Europe

SCURDIA - Markus Schirmer & Friends

When one of the most successful concert pianists distances himself a little from "serious music", and focuses his fiery talents on the remaining sounds of the world, for the rest of us, the end result is simply: wonder, laughter, applause, cheering and dancing!

Imagine, Mozart and Piazzolla meeting in the woods, a Kurdish cowboy riding off into the sunset, Chopin telling Styrian jokes, Paganini sending greetings from Sugar Loaf Mountain in Brazil. Imagine all of this, cleverly delivered in a package, full of longing, passion and exuberant vitality. Featuring Oud, Schalmei, Accordion, Sax, Congas, Daff, Tuba, Guitar, Cello, Hammond B3, Diatonic Button Accordion, Violin, Cajon, Voice and Piano.
This amazing cross-cultural blend of instruments, magically come to life in the hands true masters of their craft, top musicians from various countries around the world.

Together they conjure up a resounding ether of Middle Eastern Folk, Jazz, Soul, Funk, Ethnic, Austro and of course, always Classical Music.
But SCURDIA is not "just" music at its best. Markus Schirmer, his artistic alter ego, the oriental Oud-Master, Risgar Koshnaw and friends have something else in mind: they want to replace the blinders of old perspectives with what could be called "mind blowing music without borders". By coming together, listening to each other and tuning into their collective multicultural music consciousness, they channel into existence new and exhilarating musical expressions, giving us a fresh view of music and the immense wealth that it possesses.

So goes the virtuoso band to work, playfully blazing never before trodden trails, conquering new territories. Pilgrims all, they advance along the path sound, finding unity in apparent diversity and incompatibility to happily celebrate self-understanding.

SCURDIA are

Markus Schirmer, Austria - Piano
Risgar Koshnaw, Iraq - Oud, Vocals
Maria Berger, Austria - Guitar
Ismael Barrios, Venezuela - Percussion
Richie Winkler, Austria - Sax, Clarinet Oriental
Marina Bkhiyan, Armenia - Violin
Christian Bakanic, Austria - Accordion, Diatonic, Cajon
Natasa Mirkovic-De Ro, Bosnia - Vocals
Franz Kreimer, Austria - Hammond B3
Jon Sass, USA - Tuba
Sophie Abraham, Netherlands - Cello
Zahawy Hussein, Iran - Daff

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