With a double female lead as source of the ensemble’s seductive sound completed by the special unity of the accordion and the cimbalom, VreMea Válkània aims to find the common musicality of the Balkans through smoky, decadent and melancholic tunes with a hint of the West.
Vocalists Varga Veronika and Kisgyörgy Ilka, accordionist Réti Benedek and cimbalom player Ion Curteanu come from various musical backgrounds, from folk music to jazz and classical music. The Balkans, (Valkania [Greek: Βαλκάνια]) as a common musical set is the main current of the project, while each of the songs performed reflects the musicians' own connection to the Balkans. In this way, the Balkans become a collective and unique language (mea: mine [Romanian]), in an unrepeatable moment in time, in the present (vreme: time [Serbian, Romanian]).
