Spring Concert-Dance Party with Bulgarian Accordion legend PETAR RALCHEV &BAND

Submitted by BGcenter on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 10:23am
From date: 
Sun, 05/01/2011 - 6:30pm - 9:00pm

Location

springstep
98 George P. Hassett Drive
Medford , MA
BULGARIAN AMERICAN CENTER MADARA

is pleased to invite you to

 SPRING CONCERT AND DANCE PARTYwith
PETAR RALCHEV QUARTET
2011 US-CANADA TOUR “Live from Bulgaria”
 
Petar Ralchev (accordion), the greatest living Bulgarian accordion player, one of the great masters of Eastern European & Balkan instrumental folk and folk-jazz music.  A legend on the Eastern European music scene for over 30 years, Petar Ralchev is world famous for a unique style of a wide range of influences: Bulgarian folklore, jazz and folk-jazz fusion, Romanian and Serbian music, and other European folklore traditions. Acknowledged universally as one of the great technical virtuosos, Ralchev has been heard throughout the world in solo performances and in a number of multi-ethnic European bands. He is an inspiration for many young accordionists around the world today. Learn more on: http://www.bgfocus.com/events/2011/ralchev/index.html

"He's incredible - thrilling. One of the best I've seen. Crazy dancing. DO NOT MISS IT!!"
Mac Francis, April 22, 2011, Bloomington, IN

“They can shift between time signatures like most people breathe—without a thought or a hiccup—and Ralchev fires off nimble barrages and crazed melodies with razor-sharp clarity. His rich harmonic palette allows him to create dazzling chords, change keys seemingly at will, and answer his own improvised phrases with statements that thread them all together and push the music inexorably forward.”
Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 2009

Sunday, May 1, 2011
6:30 pm - follow by dance party until 9:00 pm

I PART - CONCERT:
PETAR RALCHEV QUARTET
Bulgarian, Balkan folklore and Jazz improvisations
PETAR RALCHEV (accordion)
Nikolay GEORGIEV (guitar)
Iliana MАRUDOVA-GEORGIEV (vocal)
Petur ILIEV (tupan, drum)

Opening by:CINDER CONK (accordion )

II PART - BULGARIAN FOLK DANCE PARTY
leading by PETER PETROV,
a "Ludo mlado" dance group choreographer (www.ludomlado.com)

Free refreshments will be available!

TICKETS ON SELL NOW:
$20 online order*, $25 at the door,
$15 students, children and seniors 65+. Children under 12 free

To purchase tickets visit: www.BGcenter.org

Address:  Springstep, Hawkins Hall,
98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford, MA
Free parking. For public transportation visit: www.springstep.org

VIDEOS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AH8d8rbjQzU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jrLSZuomWKE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-6pourQX90o

For tickets, video and more information visit:
www.BGcenter.org