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URL:http://www.russianmix.com/events/viewevent/2485-cello-guitar-evening/ 
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SUMMARY:Cello&Guitar evening 
DESCRIPTION:Bumbershoot Festival, using a borrowed guitar. Since then, Torrez has won fans worldwide through international festivals and humanitarian work. He was Tom Waits’ guitarist on the most recent Glitter & Doom world tour. In addition to Tom Waits, Torrez has shared the stage with Buena Vista Social Club , Jethro Tull , Tony Levin, Bill Laswell, Kinky , Sidestepper , Pancho Sanchez , Mumiy Troll , Nortec Collective , Francisco Aguabella and many more. Omar has recently joined with famed Mexican DJ, Roberto Mendoza (Nortec Collective/Panoptica Orchestra), for their new project Cancion Maldita—a collection of post-modern Boleros, an urgent mix of modern electronica and sumptuous, cutting edge guitars, sang by an A-list of Mexican singers. The artist has played at many prestigious festivals such as: Bumbershoot and The San Francisco International Film Festival in the US, Festival Vive Latino, Festival Cervantino and Feria de San Marcos in Mexico, The Waiting for Waits Festival in Spain, The Steppenwolf Awards, Island of Light, Everjazz Festival, and Dvizhenie (“Movement”) in Russia.

Evgeny Tonkha was born in 1981, into a musical family and studied at the Gnessin
Music School (class of Professor Vladimir Tonkha.)
In 1998, he entered the Russian Academy of Music (classes of Professor 
Natalia Shakhovskaya and Professor Valentin Berlinsky.)After graduating from the Russian Academy of Music, Evgeny was invited by
Professor David Geringas to post-graduate studies at the Hanns Eisler
Academy of Music in Berlin. Since 2006, Evgeny has been collaborating with the Berliner Philharmoniker Orchestra.Since the age of 10, he
has toured Germany, France, England, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and the USA.
Conductors he has worked with include Simon Rattle, Zubin Mehta, Claudio
Abbado, Seiji Ozawa, Mariss Jansons and Daniel Barenboim. Among his achievements are the 1st Prize and the Golden Medal at the 12th
International Cello Competition in the Czech Republic, the Special Jury
Prize at the 13th International Tchaikovsky Competition, and prizes for the
best performance of contemporary music.
He participated in many prestigious festivals including "Marlboro"festival
Evgeny teaches at MiMoDa studio.
In 2014 In collaboration with Nathan Frankel he founded a new "K17"concert series in LA and was proud to represent such a world favors artists as David Geringas,Gilles Apap ,Giovanni Sollima and many others.
This brand new duo will be happy to invite you to exiting musical journey with music of 17th century as well as famous melodies of Tango and Bossa Nova . Looking forward to share a glass of wine with you on our concert !
LOCATION:Bel Air Studio, 2718 Claray Dr, Bel Air, CA, 90077
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