Faith i Branko (SOAS Concert Series) - 27/01/2017

A love affair with Roma music Faith and Branko Ristic, an English-Roma couple, take the audience on a journey from melancholy Roma violin laments to storming ‘Kolos’ and explorations into jazz improvisation, swing and Gypsy Rumba with their high- energy performance. Branko’s violin soars at break-neck paces over Faith’s ‘nimble accordion accompaniment plus selected guest musicians. Branko – a self-taught virtuosic Roma violinist with an eventful personal history opens his heart in their slower compositions, revealing at times the sadness beneath the wild virtuosic revelry. Part of the SOAS Concert Series – the public face of music at SOAS With an ever growing popularity and profile, our Concert Series has established itself as the place to go for some of the most interesting and varied multicultural music in London today, with consistent high quality and a great concert atmosphere guaranteed. And it’s all for free too! Our season runs from October to May every year, and features 12 concerts. The 2016/17 season programme is now live – see our website for the full list of events: www.soas.ac.uk/music/events/concerts The SOAS Concert Series is run by the Department of Music at SOAS: www.soas.ac.uk/music/programmes/