Leanne Barbo

Leanne Barbo

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...
Luca Buccarella

Luca Buccarella

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....
Stanisław Mazurek

Stanisław Mazurek

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...
Massimiliano De Marco

Massimiliano De Marco

Massimiliano De Marco Instrumentalist and singer, enthusiast of polyphonic singing and romantic serenades. He plays the guitar, bouzouki, mandolin and tambourine. He learned at a young age from Antonio Calsolaro and performed with musical ensemble from Alessano. He...
Roberto Chiga

Roberto Chiga

Roberto Chiga Percussionist, frame drummer, expert on Italian tamburello, specialized in ancient techniques of Apulia. He learned how to play tamburello from the most important older figures and traditional players of this instrument, such as Uccio Aloisi and Pino...
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...
Mateusz Raszewski

Mateusz Raszewski

Mateusz Raszewski Born 1980, instrument maker, fiddler, mountaineer. The last apprentice of Jan Gaca and the first of Leon Lewandowski. Does field research in Kalisz region, resulting with hundreds of recordings featuring folk musicians, vocalists and genuine...
Katarzyna Rosik

Katarzyna Rosik

Katarzyna Rosik From 2008 she has researched traditional culture and music of Polish countryside in different regions. She has learned to sing, dance and play tambourine from masters of music craft. She feels particularly close to the music from Kajoki micro region,...
Leon Lewandowski

Leon Lewandowski

Leon Lewandowski Born 1926 in Pałka village, Kalisz region, Brzeziny commune. As a child, he learned to play cheap fiddle while grazing cows, and later became first rate wedding fiddler, playing at weddings within 20 km distance. Used to play with the best harmonists....