The ambition of the Director of the Festival, Ms. Prathibha Prahlad, is to show the citizens of Delhi the diversity of art, especially because they usually associate the traditional dance with ritual, and the art with Bollywood-type entertainment. Delhi International Arts Festival (DIAF), named "India's Signature Festival", presents not only local artists, but also many artists from abroad. The Festival, which was held for the ninth time from 16th October to 1st November, 2015, provides the residents of New Delhi with one of the few opportunities to encounter the high-quality music, literature, visual arts and theater from around the world. The Festival events, held in several different venues across New Delhi, are a rare example of artistic intervention in the cultural landscape of the city.
Mosaik (former Mosaic) is a band who fuse early, traditional Polish music with the Orient as well as with World Music. The ensemble plays the historical and traditional instruments from different countries. In Mosaik's music a listener will encounter Slavic wildness and melancholy, oriental mystery, a sounds of nature and urban chaos, the ancient world order and contemporary eclecticism. The band won awards of such competitions as the Polish Radio's "New Tradition" Folk Music Festival and St. Nicholas Day Folk Festival. Mosaik has performed at prestigious festivals of ethno music, such as Cross Culture Festival in Warsaw and Ethnoport Music Festival in Poznań. The band released three records with their debut album, Ludovava, being critically acclaimed as a major music event of the year 2010. Mosaik's collaboration with Polish Radio resulted in their second release …a my do Betlejem (…And We Go to Bethlehem), a recording of their concert, which took place in Polish Radio's Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio in Warsaw. In December 2013, Mosaik released their third album Całe szczęście, totally supported by a successfull crowdfunding. The band also released samples: The Rough Guide to Undiscovered World (World Music Network 2012) and Tribute to Moskwa (HRPP 2013).
Line up:
- Jolanta Kossakowska – medieval fiddles, gęśle, vocal
- Zofia Kolbe-Wojdyr – gaita gallega, recorders, percussion instruments, vocal
- Mateusz Szemraj – al oud, tar, saz, Polish dulcimer
- Wojciech Lubertowicz – percussion instruments
- Bart Pałyga – wspak, folk bass
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