photo by Markos Redis

MATT DARRIAU - flutes, saxes, clarinets, whistles, kaval, gaida

An accomplished multi-reed and flute player, equally at home in Irish music as he is in Balkan, jazz, and Klezmer styles, Matt was recently named one of the most influential musicians of the last fifteen years by Jazziz Magazine, for the impact he has had in bringing Balkan and world rhythms to jazz. He is also an active composer/musician in a number of other genre-hopping bands, including The Klezmatics, Les Misérables Brass Band, Orange Then Blue, as well as his own bands The Paradox Trio and Ballin’ The Jack. He also led the Celtic-fusion group Smash The Windows, has performed in Riverdance on Broadway, and has worked with such varied artists Charlie Haden, David Byrne, Oliver Lake, Séamus Egan, and Itzhak Perlman, among many others.