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Kapela Mazowiecka - Poland
Kapela Mazowiecka (Poland) plays authentic folk
music from Northern and Western parts of Polish region of Masovia.
The instruments used by the band are among the oldest and most
typical for the area. They include the first fiddle, the second
fiddle and the upright bass (bassola). Such a set is recalled by
elder inhabitants of Masovia as "the most ancient". Occassionaly
folk bands were also accompanied by the clarinet in key "C".
The bass could be of a full-scale double bass or od the size of a
cello.
"Kujawiak" has been one of the most popular folk dances. It is an
uneven beat, whirling dance widely known in Masovia. Interestingly,
local folkspeople remeber a unique dance called "obertas". It also
has an uneven beat and tunes to which it is danced are similar to
both "kujawiak" and "oberek". Kapela Mazowiecka performs all sort of
dance melodies, including kujawiak, obertas, okrąglak (from Kurpie
region), oberek and chodzony (also known as "Polish" or "polonaisse"
and presently forgotten among country people). Kapela plays also
mellodies such as: żabka, polka-mazur, polka, powolniak, owczarek,
żuraw, mazur, mazurek.
BARTOSZ NIEDŹWIEDZKI leading fiddle, clarinet C, bagpipe
BARBARA SONGIN second fiddle, frame-drum, vocal
AGNIESZKA NIWIŃSKA basetla (folk bass), frame-drum, baraban (big
drum), vocal
MATEUSZ NIWIŃSKI fiddle, basetla (folk bass)
http://www.kapelamazowiecka.waw.pl
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JURAS PANKEVICH - Belarus
Bagpiper, master of
instruments, the leader of the group "Testamentum terrae.
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Dzianis Sukhi - Belarus |
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Andris, Aida Kapusts
and group "Grodi"
- Latvia
It is a family duet. Andris Kapusts is an folklorist,
multiinstrumentalist, organizer of various festivals, musical events
and seminars, founder and leader of folklore group "Grodi", the
author of world music project "Arpus Laika". Together with his wife
Aida Rancane, who is a daughter of good folk fiddler, they play
Latvian folk music from various regions and times. Besides restoring
and reproducing archaic folklore the couple creates their own model
of musical folklore.
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