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Stasera Duo
Sun, Mar 21
|Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
International prize-winning flutist Stephanie Jutt and Russian accordion (bayan) virtuoso Stas Venglevski combine to present Eastern European and Latin American music, among other classic gems. A pre-concert Zoom meeting with the artists begins at 3:15 ET on March 21.
Time & Location
Mar 21, 2021, 4:00 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 50 N Prospect St, Akron, OH 44304, USA
Guests
About the Event
PRE-CONCERT Q&A WITH THE ARTISTS
Q: What part or parts of the tradition of performing world music are the hardest traditions to hold onto — to help keep them from disappearing?
Stephanie: We musicians pride ourselves on learning to play a lot of different styles. And certainly playing music in the style of the country in which you were born is the most natural. Stas has really learned the style of the Argentina tango. And he plays a different kind of instrument than accordionists in Argentina use, but he has made it almost impossible to tell because his ear for style is so good. He can absorb that style in a really, really authentic way. It’s been wonderful to work with him on that music because he sounds like an Argentine!
Stas: I grew up in Russia, learning lots of Russian folk music. Over the last 20 years, I’ve been playing so many…