Bowfire
From the traditional fiddle and violin, to the electric violin and exotic Chinese erhu, BOWFIRE will definitely change people's perspective of what a stringed instrument can do! The Canadian-based string performers known as Bowfire have been thrilling audiences worldwide since forming in 2000. Their first television special offers the total string experience with a diverse blend of brilliant, award-winning string players. Recorded May 2007 at Centre in the Square in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, this sizzling concert captures the group's hit live show, taking public television viewers on an incredible journey that moves seamlessly from Jazz to Classical to Bluegrass to Celtic, to Rock and World styles. A thrilling combination of master musicians, dazzling choreography, soulful vocals, and breath-taking costumes and set design, BOWFIRE includes the group's signature track "Fiddler in the Hood," and covers of "Orange Blossom Special" and Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir." A production of Artist Nation, a division of Live Nation, Bowfire Productions LLC and WLIW New York. Creator and Artistic Director: Lenny Solomon. Executive Producer: Barry Avrich. Executive Producer for WLIW: Roy A Hammond. CC and ST.
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CUTLINE: Bowfire creator and artistic director Lenny Solomon.
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CUTLINE: Bowfire's George Gao plays the Chinese erhu.
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