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Lafra

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Lafra means creation, healing and magic.

The members of the group come from Croatia, Hungary and Bulgaria. His professional and personal paths had led to five musicians were in Spain. The deep roots of each and a cultural proximity are the keys to this union. Its instruments are the voice accompanied by accordion, clarinet, violin and percussion. The music consists of songs interpreted in the East, South and Central Europe, and their bases are in the Balkans but their repertoire also fit arrangements of classical music and klezmer, music, film, airs his own compositions with folk, jazz and reminiscences large doses of instrumental virtuosity. In 2006 the group was Lafra winner in the "Diversons" Music World of Work "la Caixa". Now is on tour throughout Spain tapping

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Houses of Culture and world music festivals, including the New Festival Segovia and Mercat de Música Viva de Vic (Barcelona).

The members are:

Jasmina Petrovic, voice.

Croatian singer, born in Stuttgart, Germany. Soprano training

classic. The draft Surabaya interprets songs by Kurt Weill,

and is involved with singing songs janissaries Flemish-Arabs.

He has participated in the album Klezmer Sephardic Eduardo

Paniagua and the show performed at the VII Ciclo de Música Sacra

Malaga interpersonal and 2007.

Andrea Szamek-Nagy, violin.

Hungarian folk and classical training. Has worked in Spain

with numerous orchestras and classical music with various groups of folk

and Flemish. He played in the play "The horses do not trot lame"

Luis del Val, with Eloy Arenas. Component and is Desvarietes

Andainas trio.

Nasco Hristov, accordion.

Born in Bulgaria has an extensive classical and folk.

In 2004 he won the accordion in Moron de la Frontera.

In Spain was announced along with his brother Ivo group

Rodopis and through the soundtracks of films such as "Sabotage"

and "My mother likes women."

It is part of Nemo and Cherno More.

Ivo Hristov, clarinet.

Born in Bulgaria has an extensive classical training, jazz and folk.

In Spain it has been known to play in the most prestigious festivals

traditional music. Together with his brother, Nasco, has participated in various

recordings of traditional music. Is a component of the group

Metamorphosis and Cherno More.

Krastyo Metodiev, percussion.

Bulgarian nationals with classical training and extensive experience in

modern music groups such as Big Band Jazz and folk music

bands passacaglia.

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