Refreshingly unconventional and snappily attired boutique orchestra, Budapest Café Orchestra, deliver Balkan and Russian traditional gypsy and folk music in their own fresh and surprising way. Admired for their artful distillations of masterpieces by the great Romantic composers their infectious music will get into your veins and stay there forever. BCO play a blistering barrage of traditional folk and gypsy-flavoured music from across the Balkans and Russia, Klezmer laments, Romanian Doinas, Hungarian Czadas and their own unique re-imaginings of some of the biggest tunes ever written by the classical greats.  The Budapest Café Orchestra was established in 2009 by British composer and violinist, Christian Garrick, and led by him have won legions of fans with their magical and infectious performances.

CHRISTIAN GARRICK – violin  
EDDIE HESSION – accordion
KELLY CANTLON – double bass
ADRIAN ZOLOTUHIN – guitar, saz, balalaika, domra

“The music is magic in their hands.”  Sean Rafferty BBC Radio 3

“Absolutely acoustically electrifying!”  Time Out

Friday 24 March 2023, 7.30pm.