Romanian | Janice Coppola-clarinet, bass clarinet; Lynette Garlan-accordion, violin; Phil Van Ouse-tuba, bass trombone, helicon; RJ Heid-percussion; Nancy Vanderslice-oboe; James Rumbaugh-clarinet, recorder; Morgan Clark-santouri |
| 1/14/12 7:50 PM | Grand Ballroom | Pesnopojka | Bulgarian traditional dance songs | Petrana Koutcheva, Shelley Thomas, Stoya Maglova, Petya Maglova, Eleonora Kozic -vocals; Nikolay Kolev-gadulka; Varol Saatcioglu-gaida, Ivaylo Koutchev-tapan |
| 1/14/12 8:10 PM | Grand Ballroom | Lyuti Chushki | Traditional Bulgarian via D.C. | Tzvety Weiner-vocals; Len Newman-tambura; Varol Saatcioglu-gaida; Bruce Sagan-gûdulka; Larry Weiner-tupan |
| 1/14/12 8:45 PM | Grand Ballroom | Zurli Drustvo | Folkdances from Macedonia, Albania and Greece | Drew Harris, Laine Harris, Bill Cope-zurla; Jerry Kisslinger-tupan |
| 1/14/12 9:00 PM | Grand Ballroom | Yuri Yunakov | Bulgarian and Macedonian Romany (Gypsy) wedding music | Yuri is a 2011 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship Award |
| 1/14/12 9:40 PM | Grand Ballroom | Zlatne Uste Brass Band | “Golden Lips” | Five-time invited guest of the Guča Trumpet Festival in Serbia |
| 1/14/12 10:30 PM | Grand Ballroom | Mal'chiki i D'evushki | balkan-gypsy-klezmer-party-punk super-band | http://youtu.be/YxSu7CvR3QY |
| 1/14/12 11:05 PM | Grand Ballroom | Zurli Drustvo | Folkdances from Macedonia, Albania and Greece | Drew Harris, Laine Harris, Bill Cope-zurla; Jerry Kisslinger-tupan |
| 1/14/12 11:15 PM | Grand Ballroom | Sazet Band | Macedonian/Rom music | Sal Mamudoski-clarinet; Romeo Kurtali-sax, clarinet; Caner Tokgozol- solo keyboards; Remzi Demo-bass keyboards; Kurte Kurtali-drums; Amdi Seyfedinov-dumbek; Beni Kurtis, Ferdi Demir-vocals |
| 1/14/12 11:55 PM | Grand Ballroom | Slavic Soul Party | Gypsy Funk | Peter Hess-sax; John Carlson, Kenny Warren-trumpet; Peter Stan-accordion; Tim Vaughn-trombone; Ron Caswell-tuba; Matt Moran-goc; Chris Stromquist-snare |
| 1/15/12 12:30 AM | Grand Ballroom | Ralph Iverson | Bulgarian | Ralph Iverson-gadulka |
| 1/15/12 12:45 AM | Grand Ballroom | Avram Pengas & the Noga Group | Music from around the Mediterranean | Avram Pengas-guitar, vocals; Gal Gershovsky-drums; Nick Mandoukos-guitar, bass, vocals; Ossama Farouk-dumbek; Jesse Kotansky-violin |
| 1/15/12 1:20 AM | Grand Ballroom | What Cheer? Brigade | Balkan, Bollywood, hip hop metal, & originals | Proof that loud music doesn’t need electricity |
| Start | Space | Band | Music (short) | Band Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/14/12 6:15 PM | Atrium | Brazda | Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Romani, and Greek- traditional and contemporary music | Shelley Thomas, Willa Roberts-voice; Jordan Shapiro-accordion; Connell Thompson-clarinet; Francesco Marcocci-bass; Ivaylo Kuchev-tapan; Rami El Aasser-riq, doumbek; Oksana Rosenblum-daf, tarabuka |
| 1/14/12 6:45 PM | Atrium | Isra-Alien | Guitar duo playing Balkan and Middle Eastern arrangements | Gilad Ben-Zvi, Oren Neiman |
| 1/14/12 7:15 PM | Atrium | Judith Cohen | Sephardic traditional songs | Judith Cohen, Tamar Ilana, Geoffrey Clarfield |
| 1/14/12 7:40 PM | Atrium | Penceresi | Balkan, Sephardic and Flamenco | Tamar -vocals, hand percussion; Mark -violin, vocals; Dennis -Flamenco guitar; Jaash -darbuka, cajon; Demetrios -oud, buzuki, baglamas |
