>X-Authenticated-User: czechemb.covad.net >Reply-To: "Czech Embassy - Cultural Section" <cul_washington@embassy.mzv.cz> >From: "Czech Embassy - Cultural Section" <cul_washington@embassy.mzv.cz> >To: czech@rootsweb.com >Subject: Marta Topferova: Czech Roots, Latin >Heart Concert on November 15, 2007, 7 pm >Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:25:48 -0500 >Organization: Czech Embassy >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 >X-Antivirus: AVG for E-mail 7.5.503 [269.15.22/1111] > > >INIVITATION: > > >CZECH ROOTS, LATIN HEART >The Embassy of the Czech Republic presents the >Washington Debut Concert of Marta Topferova with >Pedro Giraudo (bass), Franco Pinna (percussion) >and Roland Satterwhite (violin and guitar) on >Thursday, November 15, 2007, 7 pm. > >The music of Marta Topferova, the Czech-born, >New York-based singer and songwriter, fuses a >range of Latin American musical styles and >rhythms that Topferova has studied and mastered >since her childhood in Prague. Described as “a >leading light of the nueva cancion movement,” >Topferova’s sound blends folk and jazz that >Topferova conveys through her silky hypnotic >vocals and her crisp cuatro and guitar playing. > >In this Washington debut concert, Topferova and >her fellow musicians will bring a Latin flavor >to the Embassy that features a mix of original >songs in Spanish from her internationally >acclaimed CDs, Flor Nocturna, La Marea, and >Sueno Verde, combined with selections from her Czech CD, Homage To Homeland. > >To listen to Topferova’s music go to ><http://www.martatopferova.com/>www.martatopferova.com. > >R.S.V.P. >(202) 274–9100, ext. 167 >For additional information, please call (202) 274-9105 > >Admission: >$20 > >Directions: >The Embassy of the Czech Republic is located at >3900 Spring of Freedom Street, NW, Washington, DC 20008. > >The closest metro stop is Van-Ness-UDC, which is >about a 15–20 minutes walk from the metro >station. Head south on Connectucut. Turn left >onto Tilden Street, walking towards Rock Creek >Park. Make a right onto Spring of Freedom >Street. The Embassy is the first building on the right. > >Parking: >Street parking is available outside the Embassy gates. > >Sincerely, >Mary E. Fetzko >Cultural Section > >[] > >..............