Four countries, one festival

The Ethno-Jazz festival and the concert of the Youth Visegrad Philharmonic are the main events of this year's fifth Visegrad Festival, organized by the four Visegrad countries of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The festival lasts until November 5.

"The main addressees of the festival are people open to the cultures of different nations, particularly teenagers and students," says Maria Tarasek from the Visegrad Festival Association. "That's why one of the most important enterprises was to create the 50-person Youth Visegrad Philharmonic, consisting of music by secondary-school students from the four countries. During workshops in Nysa, Poland, apart from classical music, the orchestra prepared a rock and symphonic show along with Aleksander Mrożek, a well-known guitarist. The program will be performed during The Shadows of Wrocław," she adds.

Apart from the orchestra concert, which will take place in Wrocław from October 19- 22, the festival will also include jazz events which celebrate the various cultures. Vespremer and Klezzmates will perform in the Synagogue under the White Stork, Voo Voo and Trybunie Tutki have prepared a common project with Father Józef Tischer's poems. Carrantuohill will perform with Urszula Dudziak, Wojciech Karolak and Marek Raduli. The festival will also host Vavamuffin, Daddy Freddy and Karavana, Bente Kahan and Gypsy Four. The final concert will be performed by Marta Sebestyen with her band.

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