IMPACT 2012 Festival: A Musical Performance by Sanda Weigl August 10, 2012

Romanian born singing-sensation Sanda Weigl blends gypsy music, cabaret and jazz, reflecting her own life story in every moment of her performance. For this special evening she will present parts of her new program, GOOD DREAMERS REMEMBER THEIR DREAMS—songs of protest and revolution from Russia, Romania, Mexico, Spain, France, Germany, East Germany and from the US.

As outspoken politically as she is uncompromising musically, Sanda first achieved fame as a teenage member of Team 4, East Germany’s most popular rock band of the 1960s. After publicly denouncing communism and Russia’s invasion of Czechoslovakia, she was banned from performing and sentenced to two years in an East Berlin prison; then, expelled to the West where she was free to continue crafting her art. Since relocating to New York in the early nineties, Sanda has performed her singular interpretations to critical acclaim throughout the United States, Mexico, Poland, Germany, Austria, Israel, and an especially triumphant series of concerts in her native Romania.

Official Website: http://cultureproject.org/current/impact-festival-2012/