Wild Music From the Heart of Poland. The Janusz Prusinowski Trio in the USA!

16 września, 2013

The Janusz Prusinowski Trio North American Tour - September 21st - October 16th, 2013. Madison, WI - Chicago, IL- Cedar Rapids, IA - Bloomington, IN - Peace Dale, RI - New York City, NY - San Diego, CA - San Francisco, CA - Los Angeles, CA - Richmond, VA - Washington, D.C.

The Janusz Prusinowski Trio is a group of musicians who follow in the traditions of village masters they have personally learned from, but they are also an avant-garde band with their own characteristic sound and language of improvisation. They combine music with dance, and the archaic with the modern. The Trio\'s unique style is distilled from their informed reinterpretations of central Poland\'s village music. They bring the mazurka - sung, played, danced, and improvised - to a new, youthful audience. Listening to the Trio you can hear how traditional music of Polish villages echoes or is echoed by a variety of genres: the music of Chopin in its melodic pattern and the use of rubato, a shared love of improvisation with blues and jazz, a tonal sophistication reminiscent of 20th-century classical and free improvisation, and the energy and propulsion of rock music.

The band has performed in most European countries, Asia, Canada, and the USA (including Carnegie Hall and the Chicago Symphony Center). The Trio has shared the stage with such renowned artists as Janusz Olejniczak, Tomasz Stańko, and Alim Qasimov. They have released two critically-acclaimed albums: Mazurkas (2008) and Heart (2010). In 2012, the Prusinowski Trio was officially selected to perform as part of main showcase of the prestigious world music fair WOMEX 2012 (World Music Expo) in Thessaloniki.

The Prusinowski Trio will perform in following lineup: Janusz Prusinowski, fiddle, voice, dulcimer, Polish accordion; Piotr Piszczatowski, baraban drum, frame drum; Michał Żak, wooden flutes, shawm, clarinet; Piotr Zgorzelski, folk bass, dancing; Szczepan Pospieszalski, trumpet.

The Janusz Prusinowski Trio will perform within the EUropean Jazz @ UCLA program on October 10th, 2013 at the Schoenberg School of Music. The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is our partner in this event.

Presented by Madison World Music Festival, World Music Festival in Chicago, Center for World Music, Legion Arts, Polish Studies Center at Indiana University, Lotus World Music & Arts Festival, Music at Lily Pads, DROM, Yoshi\'s San Francisco, School of Music and Dance San Diego, San Diego State University, Southwestern College, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles, Dancing Unlimited, Folk Dance Center San Diego, Richmond Folk Music Festival, the Kennedy Center: Millennium Stage in collaboration with the Polish Cultural Institute New York.

Program:

Sat, Sept 21, 2013, 1:30 pm

Madison World Music Festival, Wisconsin Union Theater, Madison, WI

www.uniontheater.wisc.edu

Sun, Sept 22, 2013, 2:00 pm

15th Annual World Music Festival Chicago, IL

www.worldmusicfestivalchicago.org

Wed, Sept 25, 2013, 7:00 pm

Landfall Festival of World Music, Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, IA

www.legionarts.org

Thu, Sept 26, 2013, Time TBD
Polish Studies Center, Indiana University, 1217 East Atwater Avenue, Bloomington, IN

www.indiana.edu/~polishst/home/