TAGI – the clarinet, violin, cello, piano quartet – has burst onto the chamber music scene with a debut performance at the Lukas Foss’ Hamptons Summer Music Festival with an attention-demanding performance that was praised by critics as “spellbinding as a Faust-like tale, producing a stunning effect.” Members of TAGI – clarinetist Igor Begelman, violinist …

Contemporary Niger has left few noticeable traces the international music scene. That is until the break through of the group Mamar Kassey at the Atypical Nights  Festival of Lagnon 1998. Cutting as the wind of the Harmattan, sculpturer of the desert, the songs of Mamar Kassey lead us to the borders of the Sahel to …

Rufus Cappadocia: 5 string cello, quarter tone lute Bethany Yarrow: voice, electric lute Bonga Jean Baptiste: Haitian percussion , kalimba, voice Yacouba Moumouni: Fulani flute and voice Sheila Anozier: dance About The Band Having recently returned from the Festival Daoula in Bamako, Mali; Bethany & Rufus have expanded their group formation to include Yacouba Moumouni …

Leo Music is now booking 6 – 8 shows a month of classical music, contemporary music, and jazz at Drom 85 Avenue A New York NY 10009 Upcoming shows: May 9 2012: Matt Herskowitz Trio, $20 advance/$25 door, doors 6:30pm May 15 2012: Bela Horvath & David Lisker, $25, doors 6:30pm   Call for Artists: …