| 1/14/12 8:10 PM | Atrium | Zhenska Pesna | Traditional Balkan Folk Songs | Carol Freeman, Lauren Brody, Ruth Orlowicz, Karin de Vries-vocals; Alan Zemel-tambura; Stoyan Kostov-tambura, guitar; Adam Good-oud, tambura; Umut Yasmut-kanun |
| 1/14/12 8:40 PM | Atrium | The Yale Women's Slavic Chorus | Choral a capella arrangements of traditional Balkan songs | Keren Abreu, Nila Bala, Justine Cefalu, Cynthia Deng, Abby Emerson, Anna Rose Gable, Leslie Hiciano, Chihiro Isozaki , Sarah Larsson, Rachel LaViola, Alexandria Marino, Katy Naples-Mitchell, Celia Rostow, Alexandra Turrini, Laura Wellman, Ayanna Woods |
| 1/14/12 9:10 PM | Atrium | Slaveya Women’s Vocal Ensemble | A capella vocal music from Bulgaria and Georgia | Thea Austen, Karen Chittenden, Agnieszka Christian, Lacey Cope, Helen Fedor, Carlin Gayer, Anne Harrison, Jenny Lee, Kathryn Mitchell, Betsy Platt, Miriam Rollin, Leslie Root, Toni Schneider, Tzvety Dosseva Weiner |
| 1/14/12 9:40 PM | Atrium | Rosen Sisters | International folk dance music | Ariana Rosen, Amberly Rosen-violin, Bill Cope-tambura |
| 1/14/12 10:10 PM | Atrium | Supruli - the NYC Georgian Choir | Georgian polyphonic folk singing | Carl Linich (director)-chonguri, Elena Belan, Suzanne Claire, Paul Clazing, Charles Collins, Ezra Halleck, Brian Dolphin, Marina Kaganova, Sunny Lawrence, Sarah Leitao, Reagan Copeland, Olivia Gunton, Rebecca Stanton |
| 1/14/12 10:35 PM | Atrium | Black Sea Hotel | Balkan a cappella | Willa Roberts, Sarah Small, Corinna Snyder |
| 1/14/12 11:05 PM | Atrium | Tenores de Aterúe | Traditional a cappella from Italy, Corsica, and Sardinia | Avery Book, Gideon Crevoshay, Carl Linich, Doug Paisley |
| 1/14/12 11:30 PM | Atrium | Ensemble Hilka | Folk polyphony songs of Polissia in northern Ukraine | Cherrymae Golston, Shelley Thomas, Eva Salina Primack, Ethel Raim, Willa Roberts, Julia Pivtorak, Maria Sonevytsky, JR Hankins, Brian Dolphin, Julian Kytasty |
| Start | Space | Band | Music (short) | Band Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/14/12 6:00 PM | Chopin Room | David's Harp | Music of Jewish communities from the Middle East and Balkans | Joseph Alpar-vocals, santouri, darbuka; Cynthia Folio-flute; Brenda Alpar-keyboard; Sergei Panov-violin; Dean Reynolds-electric bass; Carlo Valte-oud |
| 1/14/12 6:30 PM | Chopin Room | NY Spelmanslag | Scandinavian traditional dances: waltz, schottische, hambo and polska | Patrice, Margie, Rick, Carolyn, Petra, Paul, Lydia, Stacey Anne, David, Bruce, Loretta, Stefhan-violin; Scott Gianelli-guitar, bouzouki; citarra-Allison Meer; Rachel Givner, clarinet; Mel Meer-Nyckelharpa |
| 1/14/12 7:00 PM | Chopin Room | Harris Brothers Balkan Band | Roma-inspired folkdance tunes of the Balkans | Drew Harris-saxophone, clarinet; Laine Harris-trumpet; Lauren Brody-accordion; Helen Marx-bubanj; Jerry Kisslinger-percussion; Paul Brown-bass; Bill Cope-guitar |
| 1/14/12 7:30 PM | Chopin Room | West Philadelphia Orchestra | Traditional Bulgarian and Serbian songs | Petia Zamfirova, David Fishkin, Elliott Levin, Larry Goldfinger, Gregg Mervine, Nezih Antakli, Jim Parker, Adam Hershberger, Koofreh Umoren, Larry Toft, Steve Duffy, Brendan Cooney, and Janos Perge |
