Kapela Fedak\u00f3w is a family band from Katowice, playing traditional music from Silesia and other parts of Poland, as well as original music inspired by Polish traditional melodies. The band also promotes traditional music and dances by organising and leading workshops, dance parties and other creative activities, each time involving local communities and workshop participants. Kapela Fedak\u00f3w performs and provides educational activities both in its own region and in more distant places \u2013 Krak\u00f3w, Warsaw, Prague and Ostrava.<\/p>\n\n
To say that Kapela shares the joy flowing from traditional music with its listeners is not enough to capture the uniqueness of the band. The musicians show that sounds produced by instruments once commonly used in Polish and Silesian villages, additionally enriched by the family warmth and unmistakable sense of humour of the Fedak family, allow everyone to find themselves in the friendly atmosphere of this beautiful music. The band not only seeks out musical gems from its region, but also enriches them with original arrangements, combining respect for tradition with its own artistic vision.<\/p>\n\n
Performers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Iga Fedak \u2013 ethnologist, ethnomusicologist and folk dance instructor. She teaches traditional dances at the Academy of Music in Katowice as part of postgraduate studies in Polish traditional music. In Kapela Fedak\u00f3w, she sings, teaches dances and plays the baraban and frame drum.<\/p>\n\n Kuba Fedak \u2013 musician, multi-instrumentalist, educator and composer. He plays not only Polish traditional music, but also, among others, jazz and interwar period music with the Warszawska Orkiestra Sentymentalna band, where he is a vibraphonist. In Kapela Fedak\u00f3w, he plays the accordion, dulcimer and flutes.<\/p>\n\n Maria St\u0119pie\u0144 \u2013 singing violinist and lover of roots music. She plays in such bands and ensembles as Dobrzeliniacy, Ko\u017cuch, Lunaria and Radical Polish Ansambl.<\/p>\n\n Facebook: Kapela Fedak\u00f3w<\/a> Photo: Miko\u0142aj Uchman<\/p>\n\n