Çedille's The Balkan Project features the Cavatina Duo -- flutist Eugenia Moliner and guitarist Denis Azabagic -- in a program of 16 arrangements for the mini-ensemble of Balkan folk songs arranged by talented contemporary composers. The term "The Balkans" refers to a region of Southeastern Europe typified by the presence of the Balkan mountain range and made up of the Balkan peninsula, though there are places without the Peninsula that are still considered Balkan. Here one may find the nations of Greece, Albania, Bosnia ...
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Çedille's The Balkan Project features the Cavatina Duo -- flutist Eugenia Moliner and guitarist Denis Azabagic -- in a program of 16 arrangements for the mini-ensemble of Balkan folk songs arranged by talented contemporary composers. The term "The Balkans" refers to a region of Southeastern Europe typified by the presence of the Balkan mountain range and made up of the Balkan peninsula, though there are places without the Peninsula that are still considered Balkan. Here one may find the nations of Greece, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Montenegro with parts of Turkey and Romania figuring into the cultural mix as well. One thing many of these places have in common is that the Turks dominated much of this region by the mid-17th century; by the 19th century, Turkey slowly began to loosen much of its grip on the region. Many 21st century residents associate the Balkans with war, owing to the protracted conflict between former Yugoslav republics in the...
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