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Internationally acclaimed double bassist Michael Cretu showcases his hauntingly beautiful music from the album The Byzantium Connection (released earlier this year).
- 28 min
- 929
- Romanian Cultural Institute London
Michael’s new album ‘The Byzantium Connection’ references some of that rich heritage. Double bass expert David Heyes explains “Michael’s four movement ‘Sonata for solo double bass’…explores many different soundworlds, with music which is rhythmically charged contrasting passages of a more evocative and atmospheric nature.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2019 CD release of "The Byzantium Connection" on Discogs.
- UK
- Prima Facie (2)-PFCD114
- CD, Stereo
- 2019
9 de ago. de 2021 · Michael Cretu is an internationally recognized musician and composer of The Byzantium Connection, a celebration of his exceptional musical heritage. Born in Bucharest, Romania, Michael comes from a family of musicians with a long and wonderful performing tradition, dating back to the 17th century.
- Bass Musician
13 de dez. de 2019 · The Byzantium Connection tells his story and that of his family: In the mid-18th century, during the Ottoman occupation of the Romanian principalities, Walachia, Moldova and Transylvania, musicians from Michael's family belonged to the monastery of Bistrita and its land.
In his composition for solo Double Bass, Michael is strongly influenced by Romanian folk music and its connection with the Byzantine world. Michael believes that somehow, miraculously, Romanian folk music brought together the two diverse cultures of the east and west of the Roman Empire; on the one hand the Romanian language, (a ‘gift’ from ...
13 de dez. de 2019 · The Byzantium Connection tells his story and that of his family: In the mid-18th century, during the Ottoman occupation of the Romanian principalities, Walachia, Moldova and Transylvania, musicians from Michael's family belonged to the monastery of Bistrita and its land.
