EVELYN PETROVA

The Russian accordionist and vocalist Evelyn Petrova from St. Petersburg made quite an impression at the opening program of the new Bimhuis last February (her Dutch debut). In Year’s Cycle she takes the months of the year as a starting point for a suite in which her staggering instrumental virtuosity and her singing covers all emotional seasons; seductive spring moods versus severe circumstances in which her percussive vocal effects evoke an almost frightening intensity. Folk music and jazz-like improvisations with a highly personal character, an exceptional experience