Le QuecumBar presents live music from Paprika.  Hailing from Romania, Serbia and the UK, Paprika unite traditional Eastern European, Balkan, Gypsy and Classical Music. The band have toured extensively across Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and have featured at WOMAD festivals in the UK, Spain, Canary Islands and Abu Dhabi. Highlights have included concerts at the Purcell Room (Southbank Centre), Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Glastonbury Festival, Edinburgh Fringe and EXIT festival. Recently, the band has developed both its line-up and repertoire, focusing on bringing rare and lost traditional Balkan music back to life. In 2012 the band appeared on BBC World on 3 and Radio 5 Live and was also featured in Channel 4s "Come Dine With Me". Highlights in 2013 include performances at the Kings Place London, Bradford Festival as well as at the Cheltenham Music Festival, where they were reviewed as one of the top 7 "Spine-tingling Music Festival moments".

'Paprika – hot and fiery lived up to their name, giving us a whirlwind tour of the Balkan countries, each piece becoming a firm favourite before being superseded by the next. Toe-tappingly good, with the audience whooping and cheering from the first note.' Cheltenham Festival
'This electrifying sextet—hailing from Romania, Serbia and the UK—fuse together Eastern European, Balkan, Gypsy and Classical music in a whirlwind performance of frenzied virtuosity.'

Bogdan Vacarescu – violin
Milos Milivojevic - accordion
Zivorad Nikolic – accordion
Vladimir Strkalj - guitar            
James Opstad – bass and Simon Roth – percussion