La Folle Journée de Varsovie: Jazzy Oberkas (33)

The 14th edition of the Festival: ORIGINS | TICKETS AVAILABLE ON EVENTIM.PL

28 September 2024 Saturday 21:00 ETHER Hall (Concert Pavilion, pl. Teatralny) Free Admittance

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PERFORMERS:

Kapela Maliszów:
Zuzanna Malisz voice, baraban drum, rim drum
Kacper Malisz violin
Jan Malisz basses, voice

Suferi:
Kacper Malisz violin
Miłosz Berdzik percussion
Andrzej Kowalski electric guitar, synthesizers

One of the most characteristic and important elements of traditional music in Central Poland is undoubtedly the mazurka rhythm. It is a constant source of inspiration for two ensembles, which during their joint concert will present two seemingly different approaches to the oberek groove. The link between the two formations is their leader, violinist, improviser, composer and jazzman, Kacper Malisz. Deeply involved with traditional music since childhood through music-making in the Malisz family band, he develops a new outlook on traditional music in, among others, his jazz quintet and the Suferi formation. While being respectful to the old masters and the traditional core of the music he has practiced since childhood, Malisz combines oberek rhythms and melodies with influences from modern jazz, electronic music, Romanian music and hip-hop.

Szalone Dni Muzyki (La Folle Journée de Varsovie) returns in 2024 with a rich and varied selection of 56 concerts over a period of three days. This year’s festival theme is Origins. And a journey to the origins is a fascinating expedition! We will wander towards nature: to the murmur of gushing water and birdsong, but also to ancient ways of human communication – primordial rhythm or traditional calling and singing. We will look at traditional instruments and folk inspirations in both classical music and jazz. We will reach out to the great works of the classical canon, such as Bach’s Goldberg Variations (no. 51), Mozart’s operas (no. 9), the symphonies of Beethoven and Dvořák (nos. 23, 47), Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (no. 27), Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue (nos. 32, 53) and Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (nos. 1, 48, 55). These are “original” works for the cultural formation of modern audiences, and they are an inexhaustible mine of inspiration for subsequent generations, drawing on these sources to the fullest.