Kroke
Wed, 21 May
|Oswestry
"We are klezmer, that’s why we mainly improvise, constantly looking for something new, also in ourselves. Improvisation is a gate through which the worlds of our souls go straight to those who want to explore these worlds. We want our music to be simply called the Kroke music."
Time & Location
21 May 2025, 19:30 – 22:30
Oswestry, Chapel St, Oswestry SY11 1LF, UK
About the event
Polish trio Kroke (Yiddish for Kraków) perform the 'best of' the band’s most popular songs from a stunning 30-year career. Formed in 1992 by three friends - Tomasz Kukrba, Jerzy Bawof and Tomasz Lato - graduates of the Academy of Music in Krakow, Kroke were initially associated with klezmer music with strong Balkan influences. Nowadays heavily influenced by jazz, contemporary and ethnic music imbued with their own stunning improvisations, the trio have honed a totally unique style which has attracted attention from renowned artists and audiences the world over.
In 1993 Steven Spielberg invited the band to Jerusalem to perform at the Survivor's Reunion ceremony. An invitation to play WOMAD UK led to recording sessions with Peter Gabriel at Real World, and Kroke's subsequent appearance on his Long Walk Home album, the soundtrack for the 2002 film Rabbit-Proof Fence. The Secrets of The Life Tree piece, performed by Kroke, featured…
Tickets
General Admission
£20.00+£0.50 service fee
Total
£0.00