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Frank London's "Glass House Project", Washington, DC, 28 May 2014

“The Glass House Project”
Three concerts in NY & DC recreate the musical culture of Hungarian Jewish communities
destroyed by the Holocaust

Grammy Award-winning trumpeter FRANK LONDON (of The Klezmatics)
brings together a supergroup of jazz/world/folk virtuosi from Hungary & NYC

Working from meticulously reconstructed scores & archival records of long forgotten folk songs, performances range from the reverential to the decidedly experimental

THE GLASS HOUSE ENSEMBLE:
from Hungary
MIKLÓS LUKÁCS, cimbalon
BÉLA ÁGOSTON, winds
SZIRTES EDINA MÓKUS, singer
ÁRON SZÉKELY, kontra
KATA HARSÁCZKI, singer

from NYC
FRANK LONDON, trumpet
PABLO ASLAN, bass
RICHIE BARSHAY, drums
ARAM BAJAKIAN, guitar
JAKE SHULMAN-MENT, violin

Tuesday, May 27, 7:00 pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Pl, New York City
Free Admission

Wednesday, May 28, 6:00 pm
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Terrace Theater
2700 F St NW, Washington, DC
Free Admission

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