Cork Midsummer Festival - A Festival of local, national & international arts!

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Welcome to the Cork Midsummer Festival 2007
Tuesday 19th - Saturday 30th June 2007.

The Clear Sky Ensemble
Date: Sunday 24th June @ 8pm
Tickets: €21 / €16
Venue: Everyman Palace Theatre

Bringing together some of the finest musicians resident in the city, the Clear Sky Ensemble is Congolese guitar sensation Niwel Tsumbu’s most ambitious project yet. This cross-cultural group was made possible by generous funding from Cork City Council.

Witness the world premiere of the Big Bang symphony. Bursting with energy, it explores our instincts and emotions, delivering a positive message through tribal African rhythms, Latin, funk, reggae, and jazz to lift the spirit and awaken the soul.

“Niwel Tsumbu trades in good vibrations. His wayward incantations and surgically precise guitar lines …immense confidence and panache …had us eating out of the palm of his hand. “ Irish Times, March 2007

Niwel Tsumbu (DR Congo) – guitars, vocals Ahmad Mahboob (Iran) – vocals Karl Rooney (Cork) – saxophone Tonyho dos Santos (Brazil) – trumpet Caroline dos Santos (Germany) – violin Eoghan Horgan (Cork) – piano Brian Hennessy (Limerick) – bass Eamonn Cagney (Donegal) – African percussion Justino Ramirez (US) – Latin percussion Diego Ramirez (US) – drums

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