TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS

THE YURI YUNAKOV ENSEMBLE

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2010, 8:00 P.M.
AT HOGG MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM

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“…one of the founders and biggest stars of Bulgaria’s wildly popular ‘wedding music’ scene…a saxophone player of astounding technical virtuosity.” – Dirty Linen

Texas Performing Arts presents an evening with Bulgaria’s greatest saxophone player and pioneer of the country’s ‘wedding music’ scene. The Yuri Yunakov Ensemble will perform one dynamic show on Friday, January 29 at Hogg Memorial Auditorium.

From the intensely personal sound of a Gypsy sax solo, to the dizzying polyrhythmic beat of Bulgarian wedding music, the Yuri Yunakov Ensemble is one of the leading acts on the world music scene. This tradition-bending music includes willful nods to bebop and cartoon music, with frenetic time signatures and live-wire improvisations played out as show-stopping duels between Yunakov and his ensemble, creating harmonies which have made him a legend in Bulgaria since the 1970s. A member of the famed Gypsy Caravan Tour, the ensemble has performed at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, The Smithsonian Institute and throughout the United States and abroad.

CALENDAR LISTING

Friday, January 29, 2010, 8:00 pm –Texas Performing Arts presents the Yuri Yunakov Ensemble at Hogg Memorial Auditorium (2300 Whitis Ave). A map of the campus:
http://www.TexasPerformingArts.org/visit/maps_directions. Tickets ($34 / $10 student tickets / discounted tickets available for UT faculty & staff, seniors and Military) are on sale now at authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at www.TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.

PRESS CONTACT:
Gene Bartholomew
512.471.0632 gbartholomew@TexasPerformingArts.org

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