Music
17 Hippies www.17hippies.com
The Whole Truth
Starting in the spring of 1995 as a trio playing mainly non-vocal music, the band developed into an
ensemble of 13 musicians presenting an exciting range of musical creativity. From the French radio hit
“Marlène”, to the soundtrack of the Silver Berlin Bear winning movie “Halbe Treppe” by Andreas
Dresen; from a project called “Sexy Ambient Hippies” involving DJs, to their following project called
“17 Hippies Play Guitar” featuring New York guitarist Marc Ribot.
The 17 Hippies‟ style is the quintessence of many genres. The musicians‟ musical backgrounds involve
many influences from rock-pop to classic and jazz, which is reflected in the composition of
instruments: accordion, trombone, trumpet, violin, cello, mandoline, ukulele, banjo, Irish bouzouki,
guitar, double bass, Indian harmonium and more ...
Obsazení/Cast:
Antje Henkel
klarinet, saxofon/clarinet, saxophone
Carsten Wegener
kontrabas, zpěv/double-bass, vocals
Christopher Blenkinsop
ukulele, zpěv/ukulele, vocals
Daniel Friedrichs
housle/violin
Dirk Trageser
kytara, zpěv/guitar, vocal
Elmar Gutmann
trubka/ trumpet
Henry Notroff
klarinet/clarinet
Kerstin Kaernbach
housle/violin
Kiki Sauer
harmonika, zpěv/accordion, vocals
Kruisko
harmonika/accordion
Lüül
bandžo, kytara/banjo, guitar
Rike Lau
violoncello, zpěv/violoncello, vocals
Uwe Langer
pozoun, trubka/trombone, horn
Edita Adlerová www.adlerova.cz
Besides classical music, Edita Adlerová is interested also in Jewish music including the
Sephardic songs of ancient Spanish Jews. “I feel that my roots help me to interpret these songs. My
singing is my experience, my direct testimony, my tears.
Edita Adlerová was awarded the Prize of the Czech Music Fund. Her main field of interest is
interpretation of works by contemporary composers (M. Kopelent, R.Z. Novák, M. Marek, K. Pexidr, M.
Bok)
České klarinetové kvarteto http://www.clarinet.cz/basic/basic_c.htm
The Czech Clarinet Quartet, Petr Valášek, Vojtěch Nýdl, Luděk Boura and Jindřich Pavliš, have
been caught by the stream of “world music”, although their main genre is classical music and this has
has so far resisted this stream.
Three clarinets and one bass clarinet, in some parts livened up with an es-clarinet or
Mozartian baset horn – that, for sure, is not a traditional cast of a chamber ensemble. The quartet are
open to repertoires of compositions from different periods and styles (Renaissance to jazz to
contemporary music), which they arrange for themselves. In addition, they perform their own
compositions and world premieres of works of contemporary authors. Their interest in improvisation
should be mentioned since it is rare amongst classical musicians. Recently, they have been studying
the possibilities offered to classical music by electronics.
Paul Brody www.paulbrody.net
Paul Brody is a remarkable trumpet player, composer and arranger based in Berlin.
“...he brought together some of the best players from both the U.S. and Germany to create a
new Jewish supergroup. The music combines exciting arrangements, catchy tunes, and compelling
solos into another classic of the new Jewish Renaissance....Brody is forging a new Jewish jazz for the
21st Century.”
John Zorn
The sound of the group is unmistakably unique: a bass clarinet jamming with a banjo on a
blues hora, a growling Ellingtonish trumpet battling through tribal bulgar beats, a Hasidic folk song
woven around impressionistic trance beats, and prayer loops squeezed though the soundboard of a
guitar.
For the Nine Gates Festival Paul Brody has put together a more acoustic version of the
traditional “Sadawi” with the accordion at the heart of the rhythm section to give modern
compositions a more traditional flavour. The band will play a variety of tunes from different CDs to
which people listen on the borders between the North and the South, America and Europe, Jazz and
Hejazz!
The band will also present an amazing range of talented soloists, many of whom have their
own groups: Christain Dawid, Carlos Bica, Almut Lusitg and Franka Lampe.
Glik www.glik.fr
Glik‟s musical style may be described as Jewish music from Eastern Europe. The musicians
play music that used to be played at weddings a century ago. Their repertoire includes music for
dancing and music for listening that used to accompany the ceremony. It sounds like Eastern
European music, but it has its Jewish specific features stemming from liturgical music.
Glik will play Jewish compositions as well as Yiddish songs, Hasidic nign, short extracts from
jazz or gypsy music, etc., to present a comprehensive idea of a Jewish musical world that is no more.
