Lyrics Groupe Bratsch - Нанэ цоха

The history of the group "Bratsch" in the mid-70s, when two talented French musicians: a brilliant "self-taught" - guitarist and singer Dan Garibyan (Armenian by origin, has played for many years with Russian, Armenian, Gypsy musicians, and inspired by Armenian, Russian, Greek and the eastern music, which his grandfather and grandparents, immigrants from Armenia of the Russian Empire) and violinist Frenchman Bruno Girarp (at one time, who has refused to "academic reading" of music, preferring to play "rumor" and in memory), decided to form together "Street" ensemble, which would not be closed in a certain genre, performing the most different music - from Gypsy to Arab and South American. Soon they joined them - the accordionist Norbert Abaduham and the double bassist Pierre Jac. In the middle of the 70s, at the beginning of his creative path "Bratsch" performed with a famous American singer and actor theodor of the Bikel, singing both in English and in all languages ​​of Eastern Europe, mixing a variety of styles. Bikel and "opened" the creation of the group with a wide European listener. Usually, to record its albums, the bikel invited musicians of that nationality, whose songs he sang, but in the musicians "Bratsch" a bikel met not just the next "session" musicians, but of real like-minded people: the weave of cultures and musical styles is generally characteristic of Central Europe, especially Where the formation of Gypsy music took place. Already after cooperation with Theodore, Bratsch, the whole world circled around the world, and in 30 years they performed in all the best halls of Europe - from the Paris "Olympia" to the London "Albert - Hall".
The first album "Bratsch" - "Musique De Partout" was released in 1976, after two years in 1978, the album "J'aime Un Voyou, Maman" was published, then the group participated in several European folk festivals, in including in the Swiss city of Basel and Dutch Dutch and Dordrecht. In the summer of 1981, "Bratsch" took part in one of the productions of Paris Tetra "Potiniere", according to the results of which the "live" album "Live a la Potiniere" (1981) was released. The next plate fans had to wait almost eight years - "Notes de Voyages" came out only in 1988. At the same time, the ensemble spoke on the "Comedie Caumartin" stage in Paris and took part in the Bourges Spring festival ...