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Friday 4 July 7.30pm Cargo, Shoreditch (venue to be confirmed) Bulgarian folk music meets jazz! - Juno Award Winner 2007 – Best World Album
Lubo Alexandrov was first taught Bulgarian folk music by his grandfather, Atanas Ganchev, a very well known kaval player in Bulgaria. As a teenager he developed a fascination with jazz music and began studying under Alexander Petkov, a renowned Bulgarian jazz musician. In Montreal, he continued studying jazz guitar and composition at Concordia University. Lubo has collaborated/recorded with Jony Iliev, Nedyalko Nedylkov, Neno Iliev, Ganesh Anandan, Coral Egan, Nedim Nalbantouglu, Vlada Tomova, Catherine Potter (Duniya Project), Ismail Fencioglu, Carmen Piculeata, Vassil Markov, DJ Freeworm, Marcos Baltar and many others while also leading his group Kaba Horo. A numerous times grant recipient from the Quebec Arts Council and Canada's Arts Council, Lubo Alexandrov can be heard performing in Montreal with his own band Kaba Horo, Ganesh Anandan and in New York with Vlada Tomova's Balkan Tales. Supported by Government of Quebéc in London Tickets: 07966 452557 / www.wegottickets.com please call for details of venue and time. |