Christian Garrick and The Budapest Café Orchestra

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Gypsy and folk flavours from all over the world

A boutique band of four virtuoso musicians - Christian Garrick and The Budapest Café Orchestra are at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts on Friday 14 November at 8pm. Tickets are £18.50.

The band present music from all corners of the world in their own unique, fresh and surprising way. From Balkan and Russian traditional music to their artful distillations of Romantic masterworks to soaring Gaelic folk anthems, Budapest Café Orchestra is an infectious musical experience that will enter your bloodstream and stay there forever.

With sixteen albums to their name, Budapest Café Orchestra was established by British composer and violinist Christian Garrick in 2009. They combine violin, guitar, accordion, double bass, saz, balalaika, domra and percussion to dazzling effect. Creating an astonishing soundscape and aural alchemy characteristics of larger ensembles.

Christian Garrick first played with Dame Cleo Laine and Sir John Dankworth aged ten. They went on to become frequent collaborators. He has shared the stage with world-renowned artists including Wynton Marsalis, Nigel Kennedy, Dolly Parton, Duffy, Caro Emerald and Van Morrison. He is a professor of jazz violin studies at the Royal Academy, Royal College and Guildhall School of Music in London. Television audiences will also have heard him as the solo violin-voice of the BBC drama Poldark.

Evoking vivid images of Tzigane fiddle maestros, Budapest Café life and gypsy campfires – plus a few surprises along the way. A show by the Budapest Café Orchestra is enough to make you want to book that holiday down the Danube!