Pulse

The Pulse Festival 2006
running from the 5th - 27th of May is a spring festival that promotes the best of East and Central European music and culture from Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic.

Launched last year, Pulse Festival 2006 is broadening and extending its musical coverage, featuring talents from the jazz, dance, and classical music world so that music-loving Londoners will be able to find something to suit their tastes.

The festival will take place in a range of venues across London. East London venues include Cargo and Spitalfield's The Spitz.

Musical highlights will include Piano Eccentric, a Pulse festival strand dedicated to piano music particularly how the contemporary piano keyboard is able to fuse classical, jazz and folk music. Also to look out for are young talents such as Slovakian cellist Michal Stahel who will be accompanied by pianist Jordana Palovicova as well as more established names such as Marian Varga, the Skuta Trio, a jazz ensemble featuring the outstandind Slovakian drummer Martin Valihora as well as Dikanda who will be playing their Polish brand of world music with vocalists Ania Witczak and Kasia Dzuibak.

Supporting the music festival will be a Photographic Exhibition on national identity featuring a host of Central European photographers (refer to ArtEast section).

For full listings, tickets and more information please visit: www.pulsefestival.net