YURODNY ENSEMBLE

YURODNY ENSEMBLE
Founded in Dublin in November 2007 by saxophonist, composer and producer Nick Roth, Yurodny
perform contemporary interpretations of traditional music from around the world and work
collaboratively with performers and composers who share their passion for the re-imagining of
tradition and the vitality of the present.
Described by the international press as 'triumphant...vibrant and irresistable', 'music sans
frontieres...breathtaking elegance' and their recorded work as ‘surely one of the most significant
releases to come out of Ireland in decades’ (AllAboutJazz) Yurodny have performed across Europe
and are signed to the Diatribe label, with whom they have released several critically acclaimed
records and feature-length documentary films.
In 2013 Yurodny were awarded the CultureConnects EU Presidency Award by Culture Ireland
(International) and the Arts Council of Ireland (National) as part of a cultural programme celebrating
Ireland’s cultural contribution during their tenure of the Presidency of the Council of the European
Union.
As part of their journey to re-imagine traditional music in today’s changing society, they have worked
with some of the world’s leading composers and given several important world premières, including
recent new work by Mamoru Fujieda, Kamran Ince, Onur Turkmen, Ian Wilson (Arts Council of
Ireland) Lars Graugaard (Danish Arts Foundation) and Dan Trueman (Arts Council of Ireland).
Their performance schedule for the first half of 2013 includes a headlining performance at Kings
Place, London for the opening night of the Songlines Encounters Festival, a two-week residency in
Copenhagen and Oslo as further research into the Yurodny SciLens project (sensor augmentation of
the ensemble) and performances at GAIA Festival, Switzerland and the HOPA! Festival Dublin.
WWW.YURODNY.COM
“Surely one of the most significant releases to come out of Ireland in decades.”
Ian Patterson
AllAboutJazz
“The music emerged triumphant, vibrant and irresistible!”
Ray Comiskey
The Irish Times
“Music sans frontières…exhilarating perfection.”
Michael Quinn
The Journal of Music
“If the European ideal was given the thumbs down with Lisbon, then perhaps Yurodny is
the ideal we were led to believe just might be possible.”
Siobhan Long
USA Today
“One of the best and most adventurous world music discs I've heard in a long while.”
Bruce Lee Gallanter
Downtown Music Gallery, Brooklyn NYC
YURODNY ARE:
OLEG PONOMAREV – VIOLIN
ADRIAN HART – VIOLIN, ELECTRONICS
CORA VENUS LUNNY – VIOLIN, VIOLA
KATE ELLIS – CELLO
NICK ROTH – SAXOPHONES
COLM O’HARA – TROMBONE
FRANCESCO TURRISI – ACCORDION
DAVID REDMOND – DOUBLE BASS
PHILIP MACMULLAN - DRUMS