Medieval fantasy folk

Dziewanna

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Fot. Karolina Francuz

Fantasy/medieval folk and metal vocalist also composer. She came from Polish mountains – Beskidy. Co-founder and vocalist of band Othalan also Saga Project, inspired by medieval music of Vikings.

Dziewanna (Jagoda Suchy) - as a folk solist she is been singing since 2016, but her adventure with music has started much earlier. She started songwriting when she was 16 years old. She took part in musical „Serca Dwa” (2007), prepared by Teatr Muzyczny "Wit-Wit" from Gliwice. She is one of the winners in festival „Nasza Szansa” (2012). The winner of musician festival GITARYN (2015). She received the distinction in contest Military Festival (2013). In 2016 she published with the friends a single „Pod znakiem Wilka” (above 700.000 visitors on youtube) about love of Geralt and Yennefer, heros from vey popular Polish fantasy saga. This song it was a first from witcher musician song-cycle in Dziewanna’s history.

In her music she uses the components of traditional music and vocal technic, interlacing it with popular music. She is inspired by the culture of the Middle Ages, fantasy literature, romantic poetry and highlander tradition. She plays the guitar and write the poems. The part of them was published on Othalan’s album „Po krańce gór” (2017).

She has performed at many international festivals, including the Slavic and Viking Festival on Wolin Island, the National Festival of Slavic and Cistercian Culture in Ląd nad Wartą, the Slavic Folk-Metal Night in Brenna, and the folk metal festival in Ostrava, as well as fantasy conventions, including Pyrkon. In 2020, she received a distinction in the "Shanties" Competition Review. She is a finalist of the national "Student Nobel" competition (2020) in the "Art" category. Her work has been presented on Radio "Czwórka", Radio Praga, and Radio Lublin, among others. Dziewanna also conducts educational and popularization activities. As part of her profile, Wiedźminolożka publishes curiosities related to witch trials, interesting herstories, and folklore.