Anna Chuda

Anna Chuda

Anna Chuda One of the most recognized active folk artists of the Biskupizna micro-region. She is an astounding singer, dancer and storyteller. Since childhood she has taken over from older generations the great amount of knowledge about biskupian customs and several...
Ewa Grochowska

Ewa Grochowska

Ewa Grochowska Ewa Grochowska researches styles of traditional singing (mainly ritual songs) in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe. She makes recordings in the field, runs workshops and gives concerts of Polish traditional songs and instrumental music in north...
Gołcunecki

Gołcunecki

Gołcunecki This all-female vocal ensemble was founded by Maria Siwiec in 2012 in Gałki Rusinowskie, a small village not far from Opoczno in the Mazovia region. All the ladies from Gołcunecki have been singers since childhood and preserve the local mazurka singing...
Kresowianka

Kresowianka

Kresowianka Kresowianka Regional Singing Ensemble from Letnin near Pyrzyce.The ensemble started in 1983 in the village of Letnin and in 1988 took the name Kresowianka (Maid from Borderlands), which conveys the character of its repertoire and makes reference to the...
Singers from Dobrowoda

Singers from Dobrowoda

Singers from Dobrowoda The Singing Ensemble from Dobrowoda has been in existence since 1968. Its current line-up is: Walentyna Klimowicz (born 1943), Nina Jawdosiuk (born 1942) and Barbara Jakimiuk (born 1945). The songs they perform are unique for their melody and...
Bujne Ziele

Bujne Ziele

Bujne Ziele Bujne Ziele singing ensemble from Szczecin.Bujne Ziele represents a wider group of participants of the musical project entitled “Genealogies: the Music of West Pomerania” conducted in Szczecin and Westpomeranian Voivodship under the direction of Ewa...
Maria Siwiec

Maria Siwiec

Maria Siwiec Born in 1959 near Przysucha in the unusually musical micro region of Kajoki. She has been singing from the youngest age, first with her dad and sisters, then as a wedding bridesmaid at capping ceremonies. From 1980 she sang with Zakukała Kukułeczka...
Taras Kompaniczenko

Taras Kompaniczenko

Taras Kompaniczenko Kobza and hurdy gurdy player, art historian and musicologist, honoured with the title of Ukraine’s Esteemed Artist, founder of Chorea Kozatska. He reconstructs early music of Ruthenia – Ukraine from the Middle Ages through Renaissance and...
Maria Bienias

Maria Bienias

Maria Bienias Born 1943 in Wola Korycka Górna near Garwolin. She is an accomplished singer ande xpert in local traditions. From the young age she heard stories from her mother and grandmother, which she now shares, as she describes what it used to be like in old...
Helena Szych

Helena Szych

Helena Szych Born 1939 in Piegonisko Kolonia, Kalisz region, Brzeziny commune. In the past, she would sing at local events such as „pierzochy” (tearing feathers), May mass or weddings. For many years, she also participated in wakes, singing and maintaining this...
Joanna Szaflik

Joanna Szaflik

Joanna Szaflik Born 1984 in Sieradz. Currently residing in Poznań, she is interested in music of Greater Poland and her homeland, Sieradz region. Starting in 2014, she has been studying the rich musical archives of the Kalisz Local Museum. Since then, she has focused...