Fanfare Ciocărlia
Fanfare Ciocărlia [fan ˌ ˌ farə tʃjɔ kərliɐ ] (from Romanian: Ciocârlia, German Lerche ) is the name of a twelve-member Roma brass band from the village Zece PRAJINI in eastern Romania Iaşi county. Originally, the group was a traditional village chapel, the Balkan Brass played in the style of the Roma. Since their discovery by the Berlin sound engineer and music manager Henry Ernst on October 6, 1996, she now play on the stages around the world.
Style and works
Typical of the band and the music acts include the extremely fast tempos with more than 200 beats per minute, fast trumpet and clarinet barrels and the appearance on stage with battered instruments, normal clothes and without notes.
In the movie Borat, the band plays a cover version of Born to Be Wild.
Fanfare Ciocărlia was and is involved in musical projects with different orientations. The group was the founder of the concert project The Gypsy Queens and Kings, together with Esma Redžepova (Macedonia), Jony Iliev (Bulgaria), Florentina Sandu (Romania ), Mitsou (Hungary) and Kaloomé (France).
Members
- Paul Marian Bulgaru / Trumpet
- Calin Constantin Sulo / Baritone Horn
- Constantin pinca Cantea / Tuba
- Nicolae Ioniţă / Percussion
- Daniel Ivancea / Saxophone
- Ioan Ivancea ( bandleader, † 20 October 2006) / clarinet and vocals
- Laurentiu Mihai Ivancea / Tenor Horn
- Oprică Ivancea / clarinet and saxophone
- Rădulescu Lazar / trumpet and vocals
- Costică Cimai Trifan / trumpet and vocals
- Monel Gutzel Trifan / Tuba
- Costel Gisniac Ursu / Timpani
Discography
- 2011: Balkan Brass Battle - Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra vs Fanfare Ciocarlia ( Asphalt Tango )
- 2009: Live (CD -ATR 2309 )
- 2007: Queens and Kings (CD- ATR1207 )
- 2005: Gili Garabdi - Ancient Secrets of Gypsy Brass (CD -ATR 0605 )
- 2001: Iag Bari - the Gypsy horns from the mountains beyond (CD- PIR 1577)
- 1999: Baro Biao - World Wide Wedding ( CD - PIR 1364 )
- 1998: Radio Pascani (CD- PIR 1254 )
- 2004: Gypsy Brass Legends - The Story of the Band (DVD -ATR 0404 )
- 2009: Best of Gypsy Brass (LP -ATR 2409 )
Movies
- 2003: Iag Bari Brass On Fire - cinema documentary about Fanfare Ciocărlia
- 2004: Sztuka spadania - Animated Short Film by Tomek Baginski ( music by Fanfare Ciocărlia )
- 2004: Against the Wall - Cinema film, a scene takes place during a performance of Fanfare Ciocărlia
- 2006: When the road bends - Tales of a Gypsy Caravan - cinema documentary about Fanfare Ciocărlias U.S. tour in 2001
- 2006: Borat - movie with title music by Fanfare Ciocărlia