Taraf de Caliu: Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST 2023

For the third year, Tiny Desk concerts team up with globalFEST for a thrilling online music festival - Tiny Desk meets globalFEST.
Bob Boilen | January 30, 2023
Hosted by Angélique Kidjo, the series echoes globalFEST’s live flagship event in spirit but is centered in the framework of the Tiny Desk concert series. This collaboration presents exclusive video performances from nine artists filmed in their respective homelands, on the road and in exile all over the world. There will be three nights of concerts, each featuring three bands, on consecutive nights beginning Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. ET. The globalFEST team wrote the following biographical information about each performer.
Taraf de Caliu, Romania
After more than three decades of relentlessly touring all over the world, the founding members of Taraf de Haidouks reunited for a new project: Taraf de Caliu. The musicians from Clejani, Romania are the last generation of “lautari” that carry on this authentic traditional music from southern Romania, the music that defined them as one of the best gypsy bands in the world. Under the lead of Caliu, the iconic violinist of the taraf, they are on the road again.
SET LIST
"Ca la Breaza"
"Hora lui Caliu"
"Dragostea de la Clejani"
"Ciocârlia"
MUSICIANS
Gheorghe Anghel “Caliu”: violin
Robert Gheorghe: violin
Iulian Vlad: double bass
Marin Manole: accordion, vocals
Ionuț Gulună: vocals
Cristinel Turturică: cimbalom
CREDITS
Production: Șaraimanic & DWMT Production
Producer: Călina Purje
Director: Andrei Gheorghe
1st AD: Tudor Costache
Camera operators: Alexandru Yatesey, Răzvan Leucea, Paul Chirilă
Camera assistant: Daniel Sandu
Live recording: Mihai “Mushu” Popa
Mix and master: Mihai “Mushu” Popa, Andrei Boanță
Video edit and colorization: Paul Vlăsceanu
Props on set: Dan Statache
Special thanks to Larisa Perde, Răzvan Murgu, Șaraimanic Community, Diud, Michel Winter, Isabel Soffer
TINY DESK TEAM
Creative Director: Bob Boilen
Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Editing: Joshua Bryant
Tiny Desk Team: Marissa Lorusso, Hazel Cills, Ashley Pointer
GLOBALFEST TEAM
Co-Directors: Shanta Thake, Isabel Soffer and Bill Bragin
2023 Curators: Shanta Thake, Isabel Soffer, Bill Bragin and Meera Dugal
Event Producer: Ian Thake
Host: Angélique Kidjo
Legal Services: Tamizdat
Legal Services: Duane Morris
Video Production: Karim Tabbaa
FUNDERS:
The Mellon Foundation
The National Endowment for the Arts
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
SPECIAL THANKS:
Ken Umezaki
Fabian Alsultany
Steven Kirkpatrick
David Komar

[@amzamircea1967]

vocalistul lasa muuult de dorit. Se simte scoala de manele. Pe vocal nu prea a mai aparut ceva demn de observat in acest domeniu. Pacat !

[@dragozlatan7846]

Ăștia valoare națională. Lăutari veritabili păcat ca pe zi ce trece din ce in ce mai puțini....si tradiția muzicii lautaresti se pierde. Sunteți extraordinari sănătate și SUCCES în comtinuare oameni dragi

[@petricabeganu2614]

Un artist desăvârșit unicat în felul lui special și greu de egalat, oamenii ăștia se nasc numai odată, să-i dea Dumnezeu sănătate și tot binele din lume!

[@vasileaurelianbalanica8198]

Ce plete are Marius…

[@analazarescu6091]

Ii iubesc, ma fac sa plang mereu.

[@marcopope5683]

Cred ca nici Barbu Lautaru NU a fost mai mare virtuos decat Caliu! Tu esti un dar de la Dumnezeu, facut Romaniei!❤❤❤

[@mihbec2314]

Caliu e un fel de Jimmy Hendrix la vioară... El și instrumentul sunt una!

[@vasileaurelianbalanica8198]

BRAVO FRAȚILOR !!!

[@adnanefouad4764]

salut desde marruecos greatest roumania

[@teotanase4661]

Va pupa Romania 🇷🇴 ❤!

[@gradit27]

I love this guy and his band! Once I met them in Budapest. Greetings from Hungary! ;)

[@stanagelumihai4101]

This is not music , is art ! And is not for everyone , this is a masterpiece , is not dua lipa or imagine dragons studio music or playback , is art where u hear the real instruments !! Greeting from Romania !

[@TarafDeHaidouksClejani]

The continuation of the TARAF DE HAIDOUKS story through Caliu's violin and the last generation of musicians from the village of Clejani 🥇🎹🎻🎤🎸🎺

[@burgesssam]

i love casual background horse

[@celestine9994]

grew up listening to taraf de haidouks...this warms my heart

[@user-rt1rj8ru3m]

Привет Румынии и з далекойСибири г Омска❤

[@KMO325]

This was one of my favorite performances from GlobalFest 2023. I keep coming back to it, even now.

[@b.i.5970]

that guy is playing so fast his violin is on fire! look at the soot in the middle!

[@beltskyy]

all these men are virtuous! God bless them!

[@Leandro-ff7zx]

This is just amazing! Thank you so much guys