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...