Instruments

POL,

Jeleśnia

    Przemysław Ficek makes folk instruments from Beskid Żywiecki. His products include Żywiec bagpipes, Beskid gaidas and a range of pastoral instruments. He makes his instruments from fruit trees or black elder. He is self-taught. He began in 2009. His instruments brought him the 1st prize in Jan Kawulok and Feliks Jankowski Folk Instruments making contest in 2012 for his Żywiec bagpipes. He’s the co-founder of Fundacja 9 sił in Jeleśnia and a member of Żywiec Pipers’ Guild.

    The art of making and playing Żywiec bagpipes was inscribed on Poland’s National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2017.

    Contact
    www: ficekblachura.pl, www.hyrkawki.wordpress.com
    e-mail: hyrkawecki@gmail.com
    Phone: +48 880386868