A piece for jazzband and orchestra commissioned by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Faubourg 23 premiered at Cardiff’s Hoddinot Hall and was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 on October 18, 2023, it will tour in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Portugal for the 2024-2025 season.
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“Fiona Monbet, ‘Celtic and gypsy fairy’, violinist and conductor, takes us on a dreamlike ride of technique and vitality. […] She is accompanied here by a top-flight jazz trio and a small chamber orchestra that she conducts while she plays. […] A sublime poetic and lyrical journey in which the violin becomes song and the music, emotion.” Jazz in Marciac
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