The festival is organized by „Gera Muzika Gyvai“.

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PROGRAM

July 12, 6 p.m. Lentpjūvės Respublika – FESTIVAL PREPARTY
6 p.m. Rakija Klezmer Orkestar (Lithuania)
7 p.m. Hudaki Village Band (Ukraine)
Sauna, dancing and other fun!

July 25, 7 p.m. Yard of Stumbras museum, KAUNAS
7 p.m. A Moving Sound (Taiwan)
8:30 p.m. Djely Tapa (Mali)

July 26, 7 p.m. Courtyard of House of Histories, Vilnius
7 p.m. Djely Tapa (Mali)
8.30 p.m. Góbé (Hungary)

July 26, 5 p.m. House of Histories museum, Vilnius
Tai chi workshop

July 27, 7 p.m. The courtyard of the House of Histories, Vilnius
7 p.m. A Moving Sound (Taiwan)
8:30 p.m Orkesta Mendoza (USA/Mexico)

25% DISCOUNT APPLIES TO PURCHASES OF TICKETS TO BOTH VILNIUS EVENTS IN ONE PURCHASE.
A 20% discount applies to pupils, students and seniors (Vilnius and Kaunas concerts only).
Food and drinks will be available for purchase during the festival.

PERFORMERS AND ACTIVITIES

HUDAKI VILLAGE BAND (Ukraine)
The most amusing village band in the world!

In Maramures, a mountainous area of southwestern Ukraine near the border with Romania and Hungary, village musicians are called hudakis. The nine hudakis of the “Pasaulis Skamba” festival are masters of powerful and archaic music: slavic vocal tradition, Romanian melodies, Jewish rhythms and Romani temperament converge at the crossroads of cultures.

The members of Hudaki Village Band don’t need to pretend – they are real village musicians who have played at Sziget, Fusion, Rudolstadt, Bardentreffen and other festivals.

Well-known Lithuanian troubadours Rakija Klezmer Orkestar will warm up.

Performers:

Kateryna Yarynych – vocal
Olha Senynets – vocal, ütögardon
Vitaliy Kovach – vocal, guitar
Mykhailo Shutko – vocal, violin
Volodymyr Tishler – double bass
Serhiy Kovach – accordion, plonka
Volodymyr Korolenko – cymbalom
Vasyl Rushchak – drum (percussion)
Yuri Bukovynets – clarinet, taragot, flutes

DJELY TAPA (Mali)
Afrofuturism

Descendant of the famous Malian griot family, Djely Tapa mixes Sahelian blues and electro atmospheres like a hot African wind. Djely Tapa’s rich, powerful voice radiates her femininity and Africanness.

After spending her childhood in Mali, then completing her engineering studies in Canada, Djely Tapa eventually followed the footsteps of her mother, a famous singer. “African heritage leads me into the future,” she said of her album Barokan, which won a nomination for the best world music album at the JUNO Awards. In Lithuania, the artist will present this album for the first time.

Performers:

Djely Tapa – vocals
Dembele Mamoutou – tama, n’goni
Donald Dogbo – drums
Elijah Joseph Mansevani – guitar
Jonathan Arseneau – bass guitar, effects

A MOVING SOUND (Taiwan)
Taiwanese swirl

Fusing traditional influences with a global sensibility, award winning ensemble A Moving Sound (Sheng Don) from Taiwan, built a worldwide following through their joyous mix of original music and dance.

Featuring the distinctive timbres of the erhu (Taiwanese fiddle) and zhong ruan (lute), and the transcendent vocals of Mia Hsieh, A Moving Sound has devised a unique and compelling style that is all their own – a Taiwanese whirlwind that veers between the meditative and the exuberant with irrepressible spirit.

Performers:

Mia Hsieh – vocals, dance
Scott Prairie – zhong ruan, bass, composition
Yu-Hsin Chen – percussion
Chih-Ling Chen – zhong ruan, liuqin
Yu Jui Chung – erhu

GÓBÉ (Hungary)

“A man with a twisted mind” – that’s what the word “Góbé” means in Hungarian. They boldly experiment by performing authentic folk music. They created new ethnic sounds, challenging the technical limits of their acoustic instruments. Rock, blues, dubstep, reggae, metal, jazz, pop, hip-hop and everything you can think of – fun and modern while keeping the traditional nature.

Performers:

Várai Áron – lead singer, bagpipe, whistles, percussion
Rigó Márton – violin, viola, guitar, vocals
Vizeli Máté – violas, violin, guitar, kobza, vocals
Egervári Mátyás – hammered dulcimer, viola-tambura, hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, whistles, flute, schalmei
Hegyi Zoltán – double bass, bass guitar
Czupi Áron – drums, percussion, vocals

ORKESTA MENDOZA (USA/Mexico)
Border music

Orkesta Mendoza is a band with a strong sound, enthusiastic vocals and festive party mood.

Bandleader Sergio Mendoza grew up on both sides of the US-Mexico border. His music is full of genres: mambo, psychedelic cumbia, ranchera, merengue boogaloo and rock and roll. The band played at numerous festivals around the world, the album ¡Vamos A Guarachar! recognized as the best Latin American music publication, they even appeared twice at the world music event WOMEX.

Performers:

Sergio Mendoza – vocals, keys, guitar, accordion
Salvador Duran – vocals, dance
Felipe Domene – drums
Paula Leon – vocals, bass guitar
Esther Valverde – guitar, vocals, violin
Aristide D’Agostino – trumpet