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Goran Bregovic & His Wedding and Funeral Orchestra

Goran Bregovic
Photo by Stephanie Berger

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Past Performance
June 17, 2009, 8:00 pm
Bass Concert Hall

Balkan music icon and acclaimed film composer Goran Bregovic celebrates the music of Europe’s Gypsy tradition. Goran brings his 20-piece Wedding and Funeral Orchestra to the Bass Concert Hall stage on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 for one of a handful of concerts in the United States this year. This spectacular Orchestra includes a Serbian brass band, string ensemble, and choir. This is certain to be one of the most talked about world music events for years to come!

“Goran Bregovic and his Weddings and Funerals Band…had the audience eating out of their hands…Bregovic makes a music that runs the spectrum from ecstatic, robustly earthy dance music, to naughty pop tunes, to vocal and string arrangements ripe with sentimentality…a lyrical, beautifully paced evening.” – Daily Star, Lebanon

In collaboration with the Austin Public Library we will be screening a series of films with music composed by Goran Bregovic. The series begins June 1, for details visit the Lifelong Learning web page.

Goran Bregovic New York Times Review – 2006

Goran Bregovic’s new album, Alkohol, reviewed by the Guardian – 2009