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Janusz Prusinowski Trio is a group of musicians who follow in traditions of village masters, but they are also an avant-garde band with their own characteristic sound and language of improvisation. They combine music with dance and the archaic with the modern.

Kapela Banachy is a musical family from the Dutch town of Heerlen. In love with the folklore of their homeland, they draw from it in a very special way in numerous traditional songs from southern Poland (Babia Góra, Beskid Żywiecki, Podhale, etc.). On the 25th of June 2013 Małgorzata and Eugenius Banach have been awarded with the Golden Cross of Merit.

A smile full of kindness, impeccable elegance, charm, yet clearly perceptible distance. At the piano, with a baton, or in the company of outstanding musicians, always charming. When he was working, he was on his element, permanently focused, stern, dignified and inaccessible. That is how Witold Lutoslawski remained in the memory of those who knew him only from photographs. Those who knew him personally remember the ennoblement that they felt in his company.

He is our national pride, symbol and icon of Polish culture. The vast majority of Poles can distinguish him from Mickiewicz and Kosciuszko. We also have no doubts that he lived in the nineteenth century, inspired by Polish folk music, composed music for the piano, created mazurkas, polonaises, nocturnes and ballades. Moreover, it is commonly known that his image appears on vodka, chocolates and postage stamps.