About
Every year, one of the highlights of the Re:tradition – Jagiellonian Fair festival (August 21-23, Lublin) is the “re:tradition” concert. This year’s edition has been prepared by Ewa Grochowska – a musician, singer and philosopher active in many places, but especially connected with Lublin. She has devoted the past 30 years to traditional music, and this symbolic anniversary has become the inspiration for the concert “Horizon: Ewa Grochowska and Musical Wanderers”.
As the creator herself says, it will be:
A concert of wishes, dreams, longings, and fascination with sound, it is based on songs and themes that brought its performers together through musical journeys and adventures, the shared discovery of new lands, and the revival of memories of forgotten or little-known people and places that carry true musical treasures. It is the result of friendships and creative collaborations developed over many years through field recordings, studio sessions, concerts, and artistic projects.
During this time, together and individually, following our own personal and unique maps, we searched for melodies, languages, styles, images, and symbols that resonate with the sensitivity and imagination of contemporary people – the people we are today.
Yet we are still fascinated and inspired by the “old” world of rural music – evocative and moving. We draw inspiration from it, recreate melodies and songs we have heard, and recall observed gestures. With their help, we create our own personal stories and musical microcosms that allow us to pause for a moment and feel at home.
Can such a multi-layered story be condensed and presented to an audience through several songs and compositions? The title “horizon” reflects the artistic idea behind the concert. Something is there, unnamed and visible only in outline; we do not know whether it truly exists. We see it from af