15.09.2015 – Budapest Gypsy Orchestra – fekete ejszaka borulj a világra ‘Despite the praise he receives from critics for his unbridled genius, it will probably be years before the world really catches up to Tcha Limberger. Just when you thought you came to terms with his wizardry on the guitar[…]
12.06.2015 – Budapest Gypsy Orchestra – fekete ejszaka borulj a világra **** ‘Tcha Limberger is a magnificent violinist. Born in Belgium into the Django Reinhardt style of Gypsy swing, he’s become one of the most admired players of what the Hungarians call Magyar Nota – the urban style that used[…]
07.06.2015 – Budapest Gypsy Orchestra – fekete ejszaka borulj a világra ‘Tcha Limberger is een Belgische zigeunerviolist die op allerlei fronten actief is, tot in de avantgarde toe, maar zijn grote liefde lijkt toch te zitten bij het traditionele, ouderwetse zigeunerorkest, want als je naar de muziek luistert die hij[…]
01.06.2015 – Interview with Peter Anick Tcha Limberger – Pursuing a passion for Gypsy violin ‘Born into a family of Belgian Manouche Gypsy musicians, Tcha Limberger was playing guitar and clarinet in the family orchestra by the time he was a teenager. But after mastering the swing guitar style pioneered[…]
31.03.2014 – Tcha Limberger’s Budapest Gypsy Orchestra at Union Chapel, N1 ‘It seems to be pure coincidence that this eccentric yet intoxicating band should have been on tour at the same moment that The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson’s love letter to an idealised Mitteleuropa, is playing in the cinemas.[…]
21.03.2014 – The Apex, Bury St Edmunds ‘Some of the most enjoyable concerts are those where your expectations are far exceeded by the reality of the performance. I’m not sure if I had fully formed ideas of what I was going to witness as I headed up to the Apex[…]
19.03.2014 – Shrewsbury Coffeehouse Fire, passion, excitement and instrumental brilliance. An entertaining and absorbing live performance ‘This gig was part of an extensive British tour featuring the seven piece Gypsy Orchestra led by the remarkable violinist Tcha Limberger. Born in Belgium into a celebrated manouche musical family Limberger has been[…]
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[…]