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Stian Carstensen (norway) at Bray Jazz Festival at Bray Town Hall
Courtesy of Bray Jazz | Posted on March 17, 2017
Where
Bray Town Hall
Bray Jazz Festival
Main Street, Co Wicklow
Bray
Map
When
Fri, April 28, 2017
18:30
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Musicians
Stian Carstensen
accordionAbout
Describing Norway’s Stian Carstensen as an accordionist is a bit like calling Yehudi Menuhin a fiddle player.
He plays the button-accordion for sure, but he does so much more than that.
A multi-instrumentalist who is also a highly accomplished guitarist and flautist, Carstensen is an entertainer and musical mad-scientist whose combination of humour and virtuosity have earned him the description “the Norwegian Frank Zappa.”
Band leader of the legendary ‘Farmers Market’, a madcap outfit whose repertoire includes Balkan folk music, jazz standards and popular music, Stian Carstensen’s speed, dexterity, and fiery playing can leave the listener flabbergasted, and prompted one critic to question whether there was any piece in any style that this remarkable musical polymath couldn’t play....