Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra Tour 2025

Voice of Roma presents...

Džambo Aguševi US Tour
May 3-10 2025

Celebrate Romani (Gypsy) culture.
Learn about the struggle of Roma to combat discrimination.

Tour Schedule Bios & background

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

May 3 Saturday, Berkeley, CA - Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
VOR Herdeljezi Romani Festival
co-sponsored by Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal
- Daytime ticketed instrumental and singing workshops.
- Free evening panel discussion and dance workshop with Sani Rifati.
- Evening ticketed concert/dance party with Ork. Dzambo Agusevi and friends, Rumen Shopov and Ork. Merakli, and The Stevens Family “Gypsy Boys”.

May 6-8, Tuesday-Thursday, New Orleans
Club performances - tba

May 9, Friday 8 PM, Eastwood Manor, Bronx NY
Erdelezi Festival Dinner/Dance
co-sponsored by VOR and the Bronx Macedonian Romani community, $140 per person. Information: Sonya Jasaroska 646-431-6260. Seats are limited, please make sure you RSVP early.
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May 10, Saturday, New York City - Hungarian House, 213 E 82 Street, NY, NY 10028.
VOR Herdeljezi Balkan Romani Music Festival,
- Daytime ticketed instrumental and singing workshops.
- Free evening panel discussion with the artists and dance workshop with Sani Rifati.
- Evening ticketed concert/dance party with Ork. Dzambo Agusevi and guest artists.

Sponsors

Voice of Roma's 20th annual Herdeljezi Romani Music Festival is supported in partnership with the Center for Traditional Music and Dance in New York City, and by a grant from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.

Bios and Background
DŽAMBO AGUŠEVI BAND

Trumpet virtuoso Džambo Agušev, born in Strumica, Macedonia,in 1987, represents the apex of the younger generation of Romani brass performers. Džambo was trained by his father Džemal and his uncle Kočo, a legend who led the famous band Aguševi, and by Ferus Mustafov. At the age of 11 Džambo became a member of Aguševi as third trumpet. He soon ascended to the top of his profession and formed his own band, with his brother, father, and other relatives.
Džambo Aguševi Orchestra has won prizes in all the major brass festivals: Kumanovo, Pehčevo, and the international brass festival in Guča. The band has an active touring schedule, recently performing in the Sziget Festival (Hungary) as well as in Turkey, UK, and Mexico. In 2018 they performed in the US for the first time to a sold-out crowd in California, and in 2019 had a successful tour to many US cities. They have several recent CDs: Brass Hurricane Tour (2014), Brass Like it Hot (2016, ARC), and , and Brasses for the Masses (2020).
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VOICE OF ROMA

Voice of Roma is a California based non-profit that promotes the rich cultural heritage of Roma dating back over 600 years, through festivals, workshops, performances and educational presentations. Voice of Roma also works to heighten awareness of human rights issues faced by Roma in today’s world, and to support efforts by Roma to build and maintain their communities, and to improve their lives. In its 21-year history, Voice of Roma has supported many educational programs about Roma as well as several national tours of esteemed artists, such as the final American tour of superstar vocalist Esma Redzepova who passed away in 2016. In 2020 Voice of Roma and Harvard University’s FXB Center for Health and Human Rights collaborated on a pioneering research endeavor: Romani Realities in the US: Breaking the Silence, Challenge the Stereotype.