• Gypsy In A Tree - Klezmer Brunch
• 10:00am

GYPSY IN A TREE

Romanian Gypsy Songs

Sanda Weigl - voc Shoko Nagai - piano,accordion Ben Stapp - tuba Satoshi Takeishi - percussion

Romanian born singing-sensation Sanda Weigl blends romanian gypsy music, cabaret and jazz, reflecting her own life story in every moment of her performance.

As outspoken politically as she is uncompromising musically, Sanda first achieved fame as a teen-age member of Team 4, East Germany's most popular rock band of the 1960s. After publicly denouncing communism and Russia's invasion of Czechoslovakia, she was banned from performing and sentenced to two years in an East Berlin prison; then, expelled to the West where she was free to continue crafting her art.

Since relocating to New York in the early nineties, Sanda has performed her singular interpretations to critical acclaim throughout the United States, Mexico, Poland, Germany, Israel, and an especially triumphant series of concerts in her native Romania and she will be performing at the Nobel Award celebration in Stockholm, Sweden this year.

Accompanied by her new band, a trio of Japanese musicians, Sanda takes the Romanian songs she grew up hearing on the streets of Bucarest to a truly revolutionary level.

To call Weigl's voice "powerful" would be an understatement. She has an impressive vocal range. Her interpretations are dramatic, even theatrical, but never "over the top"… but Weigl's purpose is not to shock, but rather to communicate the vibrant life force inherent in the music. Which she does admirably, with an energy and panache that speaks of her intimate familiarity with the material. Always though, it comes back to Weigl's extraordinary voice. And if you're a fan of vocal ethnic music of any sort, that's something you don't want to miss.

Bill Tilland, BBC

Sounding at times like a Tom Waits-bred cross between Cape Verdean Chanteuse Cesaria Evora and German vocal visionary Dagmar Krause, Sanda draws from her Romanian Gypsy heritage to create music steeped in tradition, yet very much of the moment…

George Varga, Union-Tribune San Diego

The Pina Bausch Festival…Sanda appeared on stage dancing with lithe feet and a great sense of rhythm, stunning everyone with an all around motile and expressive voice…

Wuppertaler Zeitung, Germany

“This tiny singer with the huge voice she had to go to New York in order to find her Romanian roots again.… all the Romanian Gypsy songs, the songs of the oppressed Sinti and Roma Gypsies they all are performed in the most excellent way – with blood and heart. And when she sings her a capella song – there is only a woman, a voice and a big event. Standing ovations. Juergen Overkott, on Gypsy in a Tree

A great new tradition!

Every Sunday Morning, combining live music and food in a fresh, cultural environment, City Winery’s Klezmer brunch series pairs some of the greatest musicians in the world with delicious lox, bagels and other tasty fare on our brunch menu on Sunday mornings from 10am to 2pm.

Ticket is a $10 cover for live music and does not include food or drink. Children 13 and under are free for the music. We have a full brunch menu available upon request.