ICR Romanian Cultural Institute London

Fanfare Ciocarlia @ Cambridge Folk Festival

Winner of the BBC Radio3 World Music Awards in 2006, the most exuberant of the Balkan brass bands will perform their fast and furious sound promoting their last album Queens & Kings.

Plucked from obscurity in Romania in 1996, eleven-piece gypsy brass orchestra Fanfare Ciocarlia have become a worldwide phenomenon. Their unique, mysterious and beautiful sound is full of wit, groove and ferocious technical ability. They won the 2006 BBC Radio 3 Planet Award for European Artists, and are set to be a hit at this year's Festival.
Cambridge Folk Festival

Romania's "speed demons of Gypsy brass" set off on 90 minutes of mayhem with a deep, blasting fanfare
The Times Knowledge

The Romanian Cultural Institute supports the concert of Fanfare Ciocarlia at Cambridge Folk Festival.

When: 28 July
Where: Cambridge, Cherry Hinton Hall.