Taraf de Haïdouks

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Expect riotous Romanian folk from the world's greatest gypsy group Taraf de Haïdouks - literally 'band of outlaws'.

Nothing prepares you for seeing Taraf de Haïdouks live. Their shows burst with intense passion and overflowing energy. The clattering virtuosity and passionate gypsy rasp of this orchestra of honourable brigands will steal your breath away and they're guaranteed to get you on your feet. When presenting their BBC Radio 3 award for World Music, long time admirer Johnny Depp stated: "Taraf De Haidouks are the greatest musicians I know - they play a music which expresses the most intense joy, and have this gift to make you feel alive."

Catch them soon or repent at leisure.

'Their live act is extraordinary - a magical mix of quicksilver melodies, amazing violin and cimbalom solos, earthy songs of lost loves, and riotous traditional wedding songs.' (Daily Telegraph)

Oliver Coates opens the show. At the end of last year, he excited audiences in New York and Hong Kong with debuts of music for cello and electronics. Oliver produces electronic music alongside a concert life performing solo Bach to Morton Feldman and Mica Levi and is a cellist and associate artist at the Southbank Centre, London.

'A stand-out performer. Oliver Coates plays electronically mangled yet attractively dissonant pieces.' (The Times)