Beatrice Iordan (L), Florin Iordan (R), ethnomusicologist at the Museum of the Romanian Peasant in Bucharest plays the cobza together with their daughter, Bucharest, February 20, 2014 At his home in ...
At his home in central Romania with hens and turkeys wandering in the courtyard, Vasile Nica welcomes visitors who have come to hear him play a unique stringed instrument that is facing oblivion.
Cobza (which is a pear-shaped string instrument with a short neck and wooden body, traditionally used to provide rhythm and harmony in folk music) has been included in UNESCO's Intangible Cultural ...
At his home in central Romania with hens and turkeys wandering in the courtyard, Vasile Nica welcomes visitors who have come to hear him play a unique stringed instrument that is facing oblivion.