Taking it’s name from mountain pass through which Magyar tribes into crossed into the Carpathian basin to settle what later became the Austria Hungarian Empire, Veretski Pass offers a unique and exciting combination of virtuosic musicianship and raw energy that has excited concertgoers across the world. With colorful instrumentation, unique arrangements and compositions, Veretski Pass  plays "Old Country" music; music with origins in the Ottoman Empire, once fabled as the borderlands of the East and the West. In a true collage of Carpathian, Jewish, Rumanian and Ottoman styles,  typical suites contain dances from Moldavia and Bessarabia;  Jewish melodies from Poland and Rumania, Hutzul wedding music from Carpathian-Ruthenia, and haunting Rebetic aires from Smyrna, seamlessly integrated with original compositions.

They recently performed at the prestigious Concertgebouw Concert Hall in Amsterdam to a sold out audience with a standing ovation, and their eponymous CD has repeatedly been on the 10 best recordings lists of journalists.

Click HERE for a video clip from a concert in Fürth, Germany in 2007

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