| 1/14/12 8:00 PM | Chopin Room | Tribecastan | Folk and dance music from the Balkans and points farther East, re-imagined through New York's urban filter | John Kruth-banjo; Jeff Greene-mandolin; Matt Darriau-clarinet; Kenny Margolis -accordion; Dave Dreiwitz-bass; Scott Metzger-guitar; Boris Kinberg, Todd Isler-percussion; Claire Daly-b. sax; John Turner-trumpet; Chris Morrow-trombone |
| 1/14/12 8:30 PM | Chopin Room | Meraki | Traditional regional Greek folk music | Yaron Shragai-voice, hand percussion; Ben Pasamanick-clarinet; Dan Salomon-violin; Annemoon Van Erp-voice, violin; Sandy Theodorou-voice, accordion, laouto |
| 1/14/12 9:00 PM | Chopin Room | Chalgia Band | Traditional Macedonian music | Adam Good -oud; Corinna Snyder-vocals; Willa Roberts-vocals, violin; Polly Tapia Ferber-tarabouka, daire; Umut Yasmut-kanun; Jenny Luna-vocals |
| 1/14/12 9:30 PM | Chopin Room | Which Way East | Balkan/contemporary | Eva Salina Primack-vocals; Jesse Kotansky-violin; Uri Sharlin-accordion; Rich Stein-percussion; Adam Good-guitar, oud, tambura |
| 1/14/12 9:55 PM | Chopin Room | Wind of Anatolia | Turkish folk songs mostly from halk müziği | Ismail Siglam-baglama, Fatih Bayram-guitar, Esat Seyho-vocals, Ozcan Atav-drums, Frank Mastroianni-percussion; Imran Akcay-kanun, Rami El Aasser-darbuka |
| 1/14/12 10:20 PM | Chopin Room | Eva Salina Primack | Balkan dance music | Eva Salina Primack-vocals; Frank London-trumpet; Ron Caswell-tuba; Rich Stein-percussion; Peter Stan-accordion |
| 1/14/12 10:50 PM | Chopin Room | Zikrayat | Arab classical music and dance traditions | Salma Habib-vocals; Hadi el-Debek-oud; Bridget Robbins-nay (cane flute); Tareq Abboushi-buzuq (long-necked lute); Umut Yasmut-kanun (zither); Apostolos Sideris-bass; Rami el-Aasser-darbouka (goblet drum), Johnny Farraj-riqq (tambourine) |
| 1/14/12 11:15 PM | Chopin Room | Scott Wilson & Efendi | Music of the Middle East | Scott Wilson-oud, vocals; Jim Nordstrom-bass; Souren Baronian-clarinet; Umut Yasmut-kanun; Carmine Guida-dumbek |
| 1/14/12 11:45 PM | Chopin Room | Macedonian Izvorno | Traditional Macedonian dance | Jeff Fine-kaval; Adam Good, Alan Zemel, Marjorie Selden, Kristina Vaskys-tambura; Bill Cope-gaida; Jerry Kisslinger-tupan |
| 1/15/12 12:10 AM | Chopin Room | Pontic Band | Greek Pontian dance music | Beth Cohen-violin; Jerry Kisslinger-daoul; Paul Brown-bass |
| 1/15/12 12:35 AM | Chopin Room | Raquy and the Cavemen | Progressive Middle Eastern | Raquy Danziger, Liron Peled-kemenche, dumbek, dumset, guitar, Tuvan throat singing |
| 1/15/12 1:00 AM | Chopin Room | Veveritse | South Serbian Romany inspired | J.R. Hankins, Sarah Ferholt-trumpet; Greg Squared, Aurora Nealand-alto sax; Quince Marcum, Lily Paulina, Matt Moran-tenor horn; Don Godwin-helicon; Emily Geller-tapan |
| 1/15/12 1:30 AM | Chopin Room | Sherita | Traditional Macedonian, Turkish, Greek and Sephardic | Greg Squared-clarinet, vocals; Rima Fand-violin, viola and vocals; Adam Good-oud, guitar, tamboura; Renee Bergan-percussion, vocals |
| Start | Space | Band | Music (short) | Band Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/14/12 6:00 PM | Rainbow Room | Čoček Nation | Balkan music, young musicians' ensemble | Nathan Wolman, Sarah Ferholt-trumpet; Stacey Anne Sternberg-violin; Felicia and Anna Goldberg-dumbek; Lizzy Dargie-clarinet; Ellen Cooper, Sophie Kropf-accordion; Aaron Kisslinger-trombone; Ariana Harris-baritone; Becki Marcus, Emily-tupan; Don-tuba |
