Farkas Gyulai – violinist, singer, dancer, also plays the koboz, gardon, flutes and, most importantly, is able to teach all this in a very natural and gentle way.
Co-founder of the band Szépszerével (2012), founder of the band Szőrénszálán (2023), with whom he often visits Poland. Sympathy for Poland and Poles has also translated into learning to play Polish traditional melodies and the Polish language. Co-founder and co-organiser of the Czango Festival in Poland (since 2020).
The Folkwir Band is a group of cheerful musicians passionate about traditional melodies, able to bring everyone to heel with a nonchalant smile. They love cheerful polkas and twisted cheers, and will also play for integration dances with their own unique twist. Together with energetic Kasia Kostanska-Maziarz, who will explain each dance well, they create…
Cuyahoga Wednesday is a place in time and space where lovers of communal singing and musical traditions meet. The group operates at the Bydgoszcz Przedmieście Cultural Center in Toruń under the direction of Katarzyna Rosik. They get to know the Kuyavian repertoire thanks to archival recordings of the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy…
1961, Csíkkarcfalva, ROI worked in Balanbánya (romanian Bălan, a town in Transilvania) until 1990. Many Moldovans worked in Balanbánya, many of them were Csángós, and I noticed their unique speech and archaic features. We became friends with several of them, they were more courageous in using their own language in front of us, they invited…
Violinist cultivating the folk manner of playing and the repertoires of selected micro-regions of Central Poland, Kujawy, former Galicia, Polesia, student of rural musicians, active musician of the IN CRUDO stage, leader of the Niwinski Band, Galicia Orchestra performing at numerous festivals of traditional and ethnic music. Participant of musical projects: Poleski Skład Smyczkowy, Oberkas…
The Szépszerével group, headed by Gergely Sámsondi Kiss and Farkas Gyulai, has been running a dance house on Gellert Hill in Budapest every Wednesday since 2008. They learned about music and folk customs through their own experience, as they are apprentices to village musicians mainly from Transylvania (Erdély), now an area of Romania and once…
Andrzej Skupniewicz – a music teacher from Chelmno – has decided to revive the heritage of Chelmno Land (Kujawsko-Pomorskie Province). The task he set for himself is all the more difficult because this region is a white spot on the ethnomusicological map of Poland. Having no recordings, no informants, he used a unique source –…
