Kalinka Ensemble

4+ (group) performers

Indoor and outdoor

Band

3 hours

walking orchestra

DE, ES, FR, NL, EN

Kalinka Ensemble can move between your guests and play the melodies you like to hear, also on request. The four musicians create a unique atmosphere with their instruments violin, accordion, cymbalom/guitar and double bass.

Kalinka is an acoustic ensemble centered around violinist Pal Szomora.
Just about all known (and also lesser known) melodies he knows by heart, and plays on demand.
The musicians move among the audience and all genres of music are possible.
Gradually background music evolves into full ambiance, and yet not too loud because the orchestra plays without sound amplification.
Accordion, guitar and double bass accompany.
The full cast is quartet - a trio is sufficient for smaller parties - and duo is also possible.

Kalinka Ensemble performs on the occasion of wedding masses, weddings, birthday parties, receptions, walking dinners, seminars, and other private parties. The orchestra feels at home in various genres of music, primarily Eastern European gypsy music from Russia (Slavic music), Hungary (Hungarian csardas, magyar nota), Romania (sirba, doina), and the Balkans. In addition, this gypsy orchestra has an extensive repertoire of light classical, operetta, musical, film music, Viennese music, French chanson, musette, sing-alongs, Jewish melodies (klezmer). Anyone who says gipsy or gypsy music cannot do without Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, whose hot club gypsy jazz is also featured by Gypsy Ensemble Kalinka.

Kalinka Ensemble distinguishes itself from many other groups by playing, whenever possible, without amplification.
The warm atmosphere of purely acoustic music cannot be compared to electronically amplified music (whether produced by a DJ, a musician or an orchestra). Moreover, an added advantage is that no one complains about the music being too loud.

Kalinka can always be used as a mobile orchestra. The musicians like to move among the guests if that can contribute to the atmosphere. This automatically creates a warm contact between musicians and guests, request songs are played with a smile.
An additional violinist or violinists is always possible.

Kalinka originated as a gypsy orchestra for parties. You can still find plenty of similar orchestras in Budapest, in the low countries they are becoming rarer and rarer.

Musical preferences are quite different and Gypsy musicians always take this into account, because their music must first and foremost please the guests. They often sing along spontaneously or dance.

Kalinka builds on the centuries-old European tradition of restaurants with live Russian and Hungarian gypsy music. In Paris, Cabaret Sheherazade was at the top - in Brussels, "Au Grand Mayeur" on the Sablon was a household name, as was restaurant Piroska in Antwerp.

In addition, orchestras without a permanent venue also emerged, including Laci Lakatos, Violino Cigány, Baro Chavo, and, of course, Kalinka Ensemble, which on the one hand cherishes tradition, yet regularly adds contemporary music to its repertoire, popular sing-alongs are thus certainly not taboo.

This is, in summary, what Kalinka is all about:
Acoustic entertainment, entertainment, fringe party, gypsy violinist, duo, gypsy trio, orchestra between tables, acoustic violinist, violinist, jazz violinist, music group, gypsy band, mobile band, gypsy orchestra, folk music, wedding reception, wedding, anniversary, baby shower, seminar, wedding music, wedding band, walking orchestra, musical accompaniment, funeral, funeral party, family party, wedding party, wedding reception, wedding reception, wedding mass, wedding mass, russian folklore, hungarian, romanian, slavic, russian, Laci Lacatos, eastern european, jewish, waltz, variety, strolling orchestra, corporate party, new year's reception, new year's reception, corporate event, background music, world music, pan flutist, cymbalist, accordionist, gypsy musicians, pan flute, bass, gypsy band, music group without amplification, staff party, anniversary celebration, anniversary party, private party, parlor orchestra André Rieu, garden party, living room concert, Hungarian evening Sablon, birthday party, jazz manouche.

Transport costs included within the triangle Ghent-Antwerp-Brussels (margin 50 kilometers beyond)

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