Fran & Flora

Fran & Flora are a London-based experimental string duo with influences from the Klezmer, Transylvanian, Romanian, Greek and Armenian traditions. Violinist Flora Curzon and folk/experimental cellist Francesca Ter-Berg combine aspects of traditional string music from Eastern Europe with original compositions and experimental electronics.

The Guardian's Jude Rogers observed 'The duo’s love of archival recordings and recovered manuscripts is clear across the variety of their song choices, from the beautifully tentative Feygele – Little Bird, adapted from a popular Russian song, to the twisted epic majesty of Flowers for Innocence, based on the Transylvanian Gyöngyvirágos. Ter-Berg and Curzon never smother the folk origins of their influences but explore them kaleidoscopically, exploding the potential of their colours and patterns through their instruments’ long bows, plucks and scrapes.'