Concert | Café de Maurizi

Café De Maurizi is a flexible ensemble featuring strings — violin, cello, double bass and piano — together with a singer. In a lively and often humorous performance, the musicians play Slavic and Romani music, much of it instantly recognizable to audiences.

The audience discovers distinctive interpretations of Dark(…)

Café De Maurizi is a flexible ensemble featuring strings — violin, cello, double bass and piano — together with a singer. In a lively and often humorous performance, the musicians play Slavic and Romani music, much of it instantly recognizable to audiences.

The audience discovers distinctive interpretations of Dark Eyes, Csárdás by Vittorio Monti, Endless Road by Boris Fomine, as well as playful waltzes and polkas. An operatically trained voice blends with the virtuosic lines of the violin and cello, supported by the colorful rhythms of the piano and double bass.

Most of these pieces have been recomposed by Oreste Eugène de Maurizi. You will hear the authentic accents of Transylvanian music, evoking human passions, folk traditions, and birdsong (…).

Some of the pieces also contributed to the success of French songs performed by Charles Aznavour, Dalida, Rika Zaraï and Ivan Rebrov (…), heralding the songs of the 1960s.

This musical and theatrical performance is full of virtuosic surprises, with musicians dancing with their instruments and delighting in interacting with the audience — playing for excellence, and for laughter.