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The traditional music in Poland has kept alive two kind of accordions, the harmonia polska<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and the more ancient\u00a0harmonia peda\u0142owa\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(with pedals instead of bellows), that was very popular in Poland in the decade of the 30s but, nowadays, it is quite unknown and rarely played.<\/p>\n

The harmonias<\/em> were built in little workshops of Poland, mainly in areas where metals, wood and leather were used for other purposes, from the end of XIX century to the I World War. They were customised according the client’s needs and taste. Nowadays, they are not built any more so, the ones that are still in good conditions, are very appreciated objects that bring back memories of olden times.<\/p>\n

Janusz’s harmonia peda\u0142owa\u00a0is\u00a0one century old<\/strong> and its sound is ancient and exotic. It’s like a travel to an Europe in a lost time when borders kept the singularity of the artistic expression of the peoples, from the hands of a contemporary musician that has got to bring the village music to an urban and cosmopolitan frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Links to Prusinowski’s work with harmonias:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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Links to other’s works with harmonias, thanks to Muzyka Odnaleziona<\/a>:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Stanis\u0142aw St\u0119pniak:<\/div>\n
\u00b7 <\/strong>Live in Radom, 1987<\/a><\/div>\n
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\u00b7<\/strong> Live in Radom, 1999\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mariam Pe\u0142ka:
\n\u00b7 <\/strong>Live in K\u0142udno, 1987\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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J\u00f3zef \u0141om\u017ca:<\/div>\n
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\u00b7 <\/strong>Live in Czarnocin, 1991\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Stanis\u0142aw Giba\u0142a:<\/div>\n
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\u00b7 <\/strong>Live in Radom, 1989<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The strenght of a vision<\/strong><\/div>\n

Janusz Prusinowski is multi-instrumentalist and a fascinating singer that has\u00a0toured intensively\u00a0<\/strong>with his Kompania,\u00a0leads several festivals<\/strong>\u00a0in Poland and\u00a0teaches hundreds of pupils<\/strong>\u00a0every year in his own land and abroad in workshops of music and dance.<\/p>\n

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Janusz Prusinowski has been\u00a0awarded with:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n

\u2022 Gloria Artis Bronze Medal by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage of Poland, 2014<\/p>\n

\u2022 Annual award of the Ministry of Culture, 2015<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 Nominee to the award for the Common Good by the Presidency, 2018<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 Best folk album of the year by Polish National Radio, 2019<\/p>\n

\u2022 15th album of the World 2019 for Transglobal World Music Chart<\/p>\n

\u2022 In 2021 he has been inductee in the first edition of the Transglobal World Music Hall of Fame<\/p>\n

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Apart of the superb delighting moment that is to attend one of the concerts by Janusz and his Kompania, it means to experience\u00a0the heritage of the old masters that trusted their art in those enthusiastic young musicians<\/strong> that started to take the village music out of the ostracism at the beggining of 90s. It’s a unique aesthetic experience that surprises in every moment.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n