Napięcie

Napięcie

Napięcie Napięcie – a Łódź-based group playing traditional dance music from Central Poland. They perform pieces found in archival recordings and those learned from living rural masters. Band members: Łukasz Nizik – violin Maria Nizik – drum Jakub Owczarek – bass...
Tanzhausgeiger Trio

Tanzhausgeiger Trio

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...
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...
Bogumiła and Piotr Zgorzelski

Bogumiła and Piotr Zgorzelski

Bogumiła and Piotr Zgorzelski A couple who for many years have been promoting and teaching Polish traditional dance in an off-stage non-styled form. They have made dance lessons videos on YouTube – Taniec Tradycyjny PL and www.taniec.edu.pl webpage co-created...
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,...
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...