Bipolar Bows Ghent, Belgium
French/Belgian duo Bipolar Bows was created by violinist Lotte Remmen and cellist Toby Kuhn as a challenge to explore as many musical styles and technical tricks as they could get their hands on, resulting in a mosaic of classical and traditional, jazz and funk, tunes from the Balkans to the Appalachians, mottled with improvisations from the deepest corners of their curiosity-driven brains. ... more
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