PIOTR MAJCZYNA - guitar, bouzouki, mandola, vocal
In Čači Vorba from 2006.
The musician comes from Eastern-Polish Podlasie region, the muticultural Bug river borderland where Western and Eastern Christianity cross each other, the land of forgotten Tatar mizars (muslim cemeteries) and relicts of the past large Jewish community. Piotr Majczyna has been connected with the folk music société of Lublin since 2000. He was a member of St.Nicolas Orchestra (2003 - 2010), and also formed medieval music band Odpust Zupełny (2003-2008) and Polish-Iranian Jahiar Group (2005 - 2006). His artistic works consist of 7 official CD albums, more than 400 concerts in 17 countries and a few prestigeous awards. He's a double-laureate of Polish Radio Folk Contest «Nowa Tradycja» (2004 - Grand Prix with Odpust Zupełny, 2006 - 2nd degree pize with Čači Vorba). His «Huculskie Muzyki» CD album, recorded with St.Nicolas Orchestra and the authentic village band of Roman Kumłyk, claimed the king of Hucul music from Ukrainian Carpathians, has been chosen «the folk CD of the year» by internet voters of «The Virtual Fiddle » contest in 2007.

In December 2008 Piotr Majczyna has been hnoured by the President of Lublin Prize for the achievements in artistic creation, dissemination and protection of cultural goods.

Piotr is an author of many musical arrangements and compositions inspired by traditional music, as well as an author of articles and reviews devoted to ethnic music. As a journalist he has written to magazines "Romano Atmo" (Gypsy culture), "Mówią Wieki" (History), "Gadki z Chatki" (Folk music). He's a regular cooperator with "Roma Qurterly".

As an instrumentalist he specialises in several string instruments. During his musical career he has studied, played and recorded with instruments: guitar, mandola, bouzouki, cobza, oud, saz, baglama, tar, Hungarian viola and hurdy-gurdy. His performing interests go far beyond stylistics of concrete regions, that his instruments come from. During last few years he has developed his own style of mandola playing, based of rhytm and melodic structures of Romanian dulcimer.