Orkestra del Sol

Flamboyant, brassy and irresistibly euphoric - the riotous live shows of Edinburgh’s Orkestra del Sol are fast 
gaining them notoriety as Scotland’s answer to the celebratory wedding bands of Eastern Europe. Blending the 
best of brass with the swinging sounds of New Orleans, the rolling rhythms of the Middle East or the bouncing
 beats of UK ska, they pack a punch and make mincemeat of musical categories. The band site influences
 including Balkan big names like Boban Markovic Orkestar, Mahala Rai Banda and Fanfare Ciocarlia, but also
pay homage to Calypso and Mento, Brazilian Forro and Columbian Porro, plus The Specials, Tom Ze, Duke
Ellington, Stephane Grapelli and Tom Waits.
It is their imaginative and captivating stage show that truly sets Orkestra del Sol apart – bursting with anarchic
humour, wildly skilful musical arrangements and a roguish sense of theatre, the band has hit upon an explosive
combination. They’ve sold out venues and delighted festival audiences across Europe and as far afield as India
a nd China.
The band’s charm lies in their rebellious spirit and unruly cast of musicians: Olga, sultry queen of the clarinet;
 world famous (in his own imagination) calypso king, Sincero Minimo; food-obsessed sousaphonist, Marco
 Battenburg and 12 year-old trumpet genius, Phil Philidopoulos to name but a few. This is an inspired musical
 feast, a journey into the irresistible world of Orkestra del Sol. Globally inspired. Distilled in Scotland.
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Magnificent” The Independent
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Utterly captivating” Songlines

“Orkestra del Sol showed just how brilliantly they’ve caught the Zeitgeist…
their on-stage music-making and theatricality is irresistible” The Scotsman
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You cannot take your eyes off these characters for a second, for fear
 of missing another hilarious interaction or quirky gesture.” Three Weeks

Aneta Barcik is a Polish singer, who sings Arabic. Her roots are jazz and pop music, after singing several years in jazz big-bands, she also started dancing and acting and got a scholarship for the best musical academy in Germany, Joop van den Ende Academy. She was main protagonist on German TV ZDF in a musical documentary in 2003-2004 and is now performing with different projects in Poland, Germany, UK and USA. She´s got records published in Poland together with her father and her other records with Hang & Bass Project will be released in Germany in January 2011. Her current dedication is dance music, pop, jazz and her own compositions, but with Abdul Salam Kheir she presents Classical Arabic Singing. Their first concert together was in 2007 in the Egyptian  Consulate in London, in 2009 they went on tour in Poland and performed also on the Polish TV. Aneta is also graduating her Masters in Music Performance in Arabic Singing at SOAS, School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
 
Abdul Salam Kheir is best known oud player, Arabic singer, teacher and composer in London. He recorded and went on tour with the musicians from Led Zeppelin and played recently with Shakira on her TV concert in London. He composed music for films and is now working on a theater production as a composer and songwriter. Abdul Salam Kheir comes from Lebanon, performed in different countries and is well established in London.

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