World music

Vołosi

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Fot. Press

Vołosi (Volosi) is one of the most prominent ensembles in the Polish world music scene. Their debut at The New Tradition Festival in 2010 yielded all possible awards.

One year later their piece “Dusk” won "Svetozar Stracina Grand Prix" at The European Broadcasting Union in Bratislava, named the best European folk composition in 2011. In 2012 their CD ranked among the top in the World Music Charts Europe.

Vołosi and their music reach far beyond the folk music category. Its essence is the energy of remote musical worlds colliding. Crossing boundaries is part of the show. Traditional musicians meet classical instrumentalists and travel along, reaching the unheard before. Their music derives from the tradition only partly. Rather, they are people immersed in tradition, creating a totally new quality. Even though their music sounds familiar, it really is entirely original and inimitable.

Since their debut Vołosi performed internationally during many concerts, festivals end events. Their concert tours in Germany, Denmark, Georgia, Ukraine, and Belarus have been received enthusiastically by critics and the public. They performed for country leaders of Poland, Netherlands, Belgium, Hungary, Latvia, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ukraine. Their concerts were live broadcasted by Polish Radio 2, Polish Radio 3 and Westdeutscher Rundfunk 3.