Portsmouth Community Concerts presents MusiKaravan ~ Classical String Trio
October 18 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
$25When COVID-19 hit and concert venues closed their doors, the violinists Etienne Gara and YuEun Kim of the LA-based chamber orchestra Delirium Musicum took to the road in Boris, their 1971 VW bus, for what became a 6-month odyssey, performing for farm workers, winemakers, random passersby, and various animals. As MusiKaravan, their goal was to celebrate, and thank, the people who were “working hard to feed us physically and emotionally.”
Now, with the addition of a cellist, MusiKaravan is bringing its eclectic programming to concert stages nationwide and beyond. The artists share tales of their adventures on the road, including playing for an audience of ostriches! Short pieces from French chansons to audience favorites like Monti’s “Czardas,” from Brahms to Brazilian and Korean pop music, Charlie Chaplin, Vivaldi, and more, are selected during the concert together with the audience. A MusiKaravan concert can be imagined as a fun, impromptu musical picnic, perfect for all ages and backgrounds!
Etienne Gara, French-Hungarian violinist and Artistic Director of Delirium Musicum, has: recorded a solo album on a Stradivarius from 1714, performs internationally, and regularly joins the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. He was featured on Leonard Cohen’s last album. YuEun Kim, violinist, is an international competition winner and in-demand soloist and chamber musician, performs around the world and has a YouTube channel boasting over 6,000,000 views. Stella Cho, cellist, was raised in the UK, made her solo début at London’s Royal Albert Hall at the age of fifteen, and concertizes on three continents.