For the Romanian cimbalom virtuoso Nicolae Feraru, who has lived in Chicago since 1993, life changed last September. That’s when he traveled to Washington, D.C., to receive his adopted country’s ...

The rehearsal space for the Metropolitan Opera’s orchestra is three levels below a parking garage, amid a labyrinth of dingy hallways and exposed ceiling pipes. The room has the air of a high-school ...

Mission Cimbalom; Adriana; Place St. Henri; Nature Boy; Le Grand Blond avec une Chaussure Noire; Tango for the Giants; Waltz for Debby; St. Arturo; Buongiorno ...

Rarely does an instrument come along with a band leader that is so worthy of attention for bringing a new and unheard sound to the world of jazz. With Mission Cimbalom, Marius Preda has accomplished ...

To observe that Nicolae Feraru has an intense relationship with his instrument, the Eastern European cimbalom, would be an understatement. “The first love for me is not my wife, it is this instrument, ...

Many generations of displaced Easterners got off the train there to begin their new lives. Multitudes of military personnel moved through America’s last great urban train station, which opened in 1939 ...

Mobile Symphony Orchestra presents "Csardas" featuring The Kalman Balogh Gypsy Cimbalom Trio When: Saturday, March 15 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 16 at 2:30 p.m. Where: The Saenger Theatre, 6 S.

APPRAISER: It's an instrument called a cimbalom. It originally was invented in Hungary. It's made, as you can see, 1890, in Minneapolis.

I almost forgot to tell you about this, but tonight Hungarian cimbalom master Kalman Balogh brings his Gypsy Swing Trio to Martyrs’. But better late than never, because this isn’t a show to ignore.

Lucy Voronov with pianist Elen Rapoport played the Cimbalom concert arrangement for piano accompaniment Source: Unification ...

Hungarian cimbalom master Kalman Balogh, center, comes to Cafe Istanbul, March 10, with a trio that includes fiddler Robert Lakatos and bassist Csaba Novak. (Cafe Istanbul) New Orleans and Budapest ...