MUSICIANS - JOANNA ULATOWSKA
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Joanna Ulatowska, the member of Čači Vorba since 2006, few times a week makes a musical ritual that can cause a thrill for a luthier. In a few minutes she deconstructs and changes bridges; she shifts and retunes strings. That way she changes a classical viola into bracsa, powerfully sounding folk instrument. That's the compromise between the roles of a Musical Academy student and a folk musician.
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JOANNA ULATOWSKA - bracsa, violin, vocal
Joanna Ulatowska is a student of Karol Lipiński Musical Academy in Wroc³aw. At her older sister's, Barbara Ulatowska, instigation she had abandoned her first interests in cello for the violin and later, the viola. As a teenager, by the membership in «Jedliniok» Folk Song and Dance Ensemble and common playing with the sister, she has been fascinated by Carpathian and Roma music. During 2002-2008 she was a member of female folk band «Semenca», the group that she has been awarded 2nd prize at the «Open Stage» contest of 16th «Miko³ajki Folkowe» International Folk Music Festival in Lublin (2006) and 3rd prize at the contest of «Bart Pop Folk» International Music Festival in Bartoszyce (2008) with. She has also collaborated with: Mitlos, Romani Bacht, Ka³e Ba³a (Gypsy music), Ethnoholic (ethno), Bente Kahan (Jewish music), Po Ęmoku, Huc Mi Ta Huc, Wa³asi, Zbójnicy («goral» music) oraz Duch Dwooch (lyrical song).
She spends most of her free time in Tatra Mountains, jamming together with native musicians. Her real passions are Transilvanian folk music and a horse ride. |
