Music, Folk

She'Koyokh

1st Nov 26, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret's Church, Walmgate, York, YO19TL
Telephone:
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Sunday 1 November 6.30pm – c.8.30pm
£24 (£22 concessions | £8 under 35)

Çigdem Aslan, vocals
Meg Hamilton, violin
Susi Evans, clarinet
Matt Bacon, guitar
Živorad Nikolić, accordion & vocals
Christina Borgenstierna, percussion
Paul Moylan, double bass

She’Koyokh’s line-up is as diverse as their music making. Their members hail from Turkey, Serbia, Spain and the UK. Three members are graduates from London’s prestigious Royal Academy of Music, two are esteemed jazz musicians, accordionist Živorad Nikolić is one Serbia’s finest players of traditional folklore. Singer Çigdem Aslan, is a celebrity in the world of rembetiko music and Susi Evans was hailed “the Queen of klezmer clarinet” by the Clarinet & Saxophone Society of Great Britain. All seven are virtuoso musicians with two decades spent absorbing and performing the rich folk music traditions of Jewish Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Balkans.

Four globally acclaimed albums have earned She’Koyokh rave reviews in the Guardian, Evening Standard, Gramophone, Songlines fROOTS ad BBC Music Magazine. The band are on the verge of releasing their fifth studio album and are looking forward to performing in the Berlin Philharmonic Hall in November.

National Centre for Early Music Opening Hours

Monday - Friday: 9.00am - 5.00pm

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