Igudesman & Joo: A little Nightmare Music

Captivating audiences of all ages with their distinctive blend of musical prowess, humor, groundbreaking arrangements, and delightful chaos, Igudesman & Joo proudly present a spectacle that shines a spotlight on their extensive musical journey over the years.

CODA also means the end of this musical journey since this dynamic duo shall grace the stage for the last time at the close of 2025.

Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo are classical musicians who have taken the world by storm with their unique, hilarious theatrical shows which combine humor with both classical music and popular culture, garnering them over 35 million hits on YouTube. Experts in the art of classical music ‘mash up’ they incorporate pop songs tunes with classical music masterpieces.

Audience will experience these talented musicians performing well-known, popular classical pieces delivered with their own unique twist in a program to include works such as ‘From Mozart with Love’, ‘Rachmaninoff by Himself’ and ‘A Very Blue Danube’.

Comedic as well as musical virtuosi, violinist Igudesman and pianist Joo knock the stuffing out of staid classical performances, mixing genres and styles with hearty doses of humor and theatricality.

Many of classical music’s biggest names, such as Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Janine Jansen, Gideon Kremer, Mischa Maisky, Victoria Mullova and Julian Rachlin, have joined them in their musical sketches. They have also teamed up with actors, such as John Malkovich and Sir Roger Moore.

Individually, Aleksey Igudesman has worked with musicians ranging from Academy® Award-winning Hollywood composer, Hans Zimmer, to multi Grammy® Award-winning vocalist, Bobby McFerrin. Hyung-ki Joo, has worked with Academy® Award-winning composer, Vangelis and was chosen by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Billy Joel, to arrange and record Joel’s classical compositions for CD that reached no.1 on the Billboard Charts.

 “Extremely funny, very original and highly-skilled…” John Malkovich

“Brings surrealism to the concert hall and takes its trousers down” Terry Jones, Monty Python

About “A little Nightmare Music”

Just when you thought it was safe…

… the con­cert begins. The music is sub­lime. Not even a pin would dare drop. Sud­denly, a cell­phone rings and the mad­ness starts. The pianist loses his hand, the vio­lin­ist, while tun­ing, falls asleep, and later wakes up in the mid­dle of a motor­way, trans­formed into a “River­dancer”. When the pianist returns, the piano is locked, telling him to insert his credit card. Mean­while, the vio­lin­ist loses his bow to a vac­uum cleaner and his part­ner just talks on the phone while read­ing a paper, eat­ing, and, play­ing the piano upside down all at the same time. These and many other “night­mares” unfold before audi­ences’ eyes and ears.

“A Lit­tle Night­mare Music” is a unique show, full of vir­tu­os­ity, enchant­ing music and zany, out­ra­geous humor. Deal for audi­ences aged 8 to 88, this show is sure to cap­ti­vate you and crack you up whether you’re a clas­si­cal music enthu­si­ast or the type who runs for cover, at the mere men­tion of Mozart.

“A little Nightmare Music”

Thursday, April 11, 20.30, Nicosia Municipal Theatre

Tickets: www.soldoutticketbox.com