Megitza Quartet August 7, 2010

CONCERT - $16 Advance/$20 Door, 8:00 pm

"World music for the new millennium….
Kurt Weil meets Edith Piaf, meets Stephane Grappelli, meets Erik Satie, meets the Megitza Quartet…."
- Jim Tullio, Grammy Award Winning Composer and Producer

An embrace of tango, the strength of a highlander, the heart of a bossa nova, soul of a carnival, and a spirit of Roma, fuse into an enchanting journey to capture the audience with soulful sounds and energetic up-tempo compositions. The desire of a group of musicians from different cultures and backgrounds such as Poland, Roma, Greece, Italy, Ireland, and United States, to unite different styles of music, resulted in forming Megitza Quartet.

The band is fronted by Malgorzata Babiarz - also an upright bass player - with her strong voice and a Polish Highlander Gypsy soul, Andreas Kapsalis, -an exceptional guitarist of a Greek descent, who uses a unique technique of finger tapping and incorporates his guitar's body as percussion instrument, together with Marek Lichota - a Polish bayan virtuoso, and all backed by an excellent innovative drummer Jamie Gallagher, who uses a hybrid multicultural drum set.

With their high energy stage presence Megitza Quartet offers it s audiences an insurmountable dose of adventure where even without knowing the language anyone can be captivated by their songs , that give a pinch of inspiration, a smile, and a tear.

"There is nothing as terrifying as witnessing the reincarnation of old prophet's soul in a voice of a young artist."
-Osvaldo Golijov, Grammy Award Winning Composer

www.megitzaquartet.com

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