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Russian Federation (2000 – present)

The Moscow group Mervent (in translation from the Breton, “Mervent” means a wind from the southwest, and is a punning expression of their influences on the music that they play), which was formed in August 2000, with a nucleus of two members of Si Mhor - Igor Burmistrov (fiddle, guitar, lead vocals) and Anastasia Papisova (harp, vocals, dance).

The musicians of Mervent try to exploit to the full their very varied musical experience, and this comes across clearly in their sets. The rich diversity of stringed, wind and percussion instruments gives their sets a shimmering range of instrumentation which is fully exploited in the arrangements of tunes in their sets, and the Irish dance numbers performed by Anastasia (rated as one of the best performers of Irish dance in Moscow by Irish nationals visiting Russia) are a natural visual enhancement to their concerts. Mervent’s repertoire consists mainly of the music of European peoples, from Scandinavia and Ireland to the Balkans and Western Ukraine. There are also arrangements of Armenian melodies, and original compositions. […] Mervent does not perform reconstructions, but concentrates on playing contemporary folk music in a style strongly their own.

Information from http://babeblogue.blogspot.com/2007/09/mervent-mervent-2-2003.html


Members:
Igor Burmistrov - fiddle, vocals, guitar
Anastasia Papisova - celtic harp, vocals, Irish dance
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11 Jan 2012 | from mervent.ru/news.html

 В январе у нас намечено 2 концерта в Москве: 17 января мы участвуем в концерте в помощь Инне Бондарь.  Будет хорошая и разнообразная "кельтская" музыка. 31 января пройдёт традиционный "Вечер бретонских танцев". …

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