Festival Kolovrátok
In the second half of August, the music festival Kolovrátok will take place in the concert hall of the Klarisky Church in the Old Town. Each of the series of four concert evenings will be dedicated to one of the local and foreign names that make up the starting year of the festival.
They will be united by an intimate atmosphere enhanced by the unique premises of the Klarisky church, which has been used for various cultural events and concerts for several decades.
Monday, 19 August will belong to the legendary Czech folk trio Neřež.
On Tuesday, 20 August, the music of the local keyboard (organ) prodigy of the seventies Marian Varga will come to life with the Moyzes Quartet and Vladislav Šarišský.
On Wednesday, 21 August, the local songwriter hero Pavol Hammel will perform a solo concert. Quite symbolically, on the 56th anniversary of the occupation of Czechoslovakia, he will present a special selection of songs from his originally unreleased album, which was a direct reaction to the events of August 1968.
On 22 August, Thursday, the festival will culminate with the Polish band Kroke. Kroke’s music is in the style of world music and in particular the musical tradition of Judaism – klezmer.
The group originated in Kraków, which became the inspiration for the group’s name – Kroke is the Yiddish name for Kraków. The group also collaborates with solo musicians, including Nigel Kennedy.
