Is music a cultural heritage in the UK?
The United Kingdom has been a major creator and source of musical invention throughout its history, gaining its early creative foundation from church music…
A Museum of Instruments and Popular Music from Calabria
By Francesco Tirinato – Jump Team Traditional Calabrian music is rooted in sounds and dances that for centuries have marked moments and anniversaries in…
“Calabrisella”: the traditional song of Calabria
By Francesco Tirinato – Jump Team Popular love songs have always been at the heart of Calabrian tradition. When a young man fell in…
THE CHRISTMAS CAROLING TRADITION IN POLAND
“An old Slavic ritual of caroling (kolędowanie) was once a widespread custom in the Polish countryside. The tradition involved dressing up (usually as animal…
December 8th: the official start of the holiday season in Italy
By Francesca Politi – JUMP Team (Italy) The 8th December is an important Italian national holiday which kicks off the holiday season. The Immacolata…
A typical musical instrument of Calabria: the Zampogna
By Francesco Tirinato – JUMP Team The “Zampogna” is a musical wind instrument that is very widespread in southern Italy, particularly in Calabria, where…
MUZA – one of the oldest cinemas in Europe located in Poznań
By Marta Gburzyńska, KONTAKT, Poland. If you walk Św. Marcin Street, you may stumble on a neon inviting you to go inside the oldest…
“The Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition-the oldest European violin competition in Poznań”
By Małgorzata Kwiatkowska,KONTAKT, Poland. International Violin Competition named after Henryk Wieniawski. It is a music competition held every five years in Poznan, paying tribute…
Old sounds from Southern Italy: Calabrian folk music
By Francesca Politi – JUMP Team “Listen to a Calabrian peasant singing as he follows his oxen along the furrow,or as he shakes the…