Songs of love and loss from the Balkans and Central Europe

Balkan and Austrian folk songs, passionately and playfully delivered by the duo in an award-winning interpretation that is far from being purist but seeks to find the heart of these songs with their origins from Albania to the Alps. ‘Ajvar’ is a relish made with peppers and aubergine of Balkan origin; ‘Sterz’ is an Austrian dish similar to Polenta! For their CD Ajvar & Sterz the duo won the Austrian World-Music Award in 2005.

A native of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Natasa Mirkovic-De Ro is an actress and singer who studied musicology, song and piano in Sarajevo and later on in Graz and Vienna. Living in Vienna since 1994 she became known as magic voice of the "Sandy Lopicic Orkestar". As well as folk music she sings, rock, jazz, and opera.

Matthias Loibner is one of the world’s leading hurdy gurdy players, a founder member of the band Deishovida with Ross Daly. In 1994 Matthias Loibner won the first prize at the Concours de Vielles et Cornemuse St. Chartiers and won the Pasticcio-Preis of Austrian Radio Oe1. In 2011 Matthias appeared in a live studio session on BBC Radio 3’s World on 3 with Lopa Kothari

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