Unicorn Frequency is a fiery ensemble of international jazz, classical and traditional musicians from across Europe with glowing international careers on guitar, accordion, double bass and percussion. The band is led by Romanian founder-violinist Bogdan Vacarescu. "his technical mastery made it sound as if there were at least two fiddlers.” The Scotsman.
Their cynosure is in the brilliant performance of undiscovered music, reviving and reinterpreting Hungarian folk, Romanian laments and showpieces, Bulgarian dances, Russian gypsy gems, Italian pizzicas and tarantellas and Griko tunes, to masterpieces from the classical repertoire, free improvisation and jazz.
Set 1
Splet - Ciganka sam mala & Moja mala nema mane - A Hungarian Gypsy medley
Ne Kuni Me majko & Opa Opa - Serbian tunes
Hora Martisorului - AF fast Romanian dance
Milo Moy Kokkino - Macedonian-Greek Folk song
Agapi mou fidella protini - Griko love song
Tha Xanarthis - Greek Tango
Pizzica di San Vito - A fast Salento dance
Set 2
Vine lelea pe colinc - Romanian tune
Geamparale - A fast Romanian dance
Sarba de la Lehliu & Bei Mir Bistu Shein - A Romanian dance leading into a jazzy song
Addio del passato & Adio Kerida Classical - Aria from Traviata leading into a Sephardic song
Skylark - Fast paced romanian tune
Solnushka - Slow Russian-Romani anthem
Andra mou paei - A Griko song
Pizzica di Aradeo - A Fast Salento dance
