VALLETTA 2018
EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE
THE OTHER EUROPEANS 3 February 2018 St Agatha’s Auditorium, Rabat
c. Pawel Mazur
Fourteen leading klezmer (Yiddish) and lautari (Roma) musicians, unite to lead a multi-cultural experience. Formed and directed by Alan Bern, and funded by a grant from the European Union, this performance presents a supergroup that creates powerful, deeply emotional music. Theirs is a collective sound that restores a centuries-old cooperation between two groups who inhabited the same space in present-day Moldova before being torn apart by war, the holocaust and immigration. Featuring distinguished soloists from seven countries, The Other Europeans – which received the Best Practices in Favour of the Roma Community award from the European Commission – seeks to build new cultural relationships, mainly between two peoples often considered marginally European, but who have played a key role in creating and transmitting European musical traditions. Created by // Maħluq minn: Alan Bern Organised by // Organizzat minn: Valletta 2018 Financed by // Finanzjat mill-: Partly financed by a grant from the European Union // Parzjalment iffinanzjat minn għotja mill-Unjoni Ewropea
THE OTHER EUROPEANS 3 ta’ Frar 2018 Fl-Awditorju ta’ Sant’Agata, ir-Rabat
Erbatax-il mużiċist klezmer (Yiddish) u lautari (Roma) ewlenin ser jingħaqdu biex imexxu esperjenza multikulturali. Imfassla u ggwidata minn Alan Bern u ffinanzjata b’għotja mill-Unjoni Ewropea, din il-prestazzjoni tippreżenta supergrupp li joħloq mużika qawwija li tmiss l-emozzjonijiet mill-qiegħ. Il-ħoss tagħhom huwa ħoss kollettiv li jirreżona koperazzjoni antika sekli bejn żewġ gruppi li kienu jgħixu fl-istess spazju tal-Moldova ta’ żmienna qabel ma
nfirdu kaġun tal-gwerra, tal-olokawstu u tal-immigrazzjoni. Bil-preżentazzjoni ta’ solisti distinti minn seba’ pajjiżi, The Other Europeans – li ngħata l-premju Best Practices in Favour of the Roma Community mill-Kummissjoni Ewropea – ifittex li jibni rapporti kulturali ġodda, prinċipalment bejn żewġ popli li spiss jitqiesu Ewropej b’mod mariġnali biss, iżda li madankollu kellhom rwol ewlieni fil-ħolqien u fix-xandir tat-tradizzjonijiet mużikali Ewropej.