| 1/14/12 6:20 PM | Rainbow Room | Bulgardaş | Negotiating the musical borders of Bulgaria and Turkey | Jeremy Bloom-accordion; Varol Saatcıoğlu-gaida; Emily Geller-tapandavul |
| 1/14/12 6:40 PM | Rainbow Room | Echidna | Greek rembetika | Heather Cole-violin; Emily Geller-doumbek; Kristina Vaskys-guitar, vocals |
| 1/14/12 7:05 PM | Rainbow Room | Electric Goat Trio | Balkan bagpipe | Matt Darriau-gaida; Brad Shepik-guitar; Seido Salifoski-Balkan percussion; Ivan Goff-uilleann pipes |
| 1/14/12 7:25 PM | Rainbow Room | TURKU, Nomads of the Silk Road | High energy village music from Turkey & Iran | Farzad Farhangi-violin; Ted Monnich-saz; Behyar Behipour-bass guitar; Carla Monnich, Daveed Korup-percussion |
| 1/14/12 7:55 PM | Rainbow Room | Niva | Macedonian village | Bridget Robbins-kaval; Corinna Snyder-tambura, vocals; Emily Geller-tupan; Kristina Vaskys-tambura, vocals |
| 1/14/12 8:25 PM | Rainbow Room | Rakiya | Electric Balkan Rom dance music | Dean Brown, guitar; Colin Ferguson, accordion; Dave Golber, clarinet; Heather Lee, vocals; Alan Mattes-sax, flugelhorn; Tim McNerney-bass; Grant Smith-drums; Patrick Yacono-clarinet, vocals, gajda |
| 1/14/12 8:55 PM | Rainbow Room | Loretta Kelley | Springars and other Norwegian dance music | Norwegian hardingfele |
| 1/14/12 9:20 PM | Rainbow Room | Kagero | Japanese Gypsy rock out of Brooklyn | Kaz Fujimoto-vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica; Jon Whitney-violin; Rob Simpson-vocals, acoustic bass; Kim Simpson-percussion; Shawn Crowder-cajon |
| 1/14/12 9:50 PM | Rainbow Room | Ansambl Mastika | Electric Balkan dance party | Greg Squared-sax, clarinet, vocals; Ben Syversen-trumpet; Matthew Fass-accordion; Reuben Radding-bass; Matt Moran-percussion |
| 1/14/12 10:20 PM | Rainbow Room | Souren Baronian | Middle Eastern fusion | Souren Baronian-clarinet; Robert Boghosian-oud; Polly Tapia Ferber-percussion; Paul Brown-bass |
| 1/14/12 11:00 PM | Rainbow Room | Balkan Tales | Balkan Tales offers a fresh take on Bulgarian folk songs | Vlada Tomova-voice; Kyle Sanna-guitar; Harvey Valdes-oud; Uri Sharlin-accordion; Mike Savino-bass; Mathias Kunzli-percussion |
| 1/14/12 11:30 PM | Rainbow Room | Raya Brass Band | Village style brass band music from the Balkan Peninsula | Greg Squared-sax; Ben Syversen-trumpet; Matthew Fass-accordion; Don Godwin-tuba; EJ Fry-tupan |
| 1/15/12 12:00 AM | Rainbow Room | Raklorom | Romani music from Central/East Europe/Balkans and Russia, and Gypsy jazz | Amy Bonnaffons-voice, percussion; Matt Cross-guitar; Petra Gelbart-voice, accordion, percussion; Siv B. Lie-viola; Andrew McGovern-bass guitar, trumpet; Anoosua Mukherjee-violin; Borey Shin-accordion; Maria Stankova-voice; Ben Wood - guitar |
| 1/15/12 12:30 AM | Rainbow Room | Cherven Traktor (червен трактор) | Bulgarian folk | Nikolay Kolev-gadulka; Belle Birchfield-tambura; Michael Ginsburg-percussion; Donka Koleva-vocals |
| 1/15/12 1:00 AM | Rainbow Room | Romski Boji | Balkan Rom Trio | Seido Salifoski-percussion; Peter Stan-accordion; Zoran Muncan-keyboard |
| 1/15/12 1:30 AM | Rainbow Room | Kavala Brass Band | Northern Greek | Michael Ginsburg-trumpet; Catherine Foster-reeds; Morgan Clark-accordion; Belle Birchfield-baritone; Jerry Kisslinger, Matt Moran-percussion; Paul Brown-bass |
