Opus Concert Café
Lotus Fest
Global Roots Festival
Chicago World Music Festival
Subrosa
culture.pl
and
The Polish Cultural Institute New York
present 

LAUTARI 2016 US TOUR

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 – Friday, September 23, 2016 

Cedar Rapids, Bloomington, Minneapolis, Chicago, New York 

“…Lautari is certainly a band to watch, of creative musicians significant in the evolution of Polish music.” — fRoots

“Sonically, they shape-shift from antique village dances that rise from the skeletal to the fully fleshed, to contemporary European art music quartet call it jazz, call it folk, call it what you like. […] Drawing on musical modernism as much as specific rural folk traditions, Lautari deliver a compelling contemporary account from one small corner of the European folk traditions amazing legacy.” — TheArtsDesk

“…a fascinating, engaging avant-garde deconstruction of traditional tunes… Lautari shows once more how folk music and jazz can coexist with neither of them being treated in a servile way.” — Etnosystem

LAUTARI is coming to the US for the second time. Performing at six prestigious music festivals and New York’s own SummerStage Preview Showcase, Lautari will present a program of new avant-garde renditions of folk music for chamber ensemble and prepared piano. In a tour co-presented by the Polish Cultural Institute New York, the band will play in Cedar Rapids, IA; Bloomington, IN; Minneapolis, MN; Chicago, IL; and New York, NY. 

LAUTARI has long been dedicated to restoring the splendor of Polish folk music: from emulating original folk sounds, to accompanying dancing as their rural predecessors did, to taking part in avant-garde music projects. They have performed at barn dances, in jazz clubs, and in large concert halls in Poland and abroad. Firmly believing musical notation to be inadequate for recording folk music, they have made a point of learning their repertoire directly from village musicians. During this musical adventure, they have often turned to the work of the late 19th century Polish ethnographer, Oskar Kolberg–and not only to the tunes he collected, but also the wide cultural context of folk music that he depicts–to infuse their contemporary interpretations with the emotions and imagination of earlier times.

Maciej Filipczuk – fiddle
Jacek Halas – prepared piano, accordion
Michal Zak – clarinet, flute, shawm
featuring Wojciech Pulcyn – double bass

Lautari 2016 Tour is co-presented by the Polish Cultural Institute New York, Opus Concert Café, Lotus Fest, the Global Roots Festival, the Chicago World Music Festival, Subrosa, and culture.pl.

FULL PROGRAM: 

Sept. 14 at  6:30pm, Landfall Festival, Opus Concert Café, 119 Third Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA

Sept. 15 at 8:00pm, Landfall Festival, CSPS Hall,  3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401, USA

Sept. 16 at 8:45pm, and Sept. 17 at 7:15pm, Lotus Fest, First United Methodist Church, 219 E 4th Street,  Bloomington, IN

Sept. 20 at 7pm, Global Roots Festival, Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Avenue S, Minneapolis MN

Sept. 21 at 6pm, Chicago World Music Festival, Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall, 78 E Washington Street, Chicago, IL

Sept. 22 at 7pm, Chicago World Music Festival, Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater, 78 E Washington Street, Chicago, IL

Sept 23 at 9:30pm, Subrosa, 63 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY