De Ziah and Date

22 June 2024 7:00PM The National Theatre Braidwood, 100 Wallace Street Braidwood, NSW, Australia. A$34.69

De Ziah & Date take a cello and guitar on a new journey! De Ziah and Date deliver a spellbinding musical performance with Ilse de Ziah, cello and Ian Date, guitar. Beautiful renderings of melodies interwoven with captivating improvisations. The duo have an original take on musical styles from around the world creating a deeply emotional journey for the listener. Moments of great musical beauty and a deep love of music and its traditions makes seeing and hearing them live a moving and transformative experience. They will include music from their new debut album Here & There. This is the show you want to catch!

The debut album "Here & There" from cellist Ilse de Ziah and acoustic guitarist Ian Date is a masterpiece of classy compositions, good feels and improvisations that are truly virtuosic. Composed and recorded in Ireland and Australia during 2023, they unite their influences of world music, surf music, jazz, trad, improvisation, classical, rock and contemporary to create a fresh new instrumental genre for the ear-weary.

With successful individual careers, De Ziah & Date have won awards for music and film, including Best Documentary for the Irish music film Living the Tradition which they show as part of their live performances. They have recorded solo and band albums previously but this new project marks an exciting departure for a captivating musical journey of melody-drenched instrumental songs. Stories of sea and sand, solace in darkness, ambush, and the winding ways life takes.

In their captivating live concerts they perform their debut album, tell beautiful stories, and screen 'Living the Tradition, an enchanting journey into old Irish airs.

Check out their YouTube offerings: https://www.youtube.com/@deziahanddate

You will be dazzled by their virtuosity and style.

Here are some reviews:

Hank Marvin - The Shadows
"Ian's versatility is exceptional, a fine soloist with an outstanding knowledge of harmony and chord substitutions and an impressive ability to apply this in his improvisations. If he's performing in your area seize the opportunity to see and hear one of Australia's finest guitarists."

James Morrison, musician, multi-instrumentalist, educator

"Beautifully recorded, virtuosically played, wonderfully diverse and so emotionally engaging...what's not to love? And yet it's none of these things that are the compelling reason that I listened with such relish - it's that this offering is so fresh, it lives up to the claim (and then some) that this is for the ear-weary. A pure delight!"

Thelma Harris

"Throughout it is obvious to hear, not only her skill, but her passion for these airs - it's not just a desire to please a handful of tourists. She manages to gives the listener a fresh outlook on the songs we may well be long fed up of, by giving them a modern twist and a new heart."