Nicolae Clempus remembers the first time he saw her perform a traditional dance at a Romanian festival in Lilburn, Georgia. "It was a joy seeing her dancing," he said. In the wake of Irimie's ...

Transylvanian Dance, the follow-up ECM release, recorded live in Romania in 2022, makes Ban’s heritage even more explicit. As on the 2020 trio album Transylvanian Folk Songs, the inspirations ...