Gig: Folk of Europe

Join us for an evening of European folk music with tutors from the Halsway European Weekend, and debut performances of new ensemble pieces created by course participants.

Merit Zloch (www.meritzloch.net) is a harpist, composer and music teacher. She sees herself in the tradition of the itinerant harp players of the 19th and early 20th century, travelling with her harp throughout Europe charming people with her original compositions and arrangements of historical dance music.

She has played in bands almost as long as she has played the harp and is constantly fascinated by the interplay between musicians. She likes to arrange und develop pieces together with her band colleagues and to improvise.

Michal Müller http://www.michal-muller.cz/en_start.php is presently the only educated zither player and teacher of the concert zither in the Czech Republic. Deeply rooted in Czech traditional music, he is one of the most progressive zither players of the world. As a solo player, Michal is popular for his personal expression and approach to the instrument. He prefers free realisation and opportunity to show his individuality with a great respect to history and tradition.

Julien Barbances is a multi-instrumentalist (violin, bagpipes, percussion, oud), singer, and band leader as well as a composer and arranger! Some might know him as leading member of the celebrated and groundbreaking Central French band La Machine. Deeply rooted in Central French tradition, he is capable like no one else of merging it with contemporary influences and quotes from other folk music cultures.