| Start | Space | Band | Music (short) | Band Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/14/12 9:50 PM | Rainbow Room | Ansambl Mastika | Electric Balkan dance party | Greg Squared-sax, clarinet, vocals; Ben Syversen-trumpet; Matthew Fass-accordion; Reuben Radding-bass; Matt Moran-percussion |
| 1/15/12 12:45 AM | Grand Ballroom | Avram Pengas & the Noga Group | Music from around the Mediterranean | Avram Pengas-guitar, vocals; Gal Gershovsky-drums; Nick Mandoukos-guitar, bass, vocals; Ossama Farouk-dumbek; Jesse Kotansky-violin |
| 1/14/12 11:00 PM | Rainbow Room | Balkan Tales | Balkan Tales offers a fresh take on Bulgarian folk songs | Vlada Tomova-voice; Kyle Sanna-guitar; Harvey Valdes-oud; Uri Sharlin-accordion; Mike Savino-bass; Mathias Kunzli-percussion |
| 1/14/12 10:35 PM | Atrium | Black Sea Hotel | Balkan a cappella | Willa Roberts, Sarah Small, Corinna Snyder |
| 1/14/12 6:15 PM | Atrium | Brazda | Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Romani, and Greek- traditional and contemporary music | Shelley Thomas, Willa Roberts-voice; Jordan Shapiro-accordion; Connell Thompson-clarinet; Francesco Marcocci-bass; Ivaylo Kuchev-tapan; Rami El Aasser-riq, doumbek; Oksana Rosenblum-daf, tarabuka |
| 1/14/12 6:20 PM | Rainbow Room | Bulgardaş | Negotiating the musical borders of Bulgaria and Turkey | Jeremy Bloom-accordion; Varol Saatcıoğlu-gaida; Emily Geller-tapandavul |
| 1/14/12 9:00 PM | Chopin Room | Chalgia Band | Traditional Macedonian music | Adam Good -oud; Corinna Snyder-vocals; Willa Roberts-vocals, violin; Polly Tapia Ferber-tarabouka, daire; Umut Yasmut-kanun; Jenny Luna-vocals |
| 1/15/12 12:30 AM | Rainbow Room | Cherven Traktor (червен трактор) | Bulgarian folk | Nikolay Kolev-gadulka; Belle Birchfield-tambura; Michael Ginsburg-percussion; Donka Koleva-vocals |
| 1/14/12 6:00 PM | Rainbow Room | Čoček Nation | Balkan music, young musicians' ensemble | Nathan Wolman, Sarah Ferholt-trumpet; Stacey Anne Sternberg-violin; Felicia and Anna Goldberg-dumbek; Lizzy Dargie-clarinet; Ellen Cooper, Sophie Kropf-accordion; Aaron Kisslinger-trombone; Ariana Harris-baritone; Becki Marcus, Emily-tupan; Don-tuba |
| 1/14/12 6:00 PM | Chopin Room | David's Harp | Music of Jewish communities from the Middle East and Balkans | Joseph Alpar-vocals, santouri, darbuka; Cynthia Folio-flute; Brenda Alpar-keyboard; Sergei Panov-violin; Dean Reynolds-electric bass; Carlo Valte-oud |
| 1/14/12 7:25 PM | Grand Ballroom | Eastern Watershed Klezmer Quartet | Romanian | Janice Coppola-clarinet, bass clarinet; Lynette Garlan-accordion, violin; Phil Van Ouse-tuba, bass trombone, helicon; RJ Heid-percussion; Nancy Vanderslice-oboe; James Rumbaugh-clarinet, recorder; Morgan Clark-santouri |
| 1/14/12 6:40 PM | Rainbow Room | Echidna | Greek rembetika | Heather Cole-violin; Emily Geller-doumbek; Kristina Vaskys-guitar, vocals |
| 1/14/12 7:05 PM | Rainbow Room | Electric Goat Trio | Balkan bagpipe | Matt Darriau-gaida; Brad Shepik-guitar; Seido Salifoski-Balkan percussion; Ivan Goff-uilleann pipes |
| 1/14/12 11:30 PM | Atrium | Ensemble Hilka | Folk polyphony songs of Polissia in northern Ukraine | Cherrymae Golston, Shelley Thomas, Eva Salina Primack, Ethel Raim, Willa Roberts, Julia Pivtorak, Maria Sonevytsky, JR Hankins, Brian Dolphin, Julian Kytasty |
| 1/14/12 10:20 PM | Chopin Room | Eva Salina Primack | Balkan dance music | Eva Salina Primack-vocals; Frank London-trumpet; Ron Caswell-tuba; Rich Stein-percussion; Peter Stan-accordion |
