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10.02.2012, Aula Maxima, University College Cork
Tarab
Date: 10th February, 2012
Venue: Aula Maxima
Time: 1.10pm
Admission: Free, All Welcome
Performance:
Since the group Tarab was formed in 2007 it has created an exciting new musical dialogue between Ireland and the Mediterranean. Led by percussionist and keyboard player Francesco Turrisi, a Turin native with a musical background in baroque harpsichord, jazz piano and the Moorish dance forms of Southern Italy, the group brings a fresh perspective to Irish Traditional Music. In Tarab, Turrisi is joined by saxophonist Nick Roth and cellist Kate Ellis. Their combined jazz and classical backgrounds find a counterbalance in traditional flautist Emer Mayock who, along with percussionist Robbie Harris, brings an innate understanding of the melodies, rhythms and forms of Irish traditional music to the ensemble. In 2010, Tarab presented Quatrain, an ambitious project that saw the group create and perform new music with a series of international artists, including the masterful Greek singer Savina Yannatou.
Free. Organised by School of Music
