About Hudaki Village Band
Nine musicians from the Ukrainian Carpathians, this is the HUDAKI Village Band.
They are the masters of the alchemy of musical-vibrating happiness. In 20 years of performing in hundreds of festivals and concert halls across Europe, the band has learned to make their archaic, night-time moments of happiness accessible to the uninitiated.
In the Maramures region, a mountainous area of South-west Ukraine on the border with Romania and Hungary, village musicians are called hudaki.
They are the masters of the alchemy of musical-vibrating happiness. In 20 years of performing in hundreds of festivals and concert halls across Europe, the band has learned to make their archaic, night-time moments of happiness accessible to the uninitiated.
In the Maramures region, a mountainous area of South-west Ukraine on the border with Romania and Hungary, village musicians are called hudaki.
Various ethnic musical influences make the traditional music multifaceted and unique. Archaic Slavic vocal tradition, Romanian melodies, Jewish rhythms and Romany temperament blend together in a local cross culture that has evolved over centuries of living side by side. Hudaki Village Band has performed in the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Fusion and Bardentreffen in Germany, KlezMore in Vienna, Notes d’Equinoxes Delemont and Festival des 5 Continents in Switzerland, Respect-Prague, Balkan Trafik Brussels, Gooikoorts Belgium, Les Suds Arles in France and many more.
2023
War in Ukraine - and we are fighting on the cultural front. Our concerts abroad serve to show how diverse Ukraine is and that it still needs everyone's support. We ourselves help where we can, supporting volunteer groups such as Base_UA and the Territorial Defense Groups.
