The Polish Cultural Institute presents

the first lady of Polish folk

JOANNA SLOWINSKA
BRINGING
HER VOICE, HER VIOLIN, AND HER BAND
ON DEBUT AMERICAN TOUR

The rousing, spellbinding singer-violinist Joanna Slowinska is famous for her powerful “open voice” singing, skillful musicianship, and brilliant interpretations of folk music in both traditional and modern arrangements, including Jewish, Gypsy, and the folk-based settings by Zygmunt Konieczny of works by Polish poets. Joanna Slowinska is the winner of several prestigious awards. Her solo record Live in Alchemia received the Folk Record of 2005, a Polish Radio award by a vote of musical critics and journalists. She now comes to the U.S. with her five-man band to open her debut American tour at Manhattan’s Symphony Space on October 27 as part of New York’s European Dream Festival, a six-week international festival (Sept.20-Oct.31) of cutting-edge work in performance art, literature, and film from 23 countries of the newly extended Europe. The tour goes on to the Chicago Cultural Center on November 2 and other venues to be announced shortly.

The first lady of Polish folk – one of the most fascinating and suggestive female vocalists on the Polish musical stage.  
                                                                                                           –  Tomasz Janas, Gazeta Wyborcza, September 11, 2005

She is an artist of the highest order: the expressiveness of her singing captivates, the tonal quality of her voice is beautiful, her technique as singer and instrumentalist excellent. One critic has called Joanna the Ewa Demarczyk of Polish folk music. And, in reality, within that small, energetic figure there is something extraordinary, a drama and charisma that holds the attention and won’t be forgotten.                                                                                        – Jan Poprawa, The Literature Salon, season 5, volume 15

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