Come fall in love with Odesa, Ukraine, the Pearl of the Black Sea! Kommuna Lux brings you the heritage music of their beloved hometown. With Klezmer, Balkan, Urban Chanson, a dash of Ukrainian folk and powered by rocket fuel, Kommuna Lux impacts the crowd with a nostalgic, high-energy Big Band sound from the bygone days of speakeasies and rum runners.
When Volodymyr Gitin raises that clarinet to his lips, he becomes the only man in the room-you can't help but utterly fall into his virtuoso arms. "Heavyweight Champion" Oleg Vasianovich holds his accordion like it's light as a feather, while he develops the foundation of each melody. Layers of complexity are added by the bold, bright trumpet of Andrei Okhramovich and the sassy, playful trombone of Yaroslav Besh. Viktor Kirilov never stops dancing as he plays his acoustic guitar, and you never know when Sergei Poltorak will pause on the percussion to punk the rest of the band with a sly prank.
At center stage is sultry powerhouse Bagrat Tsurkan, whose hot buttered voice and nonstop energy compel everyone to the dance floor. These conservatory-trained musicians started out playing flash mobs in the markets, piers and streets of Odesa, and quickly moved up to local and national stages. After winning Germany's Iron Eversteiner prize for folk music, they began touring the world but had a falling-out with their vocalist. They soon discovered "Baggi" singing background for another band, and knew they'd found the perfect front man.
$60.
Presented by The Oshman Family JCC
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When Volodymyr Gitin raises that clarinet to his lips, he becomes the only man in the room-you can't help but utterly fall into his virtuoso arms. "Heavyweight Champion" Oleg Vasianovich holds his accordion like it's light as a feather, while he develops the foundation of each melody. Layers of complexity are added by the bold, bright trumpet of Andrei Okhramovich and the sassy, playful trombone of Yaroslav Besh. Viktor Kirilov never stops dancing as he plays his acoustic guitar, and you never know when Sergei Poltorak will pause on the percussion to punk the rest of the band with a sly prank.
At center stage is sultry powerhouse Bagrat Tsurkan, whose hot buttered voice and nonstop energy compel everyone to the dance floor. These conservatory-trained musicians started out playing flash mobs in the markets, piers and streets of Odesa, and quickly moved up to local and national stages. After winning Germany's Iron Eversteiner prize for folk music, they began touring the world but had a falling-out with their vocalist. They soon discovered "Baggi" singing background for another band, and knew they'd found the perfect front man.
$60.
Presented by The Oshman Family JCC
Come fall in love with Odesa, Ukraine, the Pearl of the Black Sea! Kommuna Lux brings you the heritage music of their beloved hometown. With Klezmer, Balkan, Urban Chanson, a dash of Ukrainian folk and powered by rocket fuel, Kommuna Lux impacts the crowd with a nostalgic, high-energy Big Band sound from the bygone days of speakeasies and rum runners.
When Volodymyr Gitin raises that clarinet to his lips, he becomes the only man in the room-you can't help but utterly fall into his virtuoso arms. "Heavyweight Champion" Oleg Vasianovich holds his accordion like it's light as a feather, while he develops the foundation of each melody. Layers of complexity are added by the bold, bright trumpet of Andrei Okhramovich and the sassy, playful trombone of Yaroslav Besh. Viktor Kirilov never stops dancing as he plays his acoustic guitar, and you never know when Sergei Poltorak will pause on the percussion to punk the rest of the band with a sly prank.
At center stage is sultry powerhouse Bagrat Tsurkan, whose hot buttered voice and nonstop energy compel everyone to the dance floor. These conservatory-trained musicians started out playing flash mobs in the markets, piers and streets of Odesa, and quickly moved up to local and national stages. After winning Germany's Iron Eversteiner prize for folk music, they began touring the world but had a falling-out with their vocalist. They soon discovered "Baggi" singing background for another band, and knew they'd found the perfect front man.
$60.
Presented by The Oshman Family JCC
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When Volodymyr Gitin raises that clarinet to his lips, he becomes the only man in the room-you can't help but utterly fall into his virtuoso arms. "Heavyweight Champion" Oleg Vasianovich holds his accordion like it's light as a feather, while he develops the foundation of each melody. Layers of complexity are added by the bold, bright trumpet of Andrei Okhramovich and the sassy, playful trombone of Yaroslav Besh. Viktor Kirilov never stops dancing as he plays his acoustic guitar, and you never know when Sergei Poltorak will pause on the percussion to punk the rest of the band with a sly prank.
At center stage is sultry powerhouse Bagrat Tsurkan, whose hot buttered voice and nonstop energy compel everyone to the dance floor. These conservatory-trained musicians started out playing flash mobs in the markets, piers and streets of Odesa, and quickly moved up to local and national stages. After winning Germany's Iron Eversteiner prize for folk music, they began touring the world but had a falling-out with their vocalist. They soon discovered "Baggi" singing background for another band, and knew they'd found the perfect front man.
$60.
Presented by The Oshman Family JCC
show less
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