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Festival CROSSROADS 2013 will present artists who continue the musical tradition of the Nordic countries - including cultural diversity and variety of artistic forms: from crude Scandinavian traditional music to sophisticated processing and inspiration of the ethno jazz scene.
Two-piece concert Arctic Circle in the Malopolska Garden of Arts / Małopolski Ogród Sztuki (18.07) will be a meeting with prominent artists: creation of Torgeir Vassvik (Norway) is rooted in the traditions of the Sámi people; singing practices called joik (formerly recognized as an important part of shamanic rituals) and Siberian throat-singing techniques; Kimmo Pohjonen (Finland) - is a visionary experimentalist, one of the most respected contemporary Finnish musicians; his works is a sum of a long-term experience in the field of performing and composing: he graduated from the faculty of innovative folk music at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, has experienced with a variety of musical genres from classical to rock, folk, avant-garde, film music and collaborated with other artists including the Kronos Quartet (common created album Unike), Samuli Kosminen (Múm) or members of the King Crimson group.
Music of the North - is also the theme of the open-air concert on the Main Market Square (20.07), within which we will hear a Lithuanian vocal-instrumental group Marga Muzika, Icelandic Arstidir (enthusiastically received at the premiere concert in the last year's edition of the festival) and Polish Warsaw Village Band - with the project NORD - containing material from the latest album of the band honored with many prestigious awards (eg: Folk Phonogram of the Year in the plebiscite of the New Tradition Polish Radio; 15th place on the list of the World Music Charts Europe - World Music Workshop of the European Broadcasting Union; final of Songlines Music Awards 2013; Quarterly Award of the German Phonographic Critics). At the Crossroads - premiere of NORD with the participation of Torgeir Vassvik (Norway).