16.03.2014 – Interview with Garth Cartwright The polymath virtuoso Tcha Limberger is the king of gypsy music ‘Tcha Limberger, at first glance, might appear just another Gypsy fiddler. A handsome man with a thin moustache and sharp suit who, when he strikes bow to violin, is obviously a virtuoso. Then[…]
22.11.2013 – Quecumbar London Quecumber Battersea.First night of five-date UK tour ‘When I interviewed the blind Belgian-born violinist Tcha Limberger back in 2009 I came to the conclusion (which you can take or leave): “He must be the ultimate one-man embodiment of many of the cultural and linguistic cross-currents, oppositions[…]
16.01.2013 – Les Violons de Bruxelles ‘Tcha Limberger is one of those rare virtuoso musicians who also happens to be a multi-instrumentalist, playing among others, the guitar and violin, with unbridled genius. He is also a fabulous composer and an ethnomusicologist who recently walked in the footsteps of Bela Bartok[…]
16.05.2011 Standards by Hermann Schamp and Tcha Limberger duo ‘Sometimes it takes critics and serious listeners of music a few extra revolutions of the earth to catch onto the art of certain musicians. The stunning repertoire of the young Gypsy multi-instrumentalist and composer, Tcha Limberger is a case in point.[…]
04.08.2010 – Sfinks Mixed ‘The first highlight of the closing day was Tcha Limberger with his Kalotaszeg Trio. The Gypsy of Bruges delved deeply into the traditional music of the Kalotaszeg region of Transylvania and that was what he represented in the Clubtent. With some explanation, he guided his audience[…]
23.02.2010 – A hajnali csillag ragyog ‘After a very nice first album, released last year on Dave Kelbie’s English label Lejazzetal, Tcha Limberger continues his exploration of the music from central Europe by making this new album called ‘a hajnali csillag ragyog’. The music he studies and discovers here is[…]
05.02.2010 – A hajnali csillag ragyog Gypsy violinist who’s learned from the best **** ‘Violinist Tcha Limberger was born in Belgium to a Romani Gypsy father. His last disc, reviewed in Songlines #60, was a very fine one of Magyar Nota, the popular songs played by many Gypsy musicians in[…]
27.01.2010 – Bura Termett Ido ‘Tcha Limberger grew up in a family of renowned Gypsy musicians. Son of guitarist/singer Vivi Limberger, of Koen de Cauter’s legendary Waso Quartet, he was spoon-fed from an early age the swinging Manouche jazz of Django Reinhardt. Very soon he was attracted by the Gypsy[…]
20.01.2010 – Quecumbar London Tcha Limberger is a performer to watch out for ‘Saturday marks the centenary of the great Gypsy Swing guitarist Django Reinhardt, which is why London’s premier venue for this genre of music is hosting a nine-day (sold-out) festival in celebration. With candles, potted plants, posters and[…]
06.05.2009 – Bura Termett Ido ‘Tcha Limberger was born into a family of Belgium Manouche musicians, his father a guitarist, his grandfather a violinist. He started as a guitarist as he was very much touched by flamenco, later to banjo, clarinet and later, after hearing the Hungarian Gypsy music of[…]