by Redakcja | Apr 2, 2024
Tanzhausgeiger Trio The leaders form the formation Tanzhausgeiger Trio. They play traditional Austrian dance music, primarily improvised musical types such as Jodler, Ländler and Schleunige. These musical styles show similarities to the Polish mazurka, the...
by Redakcja | Apr 2, 2024
Bogusława Drzewiecka Born in 1947 in Drzewce (Łódzkie voivodeship, Lipce Reymontowskie district). She learned to sing as a child while herding sheep and weeding. “These songs were in me, so I had to sing them out to the fields and meadows,” says Bogusława Drzewiecka....
by Redakcja | Apr 2, 2024
Sławomir Czekalski Accordion player of the Dobrzeliniacy band, born in 1944 in Wola Popowa, Kutno poviat. He plays the Polish three-row, 120-bass accordion. His repertoire is filled with kujawiak, kujon and oberek pieces, including melodies performed by the legendary...
by Redakcja | Apr 2, 2024
Maciej Filipczuk Violinist, student of the rural master Kazimierz Meto. In his musical search, he focuses on the direct master-student transmission, and explores the secrets of old melodies and performing techniques from Mazovia, as well as Lublin and Kielce regions....
by Redakcja | Apr 2, 2024
Róża Martyna Grabowska Singer and violinist, musically rooted in the Rawa and Łowicz regions. She learned, among others, from accordion player Czesław Kocemba, and archival recordings of violinists such as Stanisław Skiba, Jan Makowski, and Stanisław Klejnas. Her...
by Redakcja | Apr 2, 2024
The Kapela reemigrancka band The Kapela reemigrancka band is a continuation of traditional music-making started by the Zespół Śpiewaczy and Kapela z Ocic bands in 1978. Members of the original Kapela were descendants of Polish remigrants who moved from Galicia to...
by Redakcja | Apr 2, 2024
Marija Gačić Marija Gačić, is ethnologist, owner of the first private ethnological practice in Croatia. Marija is in the final stages of her doctorate in ethnology and cultural anthropology at the University of Zagreb. She works professionally in rural eastern Croatia...
by Redakcja | Apr 17, 2019
Monika Kucia Curator and performer. Designer of artistic culinary events. Expert and promoter of regional and traditional cuisine. Designer of international study visits for national institutions. Member of the Board of the Festival New Epiphanies and the European...
by Redakcja | Apr 7, 2019
Obourek Trancexpress Obourek Trancexpress is a music project created at the meeting point of two live traditions: French bourree and Polish oberek. The triple metre rhythms once common in traditional music in many regions of Europe today are a relic and heritage of...
by Redakcja | Apr 7, 2019
Leanne Barbo Musician and returning guest at our festival. She plays bagpipes and kannel and is an expert on Estonian and Latvian traditions and participant of many music projects, as well as renowned music teacher. Allbanddancermusicianotherssinger Monika Kucia...
by Redakcja | Apr 7, 2019
Luca Buccarella Multi-instrumentalist musician, music therapist and expert teacher of the musical traditions of southern Italy. He is one of the founding members of the Kalascima group, one of the most important and innovative bands in the world music scene....
by Redakcja | Apr 5, 2019
The Lipiecs Band One of the most respected bands of Radom region – region known to be rich in folk musicians. The band includes two cousins: accordionist Tadeusz Lipiec (born in 1944) and bereban drummer Marian Lipiec (born in 1958). The conservatism of Radom...
by Redakcja | Apr 5, 2019
Kapela Łysogórska Founded in 2016, it is a mix of youth and experience created by three generations of music enthusiasts from Świętokrzyskie Mountains. They play typical instruments from their region: violin, clarinet, trumpet, accordion and bereban. Lately they have...
by Redakcja | Mar 25, 2019
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...
by Redakcja | Mar 25, 2019
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...
by Redakcja | Mar 25, 2019
Veronica Calati Veronica comes from Miggiano (Lecce). She fell in love with the popular dance of ‘Pizzica’ which originates in her region so much that she chose to follow it as a career and her main area of creative expression.She has collaborated with a large number...
by Redakcja | Mar 25, 2019
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...
by Redakcja | Mar 25, 2019
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...
by Redakcja | Mar 25, 2019
Stanisław Mazurek Luthier, musician, instrument collector, renovator of Polish musical antiques and co-author of scientific publications on the subject. He runs Szczecin-based Ditonus atelier, where beside craftsmanship he devotes time to vocal practice: natural voice...
by Redakcja | Mar 25, 2019
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...
