Radical Polish Ansambl

Radical Polish Ansambl is a meeting of the old ethos of rural musicians with the avant-garde ideas of contemporary music. There is room for improvisation, exploration, experimentation, and everything is based on a strong foundation - the knowledge of rural performance techniques, learned directly from the masters in the form of direct transmission. Radical Polish Ansambl performs traditional music from central Poland in their own arrangements, as well as works by composers inspired by the music of the Polish countryside, such as Tadeusz Sielanka, Bernhard Lang, Zygmunt Krauze, Cezary Duchnowski and Piotr Żak. The Radical Polish Ansambl also infects composers of the younger generation such as Sławomir Kupczak, Agnieszka Stulgińska and Kuba Krzewiński and invites them to listen to rural music and compose pieces especially for their unusual line-up. In collaboration with composers and during concerts, the ensemble minimises the use of notation in favour of a live performance. The ensemble is made up of violinists and violinists: Maciej Filipczuk Emilia Bolibrzuch, Łucja Siedlik, Maria Stępień, Mateusz Kowalski, Marcin Lorenc and Piotr Gwadera, who plays the jaz - a rural percussion kit.