The Kabile Bitov Wedding Band
presents a
Concert & Dance
of
Traditional Bulgarian Music
Friday , September 10,
2010
8:30-11:15 PM
Admission
Adults - $15.00
Students & Seniors - $10.00
Children 12 & under - free
Trinity Episcopal Church - Parish Hall
7005 Piney Branch Road, NW
Washington, DC 20012
(7 minute walk from Takoma Metro - wonderful wooden dance floor)
8:30 - 9:15 Concert - 9:20 -11:15 Dance Party
"Kabile" takes it name from the village Kabile where the members of this extraordinary group of musicians played their first gig together; a small village just north of the city of Yambol in Thrace. They played together for about 10 years from the mid 1980's to the early 1990's and were so popular that they hardly ever had a free weekend. Weddings, sabors (village or county fairs), national holidays, religious holidays, christenings, festivals, etc ..... all were the domain of this in-demand group of excellent musicians........ and now we get to enjoy them!
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS...
Ivan Handzhiev (vocals, accordion) is a native of the village of Lesovo in the Jambol region of Thrace. He began singing as a small child with his mother and other village singers and started playing accordion at age 9. He attended the Philip Koutev Secondary School in Kotel, then went on to the Plovdiv Conservatory. Ivan is a master of the ornamentation and improvisation technique unique to the Thracian style and has been on the faculty of the Philip Koutev Secondary Music School for over 25 years. (Note --- When Larry Weiner heard Ivan sing he thought he was one of the finest Bulgarian singers he'd ever heard)
Nikolay DoKtorov (kaval) is from Varna on the Black Sea coast. He is a graduate of the Philip Koutev Secondary Music School in Kotel and the Plovdiv Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts. He has performed with the Bulgarian State Folk Ensemble “Philip Koutev” and the Horovod Ensemble in Varna, and is the director of the folk music orchestra Spectar. Nikolay is also the conductor of several regional folk ensembles and is currently on the staff of the “Anton Strashimirov” (post-secondary) High School in Varna.
NIKOLAY KOLEV (gadulka), a native of Karavelovo in Bulgarian Thrace, has been playing gadulka since age 10. After graduating from the music high school in Shiroka Luka, he has performed constantly, first as soloist of the Sliven Ensemble for Folk Songs and Dances. In 1985 Nikolai formed the folk wedding music ensemble Rozova Dolina, and in 1992 he founded the prize-winning ensemble Balkanski Glasove. Nikolai has accompanied many well-known singers, including Vulkana Stojanova, Roumen Rodopski and Todor Kozhuharov.
DONKA KOLEVA (vocals) is a native of the village of Tuzha in the Stara Zagora region of Bulgarian Thrace. She graduated from the Musical Folklore High School in Shiroka Luka, and performed for three years with the Sliven Folk Dance and Music Ensemble. She was the director of the Folk Song Chorus of Sopot, has been a featured soloist on Bulgarian radio and television. Donka has participated in many singing competitions in Bulgaria and Europe. Her voice has been featured on numerous recordings, and in 1997, her recording of "Javore" was named "Song of the Year" in the Bulgarian national radio competition.
Kabile/Pesen Za Petko Voivoda (Pravo Trakysko Horo) - (Track 2 - Sample).mp3
Kabile/Stoyan Na Mama Doumashe (Ruchenitsa) - (Sample - Track 8).mp3
Kabile/Dena Is Patia Varveshe (Pravo Trakysko Horo) - (Track 6 - Sample).mp3
Kabile/Ruchenitsa (Track 1 - Sample).mp3
For more info: Larry Weiner - 301-565-0539 or larry@Larryweiner.com or http://www.larryweiner.com/kabile2010.html
produced with the support of
Bulgarian
Community Center Washington, DC (BGCCDC)
Lyuti Chushki - Bulgarian Folk Band
Greenbelt International
Folk Dance Group
Old World Music & Dance