The Kabile Bitov Wedding Band
present a
Concert
of
Traditional Bulgarian Music
Friday, August 3, 2007 -- 8:30 PM
Admission
Adults - $10.00
Children 10 & under - free
Randezvous - Restaurant and Bar
1611 Sheepshead Bay Rd. Brooklyn, NY 11235
Music start at 8:30PM
Reservation only. Please call - 201-982-6700 or 718-648-8600
"Kabile" takes it name from the
village Kabile where the members of this extraordinary group of musicians
played one of their early gigs together; a small village located just north of the city
of Yambol in Thrace. This particular group of musicians played together for about 10 years from the mid
1980's to the early 1990's and were so popular that they hardly ever had a free
weekend. Weddings, Subors (village or county fairs), National Holidays,
Religious Holidays, Christenings, Festivals, etc ..... all were the domain of
this much in demand group of superbly talented musicians. Since the time Donka
and Nikolay Kolev immigrated to the USA in 1993, Kabile has continued to play in
Bulgaria, but this particular formation of Kabile hasn't played together as
a group since 1993 ..... until now ..... and now we get to enjoy them. ABOUT THE MUSICIANS... Ivan
Handzhiev (vocals, accordions) is a native of the village of Lesovo
in the Yambol region of Thrace. He began singing as a small child with his
mother and other village singers and started playing accordion at age 9. He
attended the Philip Koutev Secondary School in Kotel, then went on to the
Plovdiv Conservatory. Ivan is a master of the ornamentation and improvisation
technique unique to the Thracian style and has been on the faculty of the Philip
Koutev Secondary Music School for over 25 years. (N.B. ---
When Larry Weiner heard Ivan sing he thought he was one of the finest Bulgarian
traditional singers he'd ever heard) Nikolay
DoKtorov (kaval) is from Varna on the Black Sea coast. He is a
graduate of the Philip Koutev Secondary Music School in Kotel and the Plovdiv
Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts. He has performed with the "Ensembl
Trakiya" in Plovdiv and the
Horovod Ensemble in Varna, and is the director of the folk music orchestra
Spectar. Nikolay is also the conductor of several regional folk ensembles and is
currently on the staff of the “Anton Strashimirov” (post-secondary) High
School in Varna. NIKOLAI KOLEV (gadulka), a native of Karavelovo in Bulgarian Thrace, has been playing
gadulka since age 10. After graduating from the music high school in Shiroka
Luka, he has performed constantly, first as soloist of the Sliven Ensemble for
Folk Songs and Dances. In 1985 Nikolai formed the folk wedding music ensemble
Rozova Dolina, and in 1992 he founded the prize-winning ensemble Balkanski
Glasove. Nikolai has accompanied many well-known singers, including Vulkana
Stojanova, Roumen Rodopski and Todor Kozhuharov. DONKA KOLEVA (vocals) is a
native of the village of Tuzha in the Stara Zagora region of Bulgarian Thrace.
She graduated from the Musical Folklore High School in Shiroka Luka, and
performed for three years with the Sliven Folk Dance and Music Ensemble. She was
the director of the Folk Song Chorus of Sopot, has been a featured soloist on
Bulgarian Radio-TV. Donka has participated in many singing competitions in
Bulgaria and Europe. Donka's voice has been featured on numerous recordings, and
in 1997, her recording of "Javore" was named "Song of the
Year" in the Bulgarian national radio competition. For more info: Kevo -
201-982-6700 or 718-648-8600
or http://www.ezpartyplanner.com/Kabile.htm 