| 1/14/12 6:25 PM | Grand Ballroom | Gogofski | Mostly Macedonian | Melinda Fields-accordion; David Golber-clarinet; Henry Goldberg-drum |
| 1/14/12 7:00 PM | Chopin Room | Harris Brothers Balkan Band | Roma-inspired folkdance tunes of the Balkans | Drew Harris-saxophone, clarinet; Laine Harris-trumpet; Lauren Brody-accordion; Helen Marx-bubanj; Jerry Kisslinger-percussion; Paul Brown-bass; Bill Cope-guitar |
| 1/14/12 6:45 PM | Atrium | Isra-Alien | Guitar duo playing Balkan and Middle Eastern arrangements | Gilad Ben-Zvi, Oren Neiman |
| 1/14/12 7:15 PM | Atrium | Judith Cohen | Sephardic traditional songs | Judith Cohen, Tamar Ilana, Geoffrey Clarfield |
| 1/14/12 9:20 PM | Rainbow Room | Kagero | Japanese Gypsy rock out of Brooklyn | Kaz Fujimoto-vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica; Jon Whitney-violin; Rob Simpson-vocals, acoustic bass; Kim Simpson-percussion; Shawn Crowder-cajon |
| 1/15/12 1:30 AM | Rainbow Room | Kavala Brass Band | Northern Greek | Michael Ginsburg-trumpet; Catherine Foster-reeds; Morgan Clark-accordion; Belle Birchfield-baritone; Jerry Kisslinger, Matt Moran-percussion; Paul Brown-bass |
| 1/14/12 8:55 PM | Rainbow Room | Loretta Kelley | Springars and other Norwegian dance music | Norwegian hardingfele |
| 1/14/12 8:10 PM | Grand Ballroom | Lyuti Chushki | Traditional Bulgarian via D.C. | Tzvety Weiner-vocals; Len Newman-tambura; Varol Saatcioglu-gaida; Bruce Sagan-gûdulka; Larry Weiner-tupan |
| 1/14/12 11:45 PM | Chopin Room | Macedonian Izvorno | Traditional Macedonian dance | Jeff Fine-kaval; Adam Good, Alan Zemel, Marjorie Selden, Kristina Vaskys-tambura; Bill Cope-gaida; Jerry Kisslinger-tupan |
| 1/14/12 10:30 PM | Grand Ballroom | Mal'chiki i D'evushki | balkan-gypsy-klezmer-party-punk super-band | http://youtu.be/YxSu7CvR3QY |
| 1/14/12 8:30 PM | Chopin Room | Meraki | Traditional regional Greek folk music | Yaron Shragai-voice, hand percussion; Ben Pasamanick-clarinet; Dan Salomon-violin; Annemoon Van Erp-voice, violin; Sandy Theodorou-voice, accordion, laouto |
| 1/14/12 7:55 PM | Rainbow Room | Niva | Macedonian village | Bridget Robbins-kaval; Corinna Snyder-tambura, vocals; Emily Geller-tupan; Kristina Vaskys-tambura, vocals |
| 1/14/12 6:30 PM | Chopin Room | NY Spelmanslag | Scandinavian traditional dances: waltz, schottische, hambo and polska | Patrice, Margie, Rick, Carolyn, Petra, Paul, Lydia, Stacey Anne, David, Bruce, Loretta, Stefhan-violin; Scott Gianelli-guitar, bouzouki; citarra-Allison Meer; Rachel Givner, clarinet; Mel Meer-Nyckelharpa |
| 1/14/12 7:40 PM | Atrium | Penceresi | Balkan, Sephardic and Flamenco | Tamar -vocals, hand percussion; Mark -violin, vocals; Dennis -Flamenco guitar; Jaash -darbuka, cajon; Demetrios -oud, buzuki, baglamas |
| 1/14/12 7:50 PM | Grand Ballroom | Pesnopojka | Bulgarian traditional dance songs | Petrana Koutcheva, Shelley Thomas, Stoya Maglova, Petya Maglova, Eleonora Kozic -vocals; Nikolay Kolev-gadulka; Varol Saatcioglu-gaida, Ivaylo Koutchev-tapan |
| 1/15/12 12:10 AM | Chopin Room | Pontic Band | Greek Pontian dance music | Beth Cohen-violin; Jerry Kisslinger-daoul; Paul Brown-bass |
| 1/14/12 8:25 PM | Rainbow Room | Rakiya | Electric Balkan Rom dance music | Dean Brown, guitar; Colin Ferguson, accordion; Dave Golber, clarinet; Heather Lee, vocals; Alan Mattes-sax, flugelhorn; Tim McNerney-bass; Grant Smith-drums; Patrick Yacono-clarinet, vocals, gajda |
