Hudaki Village Band
They are the masters of the alchemy of musical-vibrating happiness. In 17 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.
As these ballads and archaic sounds fly around the room, you have a feeling of elusive dimensions. Then what you have to do is just open the door to your heart and let this swirling musical tornado in. And it makes you feel so good!
From the heart and to the heart With fiery rhythms and melodies, the Hudaki Village Band quickly swept away the daily routine of the audience and spread the pure joy of life.
This music becomes addictive – probably because it’s so vibrant, authentic and moving. There are touching ballads which take you into mystical dream worlds. There are ecstatic rhythms inviting a frenzy of dancing. There are solemn hymns which create a mood of sacredness.
2019
During the summer, Hudaki Village Band performed at Sziget in Budapest, Rudolstadt, Windros and Attension (Fusion) in Germany, Journées des 5 Continents in Switzerland, Khortytsia Freedom in Ukraine and many more.
At Womex-Festival in Tampere we agreed about a collaboration with Mapamundi from Spain for international booking and with Via Lactea for booking in Belgium.
Our Musicians
Kateryna Yarynych, vocal
Olha Senynets, vocal, ütögardon
Vitaliy Kovach, vocal, guitar
Mykhailo Shutko, vocal, violin
Volodymyr Tishler, double bass
Serhiy Kovach, accordion, plonka
Volodymyr Korolenko, cymbalom
Vasyl Rushchak, drum (percussion)
Yuri Bukovynets, clarinet, taragot, flutes
