A HAWK AND A HACKSAW with THE HUN HANGÁR ENSEMBLE UK Tour: 5 - 12 May 2007
The Leaf Label Ltd are pleased to announce that A Hawk And A Hacksaw will tour the UK with The Hun Hangár Ensemble in May 2007. The tour is organised by Contemporary Music Network.
AHAAH will release an EP recorded with The Hun Hangár Ensemble in Budapest, Hungary, to coincide with the tour.
The Hun Hangár Ensemble are:
Béla Ágoston (Hungarian bagpipes, clarinet, alto saxophone, taragoto, viola)
Zsolt Kürtösi (upright bass, accordion)
Ferenc Kovács (trumpet, violin)
Balázs Unger (cymbalom)
AHAAH's Jeremy Barnes made an exploratory trip to Hungary in the autumn, where he developed a huge respect for Budapest's Fonó, a music shop, venue and centre for Hungarian folk music. Following a succession of concerts and impromptu sessions with Fonó-affiliated musicians, The Hun Hangár Ensemble was born. These musicians have vast experience and respect for Hungarian folk traditions but are also well versed in other idioms such as avant-garde jazz and minimalist composition and play in some of Hungary's most esteemed groups as well as small ad hoc bands and projects. They share AHAAH's desire to tread new ground, and when they were invited along for a new ride they took up the challenge.
Multi-instrumentalist Béla Ágoston, an inspirational figure within the Budapest music scene, known for his freedom of thought and expression, has worked with The Odessa Klezmer Band and Szvorák Kati among others. Ferenc Kovács, a self-proclaimed 'contemporary peasant' and a phenomenal trumpet and violin player, is a member of the Balogh Kálmán Gipsy Cymbalom Band and the Romano Kokalo, and has played with Archie Shepp, Roscoe Mitchell, Hamid Drake and more. His solo recordings combine a Reichian approach to minimalism with a Hungarian folk influence. Upright bass player Zsolt Kürtösi, a member of the Budowicz Klezmer Band with considerable experience in traditional Hungarian and Transylvanian folk musics and klezmer. Balázs Unger, a young maestro of the cymbalom (a dulcimer-like instrument central to traditional Hungarian music) has played since the age of 14 in a wide variety of styles, including jazz (with the Mihaly Dresch Quartet), and Hungarian and Balkan folk.
With Jeremy and AHAAH's other half, Heather Trost, moving to Budapest in February for the foreseeable future, the whole group will be ensconced in the city for rehearsals until the tour in May, and will record a selection of new and traditional songs to be released as an EP to coincide with the tour. This tour will be the first time A Hawk And A Hacksaw have been able to present the arrangements and instrumentation of their records live on stage, and anticipations are high.
The Hun Hangár Ensemble: MySpace
TOUR DATES MAY 2007:
Sat 05
OXFORD, ZODIAC (promoted by OCM and Vacuous Pop)
Doors 7.30pm (TBC) / tickets TBC / 0870 750 0659
www.ocmevents.org
Sun 06
NORWICH, ARTS CENTRE
Doors 8pm / £10 (£8 concessions) / 01603 660352
www.norwichartscentre.co.uk
Mon 07
LEEDS, HOLY TRINITY CHURCH w/ Jack Rose
Doors 7.30pm / £12 (advance) / 08700 600 100
www.ticketweb.co.uk
Tue 08
GLASGOW, THE ARCHES w/ Jack Rose
Doors 7.30pm / £9 (advance + BF) / 0870 240 7528
www.thearches.co.uk
Wed 09
NEWCASTLE, UNIVERSITY OF NORTHUMBRIA w/Jack Rose (promoted by NoFi)
Doors 7.30pm / tickets TBC / 0191 227 4757
www.mynsu.co.uk
Thu 10
CARDIFF, THE POINT (promoted by Forecast)
Doors 7.30pm / £10 / 029 2046 0873
www.thepointcardiffbay.com
Fri 11
LONDON, BUSH HALL w/ Jack Rose (promoted by Eat Your Own Ears)
Doors 7.30pm / £10.50 / 08700 600 100
www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.eatyourownears.com
Sat 12
BRIGHTON, DOME w/ King Naat Veliov and The Original Kočani Orkestar (part of Brighton Festival) Doors 7.30pm / £15/18 / 01273 709 709 /
www.brightonfestival.org
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