| 1/15/12 12:00 AM | Rainbow Room | Raklorom | Romani music from Central/East Europe/Balkans and Russia, and Gypsy jazz | Amy Bonnaffons-voice, percussion; Matt Cross-guitar; Petra Gelbart-voice, accordion, percussion; Siv B. Lie-viola; Andrew McGovern-bass guitar, trumpet; Anoosua Mukherjee-violin; Borey Shin-accordion; Maria Stankova-voice; Ben Wood - guitar |
| 1/15/12 12:30 AM | Grand Ballroom | Ralph Iverson | Bulgarian | Ralph Iverson-gadulka |
| 1/15/12 12:35 AM | Chopin Room | Raquy and the Cavemen | Progressive Middle Eastern | Raquy Danziger, Liron Peled-kemenche, dumbek, dumset, guitar, Tuvan throat singing |
| 1/14/12 11:30 PM | Rainbow Room | Raya Brass Band | Village style brass band music from the Balkan Peninsula | Greg Squared-sax; Ben Syversen-trumpet; Matthew Fass-accordion; Don Godwin-tuba; EJ Fry-tupan |
| 1/15/12 1:00 AM | Rainbow Room | Romski Boji | Balkan Rom Trio | Seido Salifoski-percussion; Peter Stan-accordion; Zoran Muncan-keyboard |
| 1/14/12 9:40 PM | Atrium | Rosen Sisters | International folk dance music | Ariana Rosen, Amberly Rosen-violin, Bill Cope-tambura |
| 1/14/12 11:15 PM | Grand Ballroom | Sazet Band | Macedonian/Rom music | Sal Mamudoski-clarinet; Romeo Kurtali-sax, clarinet; Caner Tokgozol- solo keyboards; Remzi Demo-bass keyboards; Kurte Kurtali-drums; Amdi Seyfedinov-dumbek; Beni Kurtis, Ferdi Demir-vocals |
| 1/14/12 11:15 PM | Chopin Room | Scott Wilson & Efendi | Music of the Middle East | Scott Wilson-oud, vocals; Jim Nordstrom-bass; Souren Baronian-clarinet; Umut Yasmut-kanun; Carmine Guida-dumbek |
| 1/15/12 1:30 AM | Chopin Room | Sherita | Traditional Macedonian, Turkish, Greek and Sephardic | Greg Squared-clarinet, vocals; Rima Fand-violin, viola and vocals; Adam Good-oud, guitar, tamboura; Renee Bergan-percussion, vocals |
| 1/14/12 9:10 PM | Atrium | Slaveya Women’s Vocal Ensemble | A capella vocal music from Bulgaria and Georgia | Thea Austen, Karen Chittenden, Agnieszka Christian, Lacey Cope, Helen Fedor, Carlin Gayer, Anne Harrison, Jenny Lee, Kathryn Mitchell, Betsy Platt, Miriam Rollin, Leslie Root, Toni Schneider, Tzvety Dosseva Weiner |
| 1/14/12 11:55 PM | Grand Ballroom | Slavic Soul Party | Gypsy Funk | Peter Hess-sax; John Carlson, Kenny Warren-trumpet; Peter Stan-accordion; Tim Vaughn-trombone; Ron Caswell-tuba; Matt Moran-goc; Chris Stromquist-snare |
| 1/14/12 10:20 PM | Rainbow Room | Souren Baronian | Middle Eastern fusion | Souren Baronian-clarinet; Robert Boghosian-oud; Polly Tapia Ferber-percussion; Paul Brown-bass |
| 1/14/12 10:10 PM | Atrium | Supruli - the NYC Georgian Choir | Georgian polyphonic folk singing | Carl Linich (director)-chonguri, Elena Belan, Suzanne Claire, Paul Clazing, Charles Collins, Ezra Halleck, Brian Dolphin, Marina Kaganova, Sunny Lawrence, Sarah Leitao, Reagan Copeland, Olivia Gunton, Rebecca Stanton |
| 1/14/12 11:05 PM | Atrium | Tenores de Aterúe | Traditional a cappella from Italy, Corsica, and Sardinia | Avery Book, Gideon Crevoshay, Carl Linich, Doug Paisley |
| 1/14/12 8:40 PM | Atrium | The Yale Women's Slavic Chorus | Choral a capella arrangements of traditional Balkan songs | Keren Abreu, Nila Bala, Justine Cefalu, Cynthia Deng, Abby Emerson, Anna Rose Gable, Leslie Hiciano, Chihiro Isozaki , Sarah Larsson, Rachel LaViola, Alexandria Marino, Katy Naples-Mitchell, Celia Rostow, Alexandra Turrini, Laura Wellman, Ayanna Woods |
