Members of La Banda:
- Four Hurdy Gurdies from France
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- Pascal Lefeuvre
- Anne Lise Foy
- Andras Vigh
- Patrice Villaume
- Four Nyckelharpas from Sweden
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- Ditte Anderson
- Markus Svensson
- Erik Rydvall
- Magnus Holmström
- Cello (doubling on musical saw)
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- Su-a Lee
- Three Scottish pipers (all doubling on whistle)
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- Simon McKerrell
- Findlay Macdonald
- Fraser Fifield
- Galician Gaita (Spain)
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- Edelmiro Fernandez
- Asturian Gaita (Spain)
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- Guillermo Perez
- Serbian Gaide (bagpipes ,doubling on Kaval)
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- Slobodan Trkulja
- Two Duduks (Armenia)
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- Tigran Aleksanyan (Doubling on zurna )
- Vahé Hovanesian (Doubling up on Dahul and clarinet, Armenian drum)
- English concertina (England) also Northumbrian bagpipes
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- Alistair Anderson
- Two Panderttas from Asturias (Spain)
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- Maria Gavieiro Alvarez
- Natalie Nuno Rodriguez
- Dulzaina from Valencia (Spain)
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- Francisco Blasco
- Klesmer Button Accordion (Austria)
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- Lothar Lasser
- Bass Clarinet (Scotland)
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- Dick Lee
- Carnyx (Scotland) also Bass trombone
- Tuba (England)
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- Keith (Tank) Sharples
- Bass Saxophone (England)
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- Mick Foster
- Trumpet (Serbia)
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- Bojan Petrovic
- Trumpet and Mellophonium (Scotland)
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- Ryan Quiggley
- Trumpet (Scotland)
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- Ruari Wilson
- Mellophonium and Tenor horn (England)
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- Sandy Smith
- Davul (Turkish drum)
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- Oscar kamstra
- Bones and percussion (Netherlands)
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- Alan (Gunga) Purves
- Percussion (Scotland)
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- James Mackintosh
- Marimba and Vibraphone (Scotland)
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- Jenny Hoy
- Musical associate and conductor
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- Rick Taylor
- Composer and MD
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- Jim Sutherland
- We also have worked with Choirs (raised locally to each performance see 'Before the Wolf')
- 2 Boy sopranos from the Vienna Boys Choir
About La Banda Europa
La Banda Europa is an extraordinary 35 piece band of virtuoso musicians assembled from some of the finest musicians across Europe
In 2006, composer, Jim Sutherland was awarded the Creative Scotland Prize for artists of distinction It is one of the richest arts awards to an individual in Europe..... The Award allowed him time to develop his ideas for an orchestra that could make a unique 'sound of Europe.
The whole thing was initially Inspired by Jim’s score for the BAFTA and Brittish Comedy Award winning film Festival when they famously flew the Drambue Pipe band over to Seville to record Jim’s score with La Banda Tres Caidas, an Eighty piece Semana Santa band.
Jim initially put the orchestra together to perform his score for 'Before the Wolf', a theatrically presented outdoor production. Niel Butler of UZ events raised the funds and facilitated the shows. These first performances were very succesful and have lead to enquieries from event organisers and festivals throughout Europe.
Before the Wolf was commissioned by Newcastle Gateshead Initiative and by the Scottish National street arts festival 'Big in Falkirk' with additional funding from the Scottish Arts Council (Creative Scotland Award), the Insitu Network and Culture 2000
