Dobranotch

Dobranotch (Russian: Добраночь) is a folk music ensemble from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in Nantes, France in 1997, the group plays Klezmer, Russian folk music, Balkan music, Moldovan music, and a mix of other genres.

Dobranotch
a photograph of members of Dobranotch performing on stage in 2016
Dobranotch performing at the Rudolstadt-Festival in 2016
Background information
GenresKlezmer, Balkan music, Russian folk music
LabelsCPL-Music
Websitedobranotch.com

History

Dobranotch was founded in Nantes, France in 1997 by three folk musicians from Saint Petersburg: Mitia Khramtsov, Oleg Drobinsky, and Stas Zubtsov.[1] These musicians had been living in France at that time, busking and playing Jewish and Celtic music.[2] The group's name, which means "good night" in Russian, is also a reference to a tune genre in Klezmer music which marked the end of the day's events in a traditional Eastern European Jewish wedding.

Because of the eclectic personal and musical backgrounds of the group's members, their repertoire came to include a wide variety of genres including not only Klezmer and Balkan music, but Russian-language Jewish songs from Odesa, Middle Eastern music, and others.[1] The group became an important part of the renewed popularity of Klezmer music in Russia in the 1990s, notable for their use of traditional acoustic instruments rather than electronic music.[3][4][5]

The group has performed at a number of festivals over the years, including the Fusion Festival and Jewish Culture Festival Krakow,[6] KlezKanada,[7] Ashkenaz,[8] the Rudolstadt-Festival,[9][10] the Sziget Festival.[11] The group has won various awards, including the Eiserner Eversteiner audience favorite award in 2017,[12] the Russian World Music Award in 2018, and the German Record Critics Award for best third quarter release in 2019.[6]

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine members of the group left Russia and have been living abroad due to their opposition to the invasion.[13][14]

Discography
  • Musique Russe & Yiddish (OTZ, 1999)[1]
  • Чтоб Душа Развернулась... (Let the Soul Unfold, Kailas Records, 2002)[1]
  • Gagarin Chochek (Orange World Records, 2005)
  • In The East The Sun Decides All (Orange World Records, 2010)
  • Bazardüzü (no label, 2012)
  • Виноград (Vinograd, no label, 2014)
  • Махорка (Makhorka, CPL-Music, 2017)
  • 20 Years (CPL-Music, 2018)
  • Merčedes Colo (CPL-Music, 2019)
  • Zay Freylekh (CPL-Music, 2022)[15]

References
  1. "Joining Forces". The St. Petersburg Times. 22 October 2004. ProQuest 340536694. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  2. Shokin, Samantha (17 September 2018). "Dobranotch Delights in New York". Jewish Currents. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  3. Rubin, Joel (2015). "Klezmer music – a historical overview". In Walden, Joshua S. (ed.). The Cambridge companion to Jewish music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 135. ISBN 9781107023451.
  4. Feldman, Walter Zev (2016). Klezmer: Music, History, and Memory. Oxford University Press. p. 117. ISBN 9780190636418.
  5. Wickström, David-Emil (2014). "The St. Peterburg Scene". Rocking St. Petersburg - Transcultural Flows and Identity Politics in Post-Soviet Popular Music. Berlin: Ibidem Verlag. p. 107. ISBN 9783838261003.
  6. "Dobranotch". dobranotch.ru. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  7. "Events". KlezKanada. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  8. Silverstein, Barbara (30 August 2018). "Festival showcases traditional Jewish fare". The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  9. "Das Archiv von: Rudolstadt Festival". festivalticker.de (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  10. "Others about us - 6. - 9. July 2023". rudolstadt-festival.de. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  11. "Sziget Festival 2019". festivalticker.de (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  12. "Preisträger". malzhaus.de (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  13. Delfosse, Mickaël (5 November 2022). "Le groupe russe Dobranotch invité du Bar Mundial de La Petite Fabriek à Froyennes". sudinfo.be (in French). Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  14. Donadio, Beppe (20 June 2022). "A Roveredo un festival 'Grin'". laRegione (in Italian). Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  15. Broughton, Simon. "Zay Freylekh!". Songlines. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
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