Spontaneity, diversity of styles, deep respect for roots, a sense of humour – these are typical
for Glik. In Yiddish, “glik” means “good fortune”.
Obsazení/Cast:
Vincent Perier
klarinet/clarinet
David Brossier
housle/violin
Pierre Alexis Lavergne
pozoun, mandolína/trombone, mandoline
Sylvestre Genniaux
kontrabas/double-bass
David Lefèbvre
tsimbl, buzuki a zpěv/tsimbl, bouzouki and lead vocal
Schnaftl Ufftschik www.schnaftlufftschik.de
Schnaftl Ufftschik, a band for which klezmer is an opportunity to blend genres, was founded in
1995 under the motto “Alongside is not Outside“. The band play their own compositions and
“Schnaftlised” folk music on traditional instruments. The wide diversity opens invitations to many
venues such as folk and jazz festivals, more intimate smaller events, and also weddings and parties.
Meanwhile, the repertoire has expanded to include 70 titles.
Obsazení/Cast:
Reinhard Gundelwein
klarinet, bas-klarinet/clarinet, bass-clarinet
Lutz Wolf
trubka, křídlovka/trumpet, flugelhorn
Sören Fischer
pozoun/trombone
Stefan Gocht
Sousaphon/susaphone
Christoph Renner
bicí/percussion
Yvonne Grünwald
harmonika/accordion
Terne Čhave http://www.ternechave.net/
Gypsy Roots and Urban Grooves
As kids they used to bum around the streets of Hradec Králové together and played
football. Then one day, somebody brought a guitar and that was the day their world
changed.
In the opinion of many people TERNE ČHAVE is one of the most original and successful Czech
gypsy bands. They have no need to copy other originals, nor do they stick to the one tested and tried
style, but feel free to cross genres and and yet remain true to themselves – to Terne Čhave! Their
music is a mix of latino, raggae, jazz, flamenco, rock and klezmer. They have appeared at many Czech
and European festivals and performed with Roma stars like Věra Bílá, Kale and Ida Kelarová.
Discography: Avjam pale (2003), Jak džas (2004)
Obsazení/Cast:
Gejza Bendig
sólo kytara, zpěv/ lead guitar, vocal
Roman Horváth
sólo zpěv, kytara/ lead vocal, guitar
Roman Feko
kytara, zpěv/ guitar, vocal
Josef Dzurko
basová kytara/bass
Jan Dzurko
bicí, zpěv/ drums, vocal
Adam Pospíšil
housle/ violin
Jan Bendig
perkuse/percussion
Roman Kroupa
perkuse/percussion
Točkolotoč www.tockolotoc.zde.cz
“The Czech Response to Gypsy Kings”
An exclusively family band at first, founded in 1984 by the Pešta brothers, their cousins and
uncle, is today one of the most original Roma bands in the Czech lands.
Točkolotoč drew attention as the winner of the Porta 86 folk music festival. Three years later
the band produced its first LP Čhave Svitavendar (Svitava Boys). Soon, the band became known both
in the Czech Republic and abroad. In 1990, it played at a concert given under the auspices of the then
Czech President Václav Havel, named “SOS against Racism”. They also performed at home as
forerunners to a R.E.M. concert. Their international success includes performances at the Glasgow
May Festival and the Washington Festival of American Folk Life.
Discography: Čhave Svitavender/Svitava Boys (1989), Kale bala, kale jakha/Black Hair, Black
Eyes (1999)
Obsazení/Cast:
Jiří Pešta
sólová kytara/ lead guitar
Gejza Pešta
sólový zpěv/lead vocal
Milan Pešta
perkuse, zpěv/percussion, vocal
Miroslav Pešta
mandolina, zpěv/mandoline, vocal
Antonín Janko
kytara, zpěv/guitar, vocal
Pavel Bolcek
kontrabas, zpěv/double-bass, vocal
Zdeněk "Sam" Frýbort
bicí nástroje/percussion
Men’s Choir of the Moscow Choral Synagogue
The choir was founded in 1989 thanks to support by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
at a time of changing political circumstances in the Soviet Union during Gorbachov‟s „perestroika‟. The
repertoire is a mixture of large-scale oratoria and fragments from Jewish liturgy that have not been
performed in Russia for more than 70 years. The repertoire also includes Jewish and Russian folk
songs and the best of world classics. The choir has become famous worldwide thanks to the unique
combination of the Jewish spirit and the Russian choral tradition. The Men‟s Choir of the Moscow
Choral Synagogue has performed at famous venues like Carnegie Hall and has collaborated with stars
such as Placido Domingo.
The choir will give a separate concert in the Spanish Synagogue in Prague.