{"id":15036,"date":"2024-02-29T16:26:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T16:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wainsgate.co.uk\/?page_id=15036"},"modified":"2024-07-06T10:16:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T09:16:34","slug":"fran-flora","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wainsgate.co.uk\/fran-flora\/","title":{"rendered":"Fran & Flora<\/span>Reinventions of traditional Eastern European melodies and songs<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Francesca Ter-Berg cello\/vocals<\/em>
Flora Curzon violin\/vocals<\/em><\/p>

Multi-award-nominated experimental\/folk duo Fran & Flora captivate audiences with their reinventions of traditional Eastern European melodies and songs which draw inspiration from archival recordings, recovered manuscripts and studying with traditional masters, infusing source material with drones, loops, free improvisation and electronics to create a ‘border-defying’<\/em> aesthetic (Mojo).<\/p>

They have appeared live in session on Giles Peterson\u2019s WorldWide FM, BBC 6 Music with Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 4 Woman\u2019s Hour, Soho Radio and were nominated for \u2018Best Live Act<\/em>\u2019 by the AIM Independent Music Awards and Songlines Music Awards.<\/p>

Known for their dynamic live performances, the duo has sold out venues across the UK and have performed at festivals across Europe and North America including\u00a0Songlines Encounters<\/em>,\u00a0Shambala<\/em>,\u00a0EFG London Jazz Festival<\/em>,\u00a0Between the Lines<\/em>,\u00a0Smugglers Festival<\/em>,\u00a0Fire In The Mountain<\/em>,\u00a0Shietl Neukolln<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Hidden Notes<\/em>.<\/p>

\u2018Indisputable\u00a0virtuosity and a\u00a0down-to-earth\u00a0gleefulness\u2019<\/em> Songlines Magazine<\/p>

\u2018a string duo bound for glory\u2019<\/em> BBC Radio 3 Late\u00a0Junction<\/p>

‘brave & classy’<\/em>\u00a0Robin Denselow, The Guardian<\/p>

\u2018the kind of quality that you couldn\u2019t fake or acquire in a hurry\u2019<\/em>\u00a0 Tom Robinson BBC Radio 6 Music<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday July 20 3pm\u00a0\u00a312\/\u00a310\/\u00a34 (U18)\u00a0\u00a0BUY TICKETS Click here to see all Music & Spoken Word events Francesca Ter-Berg cello\/vocalsFlora Curzon violin\/vocals Multi-award-nominated experimental\/folk duo Fran & Flora captivate audiences with their reinventions of traditional Eastern European melodies and songs which draw inspiration from archival recordings, recovered manuscripts and studying with traditional masters, infusing source material with drones, loops, free improvisation and electronics to create a ‘border-defying’ aesthetic (Mojo). They have appeared live in session on Giles Peterson\u2019s WorldWide FM, BBC 6 Music with Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 4 Woman\u2019s Hour, Soho Radio and were nominated for \u2018Best Live Act\u2019 by the AIM Independent Music Awards and Songlines Music Awards. Known for their dynamic live performances, the duo has sold out venues across the UK and have performed at festivals across Europe and North America including\u00a0Songlines Encounters,\u00a0Shambala,\u00a0EFG London Jazz Festival,\u00a0Between the Lines,\u00a0Smugglers Festival,\u00a0Fire In The Mountain,\u00a0Shietl Neukolln\u00a0and\u00a0Hidden Notes. \u2018Indisputable\u00a0virtuosity and a\u00a0down-to-earth\u00a0gleefulness\u2019 Songlines Magazine \u2018a string duo bound for glory\u2019 BBC Radio 3 Late\u00a0Junction ‘brave & classy’\u00a0Robin Denselow, The Guardian \u2018the kind of quality that you couldn\u2019t fake or acquire in a hurry\u2019\u00a0 Tom Robinson BBC Radio 6 Music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15037,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wainsgate.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wainsgate.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wainsgate.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wainsgate.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wainsgate.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15036"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/wainsgate.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16445,"href":"https:\/\/wainsgate.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15036\/revisions\/16445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wainsgate.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wainsgate.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}