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Very active on the Transylvanian artistic scene, "Fanfara Transylvania" managed to enrich the artistic heritage of the gipsy music which was passed down to them, by adding a professional touch to it: all the members of the group possess an excellent musical education, acquired both with local music teachers and with other fellow-musicians. Consequently, they are consummate professional musicians who compose and prepare their songs by sheet music, but, nevertheless, manage to maintain unchanged the ethnic "core" of their music.
Having a wide repertoire which includes Romanian "folklore" from all over the country, but also personal and highly original interpretations of some of the music themes which are recurrent in the Balkans and present in the repertoire of Goran Bregovic and Boban Markovic, "Fanfara Transylvania" ( also known as "Galan`s Fanfare") is made up of fine musicians who fill their audiences´ souls with happiness. Having a long musical tradition - both Saxon-Transilvanian based and Moldavian, with strong gipsy roots, Fanfara Transilvania (formed in Cugir, Romania) creates a mix between new and old, between the succesfull music of nowadays and the old Moldavian and Ardeal ,,hore'' or ,,doine''. They call the listener in a world that combines various cultures - the ancient Romanian village's and the city's suburbs', the one of the ''gaje's'' and the ''lautar'' gipsy comunities. With their music, 'Transilvania' steps over those differences, creating a vivid and colourful universe, where everyone can find a place
Fanfara Transylvania performed in Piata Mare ( the "Big Square") in Sibiu, as part of the programme " Sibiu- European Capital of Culture- 2007". This highly successful performance was followed by many others : International Ethnic Festival PRO ETNICA - 2007 Sighisoara(off contest live show), National Folklore Festival 2007- Bucharest, "Taraf and Fanfare Festival"-Bucharest sept.2007, invited at "Serbs`s Tavern" for a live performance in september 2007(one of the most famous live events place in Bucharest-Goran Bregovic is one of the many musicians present there), and many others famous locations across Transylvania.In 2008 -- Tarafs and fanfare Festival Bucharest(25,05,08), Urban Festival Cluj(16.05.08), Street Delivery Festival Bucharest(june 2008) and soon to come Trutnov Open Air festival(Czech Republic)- 22-24.08.08 and Gorizia Castle International World Of Folklore Festival(28-30 aug.2008-Italy)
