History
Monsieur Camembert formed as a five-piece Gypsy fusion band in Sydney, Australia in 1997. Their first album, was the live album, live release ''Live @ The Basement, The Gypsy Hot Club Presents Monsieur Camembert'', which featured Svetlana Bunic on accordion, Julian Curwin on lead guitar, Yaron Hallis on vocals and rhythm guitar, Michael lira, Michael Lira on double bass and Daniel Weltlinger on violin and was recorded at The Gypsy Hot Club. Released in 1999, it is also titled, ''Live @ The Basement'' and demonstrated their styles including Gypsy jazz, Gypsy swing, Music of Greece, Greek, Hungarian-Russian Romani music, gypsy, klezmer, tango music, tango and original songs. Their second album was also a live performance, ''Live on Stage (Monsieur Camembert album), Live on Stage'' which was released on 11 September 2001. Performing on the album were Mark Atkins on didgeridoo, Eddie Bronson on percussion instrument, percussion, Bunic, Curwin, Shenton Gregory on violin, Hallis and Mark Szeto on Bass (guitar), bass. Note: [on-line] version was expanded from the 2002 edition. They have won three ARIA Music Awards for Best World Music Album (ARIA Music Awards of 2002, 2002, ARIA Music Awards of 2003, 2003, ARIA Music Awards of 2005, 2005). The linguistic repertoire of Monsieur Camembert's music includes English language, English, Russian language, Russian, Romani language, Romani, Hebrew language, Hebrew and Yiddish.Band members
As of 2009: * Yaron Hallis (Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar) * Matt Ottignon/Edouard Bronson (Saxes/Clarinet/Flute) * Marcello Maio (Accordion/Piano) * Julian Curwin (Lead Guitar) * Mark Harris (jazz musician), Mark Harris (Double Bass/Vocals) Guest artists including: * Shenzo Gregorio (Violin) * Vladimir Khusid (Trumpet/Flugelhorn) * Anatoli Torjinski (5 String Cello/Balalaika) * Daniel Weltlinger (Violin) * Svetlana Bunic (Accordion) * Jim Pennell (Lead Guitar) * Stuart Vandegraaf (Saxes/Clarinet/Flute)Discography
Albums
Awards and nominations
ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987. ! , - , ARIA Music Awards of 2002, 2002 , ''Live on Stage'' , ARIA Award for Best World Music Album, Best World Music Album , , rowspan="3", ARIA Award previous winners. , - , ARIA Music Awards of 2003, 2003 , ''Absynthe'' , Best World Music Album , , - , ARIA Music Awards of 2005, 2005 , ''Monsieur Camembert'' , Best World Music Album , , - , ARIA Music Awards of 2007, 2007 , ''Famous Blue Cheese'' , ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album, Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album , , ARIA Award previous winners. , -References
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