TIRANA, April 9 – Italy-based, Albanian violin virtuoso Olen Cesari and his International Clandestine Orchestra will be back to Albania with a concert which will also feature some of Albania’s best singers.
The concert, scheduled to be held at the Palace of Congresses in Tirana on April 23 will feature Olen and his orchestra who in late 2013 promoted their Unexpected album, Olen’s first solo album containing nine great classics and four new compositions. The album is described as “unexpected is a musical excursion that thrills and enchants, a melting pot of sounds, voices and colours that evoke faraway lands. A journey on the notes of a violin that reaches deep down in one’s soul.”
Olen has made appearances in Albania, Turkey, Greece, Italy, France, Slovenia, Mexico, Cuba and the United States of America.
Olen Cesari and his violin also feature in the video album of the “Anthem of Europe” released in the occasion of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the European Union.
Born in Durres, Albania, Olen started studying violin at three years of age guided by his mother, herself a concert violinist. Granted a scholarship, in 1989 Olen moves to study in Italy and embark on an international career.
