MZAZA 2023

MZAZA is one of the most unique bands coming out of Australia today. Exploring their French, Spanish-Sephardic and Balkan roots MZAZA reinvent folk traditions and draws you into a world where music knows no borders.

Led by French-Sephardic vocalist Pauline Maudy, this multi-award-winning folk group with members from France, Bosnia, Brazil, New Zealand and Australia harness ancestral influences to embrace diversity, the old and the new, the familiar and the foreign.

The impressive musicianship – deftly realised with accordion, violin, shah kaman (Persian spike-fiddle), guitar, double bass & percussion – fuels their intense stage shows as they craft a snapshot of contemporary Australia’s rich multicultural make-up.

Songlines Magazine describes their music as, “Punchy, energetic and suffused with joy”.

 

 

MZAZA Workshop:

Award-winning world music six-piece, MZAZA facilitates fun workshops for all ages and musical abilities. You will learn a Turkish-Sephardic song sung in Ladino (a mix of old Spanish and Hebrew), and you will be invited to perform the song with the band during their concert.

Date: Fri 1 December

Location: Ipswich Civic Centre, 50 Nicholas St, Ipswich

Workshop time: 6-6:50pm

Concert: 8pm (doors 7:30pm)

 

Register here for the free singing / instrumental music workshops before Thurs 30 Nov:

https://forms.gle/PRcHjhUXyFYAjWYS9

 

World Singing Workshop

Embark on a journey through the poetic world of Sephardic music and join Pauline Maudy and Ricardo Bona for an uplifting vocal workshop aimed at sharing technique and getting you singing quickly.

 

MZAZA Instrumental Workshop

Join Greta (violin), John (guitar), Goran (double-bass) and Malindi (darabuka) to learn a traditional Sephardic tune with unique rhythms and ornaments. Bring your strummed, bowed, blown or percussive instrument of choice. Learn by ear or with the guitar tabs/sheet music we provide.

 

Workshops are free for MZAZA concert ticket-holders

www.mzaza.com

www.youtube.com/mzazamusic