Crossroads regrets that we must cancel the Lotus Ensemble performance on May 1
due to visa problems. We hope to present another program in collaboration with
the Kalmyk Brotherhood Society next year.
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Upcoming events
Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Presented in collaboration with the Kalmyk Brotherhood Society
Lotus Ensemble
State People's Dance Ensemble of the Kalmyk Republic
Epic throat-singing and dazzling folk dances from the westernmost of the
Mongolian peoples.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Umalali
The Garifuna Women's Project
"African rhythms, choral singing, and hypnotic, melancholic melodies... that
will haunt you long after every listen. A unique, deeply moving, unforgettable
album."- Songlines
Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Presented in collaboration with the Sangeet Society
Shahid Parvez Khan
Among the finest sitar players alive today
"Shahid Parvez gave a scintillating sitar recital... imposing from the very
beginning... fertile imagination and technical virtuosity in full measure."-
The Hindu
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Petar Ralchev
The Mozart of Bulgarian folk music
"His rich harmonic palette allows him to create dazzling chords, change keys
seemingly at will, and answer his own improvised phrases with statements that
push the music inexorably forward."- Chicago Reader
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Taína Asili, Gaetano Vaccaro & April Goltz
Flamenco and Latin American folk
Puerto Rican vocalist Taína Asili and Sicilian guitarist Gaetano Vaccaro are
joined by Albuquerque based dancer April Goltz for a stunning night of Latin
American folk and flamenco.
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Supporters
Travel expenses for this event were in part supported by the Japan Foundation,
New York.
Crossroads Music is in part supported by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund and the
Samuel S. Fels Fund and by our members, donors, and program book advertisers.
This project is supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state
agency, through the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA), its regional arts
funding partnership. State government funding for the arts depends upon an
annual appropriation by the Pennsylvania General Assembly and from the National
Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administred in this region by
the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.----
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