Diaspora Ensemble
April 26 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event.
Diaspora Ensemble
Music of the Mediterranean
Diaspora Ensemble will play music from Greece, Turkey, the Balkans, and songs from the Sefardic repertoire. The band is excited to return to the Red Poppy with talented friends Joe Rosato on bass and Zina Pozen on accordion, along with the delightful dancer Nicole Maria.
Featuring:
Leah Sirkin – violin, vocals
Tano Brock – clarinet, laouto, vocals
Zina Pozen – accordion, vocals
Joe Rosato – Double Bass
Steven Brock – tabla, kanjira, frame drum
Nicole Maria – dance, Middle Eastern percussion
Saturday, April 26th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20-30 (Students/low income: $20) / (Door) $30-$35 general
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Diaspora Ensemble plays music from Greece, Turkey, the Balkans, and Afghanistan, and songs in Ladino from the Sefardic repertoire. The soulful and lively melodies in varied meters transport the listener to exotic lands and are often vehicles for improvisation. Leah Sirkin, Tano Brock, and Steven Brock are the core members of this family band from San Francisco.
Leah Sirkin has studied with master musicians and singers from Greece, the Balkans, and the Middle East for over two decades. She has performed with the Aswat Arabic Orchestra, the Silk Road Caravan, and Helm, in addition to her family band, Diaspora.
Tano Brock is a multi-instrumentalist who has studied and performed with master musicians from the Balkans, Turkey, and the Middle East. He leads the Sarma Brass Band in NYC, among other projects, performs regularly with Inspector Gadje and La Doña, and is on staff teaching and leading the brass band and kids’ band at the Mendocino Balkan Camp.
Steven Brock has been playing tabla for over thirty years, studying with the master Swapan Chaudhury at the Ali Akbar College of Music. He has been playing and studying kanjira with two South Indian master musicians for the last decade.
Originally from Ukraine, Zina Pozen grew up in a family of classical musicians, playing piano from a young age. Zina plays klezmer, Moldovan, Ukrainian, Turkish, Armenian, and Greek rebetiko with many Bay Area bands, including the Saul Goodman Klezmer Band, Orchestra Euphonos, and Metanastys.
Joe Rosato Jr. is a Bay Area upright bassist who has played with numerous musical luminaries, including Lowell Fulson, Ron Thompson, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Tim Weed, and the Turkish band Lars and In Charge. In a career spanning four decades, he’s proven himself a versatile sideman adeptly playing everything from bluegrass to jazz to Balkan.
Nicole Maria has been studying, teaching, and performing contemporary and traditional forms of Arabic dance for over a decade. A multiple award-winning dancer, Nicole is known for being an engaging and charismatic entertainer, for elevating the level of the art form, and for her elegance and grace. Instagram: @nicolemariadance
PREVIEW THE PERFORMANCE:
Saturday, April 26th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20-30 (Students/low income: $20) / (Door) $30-$35 general
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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Note: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come, first served.
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