ICR Romanian Cultural Institute London

Nightlosers @ Southbank Centre

The blues playing was superb, the singing completely authentic: these guys knew what they were doing.
Keith Shadwick, The Independent, 30 January 2004

Famous Romanian band Nightlosers return to London with a concert at the prestigious Southbank Centre's Purcell Room, together with Slovakia's Golden Violins. The concert is part of World London series.

Romanian film director & musician Hanno Hoefer set up the band in the Transylvanian city of Cluj, Romania in 1994. Their music is a powerfull combination of American rhythm and blues, rock'n'roll and strong elements of Transylvanian folclore: a mix of Romanian, Hungarian, Gypsy and German influences. Listen in!

The band members:
Hanno Hoefer: vocals, guitar, harmonica, washboard
El" Lako Jimi: guitar, violin
Grunzo Geza: keyboards
Octavian "Barila" Andreescu: bass guitar
Ovidiu Condrea: drums
Pusztai Aladar: cimbalom

They had live concerts and did TV and radio shows accross the world: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, UK and USA.

Nightlosers released three albums, Sitting on Top of the World, Plum Brandy Blues and Rhythm'n'Bulz, their most recent one, in 2005.

Their concert at the Southbank Centre is supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute.

When: Saturday, 14 July, 7.30 pm
Where: Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, Royal Festival Hall, London SE1 8XX
Tickets: £15 (£7.50 concessions); Box Office: 0871 663 2500