| 1/14/12 8:00 PM | Chopin Room | Tribecastan | Folk and dance music from the Balkans and points farther East, re-imagined through New York's urban filter | John Kruth-banjo; Jeff Greene-mandolin; Matt Darriau-clarinet; Kenny Margolis -accordion; Dave Dreiwitz-bass; Scott Metzger-guitar; Boris Kinberg, Todd Isler-percussion; Claire Daly-b. sax; John Turner-trumpet; Chris Morrow-trombone |
| 1/14/12 7:25 PM | Rainbow Room | TURKU, Nomads of the Silk Road | High energy village music from Turkey & Iran | Farzad Farhangi-violin; Ted Monnich-saz; Behyar Behipour-bass guitar; Carla Monnich, Daveed Korup-percussion |
| 1/15/12 1:00 AM | Chopin Room | Veveritse | South Serbian Romany inspired | J.R. Hankins, Sarah Ferholt-trumpet; Greg Squared, Aurora Nealand-alto sax; Quince Marcum, Lily Paulina, Matt Moran-tenor horn; Don Godwin-helicon; Emily Geller-tapan |
| 1/14/12 7:30 PM | Chopin Room | West Philadelphia Orchestra | Traditional Bulgarian and Serbian songs | Petia Zamfirova, David Fishkin, Elliott Levin, Larry Goldfinger, Gregg Mervine, Nezih Antakli, Jim Parker, Adam Hershberger, Koofreh Umoren, Larry Toft, Steve Duffy, Brendan Cooney, and Janos Perge |
| 1/15/12 1:20 AM | Grand Ballroom | What Cheer? Brigade | Balkan, Bollywood, hip hop metal, & originals | Proof that loud music doesn’t need electricity |
| 1/14/12 9:30 PM | Chopin Room | Which Way East | Balkan/contemporary | Eva Salina Primack-vocals; Jesse Kotansky-violin; Uri Sharlin-accordion; Rich Stein-percussion; Adam Good-guitar, oud, tambura |
| 1/14/12 9:55 PM | Chopin Room | Wind of Anatolia | Turkish folk songs mostly from halk müziği | Ismail Siglam-baglama, Fatih Bayram-guitar, Esat Seyho-vocals, Ozcan Atav-drums, Frank Mastroianni-percussion; Imran Akcay-kanun, Rami El Aasser-darbuka |
| 1/14/12 7:05 PM | Grand Ballroom | Yuliyan Yordanov and Nedialko Ketev | Folklore music from Rhodope, Bulgaria | Yuliyan Yordanov-tupan,vocals; Nedialko Ketev-kaba gaida; Eva Salina Primack,Catherine Foster,Ethel Raim-vocals |
| 1/14/12 9:00 PM | Grand Ballroom | Yuri Yunakov | Bulgarian and Macedonian Romany (Gypsy) wedding music | Yuri is a 2011 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship Award |
| 1/14/12 8:10 PM | Atrium | Zhenska Pesna | Traditional Balkan Folk Songs | Carol Freeman, Lauren Brody, Ruth Orlowicz, Karin de Vries-vocals; Alan Zemel-tambura; Stoyan Kostov-tambura, guitar; Adam Good-oud, tambura; Umut Yasmut-kanun |
| 1/14/12 10:50 PM | Chopin Room | Zikrayat | Arab classical music and dance traditions | Salma Habib-vocals; Hadi el-Debek-oud; Bridget Robbins-nay (cane flute); Tareq Abboushi-buzuq (long-necked lute); Umut Yasmut-kanun (zither); Apostolos Sideris-bass; Rami el-Aasser-darbouka (goblet drum), Johnny Farraj-riqq (tambourine) |
| 1/14/12 9:40 PM | Grand Ballroom | Zlatne Uste Brass Band | “Golden Lips” | Five-time invited guest of the Guča Trumpet Festival in Serbia |
| 1/14/12 8:45 PM | Grand Ballroom | Zurli Drustvo | Folkdances from Macedonia, Albania and Greece | Drew Harris, Laine Harris, Bill Cope-zurla; Jerry Kisslinger-tupan |
| 1/14/12 11:05 PM | Grand Ballroom | Zurli Drustvo | Folkdances from Macedonia, Albania and Greece | Drew Harris, Laine Harris, Bill Cope-zurla; Jerry Kisslinger-tupan |
