The Budapest Gypsy Symphony Orchestra will perform in Bucharest on March 31 at Sala Palatului, starting 20, 00 hours. Ticket prices start from RON 75 and reach RON 200 in VIP section. You can book tickets from here.

The show is called “100 violins” and the performers are dressed in national costumes. The live singing orchestra does not use music sheets and the clarinet and the dulcimer are included in their performances. Until its establishment in 1985, nobody ever had seen anything like this. More about the band here.

The starting point was the funeral of a great musician and orchestra leader named Sandor Jaroka. All the music community gathered to pay their respects to their spiritual leader. From a moment of sadness, a fabulous orchestra was born which, in time, performed on the biggest stages of the world, at the most prestigious festivals.

The program is designed in two parts, so the musicians do not betray their origin, neither their attachment to the great classical composers. The first part is dedicated to traditional music, inclusing “as a szep” and Johannes Brahms’ “Hungarian dances”. The second part belongs to the classical repertoire, beginning with Franz Lizst and continuing with Johann Strauss (both father and son).

Vlad Condurache, vlad@romania-insider.com