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Early Music Ensemble, Early Music Band, Early Music, Ancient Music,lute, |
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Polish Music, Early Polish Music, lutenist, baroque, Renaissance, Enlightenment, Music in early Poland, Music at the court, Polish musician, |
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Early Poland, Republic of Poland, Ancient Poland, Warsaw, Poland, Cracow, Polish Court, Polish King, Jan Paweł II, John Paul II, Polish castles, Polish palaces, Polish manors |
...with love of old Polish culture...
Early Music Ensemble Contra belluM
words by Krzysztof Ossolinski, ballroom of castle Krzyztopor, Poland, XVIIth century (translated by Michal Wycislik)
Early music ensemble Contra belluM was founded in 1999. The members are:
Ilona
Bloch: The band is aimed at revival of musical culture of early Poland. They frequently perform in Palaces, Manors, Castles, Monasteries, Churches and other relics of ancient architecture. Contra belluM reconstructs and retrieves customs from ancient Poland, especially The Noble Republic of Poland period (XVIIth – XVIIIth century). They prefer to go back to the tumultuous times, described, for instance, in the well known „Trilogy” by Henryk Sienkiewicz. The band improve it's art under the direction of world famous Polish musicians as Anna Mikolajczyk (soprano), Cezary Szyfman (baritone), Jerzy Zak (lutenist), Tadeusz Czechak (lutenist), Krystyna Pronko (singer), Marek Napiorkowski (guitarist). Studies with one of the world's leading lute players, professor Hopkinson Smiths, was turning-point in the band's career and in its sound.
Contra belluM has the pleasure to perform and to cooperate with such a well known institutions as: WAWEL King's Castel Museum in Cracow National Museum in Cracow Polish Television TVP-2 "Pytanie na sniadanie" Museum of Basin in Bedzin District Museum in Tarnow Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola Centre of Polish Sculpture in Oronsko Polish Institute in Sofia Museum of Mikolaj Rej in Naglowice Museum of A.S. Puszkin in Brodzany Casle (Slovakia) Town Museum of Pabianice Museum of Mazovian Gentry in Ciechanow Historical Museum in Dukla Monastery on Holy Cross many others centers of cultures, foundations, museums, etc in the area of entire country The band Contra belluM gave over 250 concerts.
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Tradition, culture & history: Memory & Identity Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791
Early Polish Customes
Performing in the relics of ancient architecture
Early MusicThe ensemble gives concertsaround the contry and abroad
Sarmatian (old-Polish) climates
Lute ...the most thankful musical instrument that I know...
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