Canberra National Folk Festival Easter 2003 Mara! and Martenitsa will perform several events at the National Folk Festival at Easter 2003. This will be the premiere of the new “Italian Suite” for Mara! and Martenitsa. The texts were written by Eduardo Di Giovanni, father of Mara!’s illustrious sound engineer, with music by Mara! band members.
Left : Mara!’s amazing sound technician Daniele Di Giovanni on the phone on tour with Mara! in suburban Shanghai, China 2001.
Mara! members have performed/recorded/written music for a wide variety of Australian and European projects including feature films, video documentaries, CDs, theatre works, commercials and video clips. Mara, Llew, Steve, Andrew and Daniele have toured internationally with other Australian, British or French ensembles. Llew has produced CDs for many Australian world music and classical artists.