folk sounds

Troye Zillia, Anastasia will also perform some new songs that she has been working on during her residency in Przemyśl.

After the concert, at 7:30 pm, a folk dance presentation will take place, hosted by the HrayBery and Kapela Serhija Okhrimchuka ensembles.

Free entry

Organised with the help of the Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) and CARE.

About the performers:

Anastasia is a modern bandurist, singer, creative performer and frontwoman of the ethno-fusion band Troye Zillia, which so far has released four studio albums of Ukrainian folk fusion music. She is also the initiator of Ukraine’s first modern bandura festival, the Lviv-based Bandur Fest, as well as being the co-creator of the Bandura mobile app, which lets you play six different instruments. This summer, Anastasia was the first bandurist attending the World Music course at the New England Conservatory in Boston. Learn more about Anastasia by following her social media profiles: https://www.facebook.com/BanduraGirl https://www.instagram.com/banduragirl/

HrayBery and Kapela Serhija Okhrimczuka: instrumental music from the Ukrainian/Polish border areas. The band consists of: Serhiy Postolnikov (Hulajhorod, US Orchestra), Maksym Nakonechny (Krajka, Kapela Serhija Ochrimczuka), Marta Bodnar (D'hori – this year’s Stara Tradycja winner), Severyn Danileyko (Hulajhorod, Krajka, Chorea Kozatska) and Agata Weber (drum fan). The band’s repertoire focuses on such dances as kozachoks, kolomyikas, mazurkas, polkas and waltzes, reconstructed based on various archival footage. The band’s sound transports the listener to a world of multicultural music inhabited by Poles, Ukrainians and Jews. The band’s members play traditional instruments: violins, cimbaloms and drums, and occasionally also bass guitars. In the 19th century, such bands were popular in both cities and rural areas, as evidenced by preserved historical evidence.