Erik Marchand Quartet - Unu, Daou, Tri, Chtar ! - Artist Page
Erik Marchand Quartet - Unu, Daou, Tri, Chtar !
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The quartet is formed by Erik Marchand and Jacky Molard, two of the most famous artists of the current Breton popular music, and by Costica Olan and Viorel Tajkuna, two of the biggest virtuosos of Gypsy music from Romania and Serbia.

The quartet performs suites of Breton dances colored by the stamp of the taragot and by the very specific technique of the accordionist Viorel Tajkuna. These dances are also decorated with improvised introductions and with subjects of gwerzio or doina, played with the particular feeling of this multicultural orchestra.

During the festival Dre Ar Wenojenn in December, 2002 the four musicians organized a master-class on the musics of the Balkans.

Costica and Viorel were already familiar with Breton music since they shared Erik and Jacky's music within the concert Dor and within the creation "The Balkaniks". This experience led them to present a program of Breton dances in a new quartet band during the fest-noz of the Langonnet Festival in Centre-Bretagne.


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