Kroke & Anna Maria Jopek

This magical merger of AMJ’s style and Kroke’s music is a clash of two opposite but extraordinary worlds of sensitivity and sound. Their music evokes the in uence of many cultures and brings the past – refers to traditional music as well as future uses innovative technics and form and color. Their own style that borders ethno roots, jazz, classical, klezmer music and even electronica is almost beyond any de ning style.

Once one listens to their music, immerses into an abyss shimmering with thousands of colors. The music makes a wonderful soundtrack to lm and theater and has been used for this purpose on several occasions. The musicians see themselves as improvisers – explorers, travelling through time and space. Two great voices, one masculine and one feminine, complete this universal piece of art that can be embraced and admired in every latitude.
 
Anna Maria Jopek - a vocalist, composer, improviser, visionary and enthusiast. She records and gives concerts around the world with the most important figures of today's music (such as Pat Metheny, Youssu’n Dour, Bobby McFerrin, Ivan Linz, Branford Marsalis, Nigel Kennedy, Richard Bona, Oscar Castro-Neves and Makoto Ozone among others). She performed at the most prestigeous venues, such as Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Royal Festival Hall, Opera Halls in Tokio and Tel Aviv, Blue Note Tokyo and Suntory Hall.
She recorded in Peter Gabriel's Real Word recording studio as well as in Abbey Road, London and New York's Power Station studios. Since the year 2000, her music is being published worldwide. She sold one million albums but what she appreciates the most is chamber music and stages near the audience. She lives in Warsaw Żoliborz district and in Lisbon's Alfama. On May 3rd, 2015 she was decorated with Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for outstanding achievements in artistic and creative work and popularising Polish music throughout the world.
 
Kroke - The band, initially associated solely with klezmer music, in their current works draw inspiration from ethnic music using their own improvisations. This way they create their unique style which floates across borders, forms and time, which was not only noticed by the audience, but also appreciated by artists around the world. Steven Spielberg, delighted with KROKE's concert, invited the band to Jerusalem to perform at Survivors Reunion ceremony. Thanks to Peter Gabriel the band took part in WOMAD Festival in the United Kingdom. The Secrets of The Life Tree piece, performed by KROKE, featured on the soundtrack of David Lynch movie Inland Empire. The meeting of KROKE and Nigel Kennedy resulted in a joint work – the East Meets East album. In recent years the band also collaborated with Anna Maria Jopek, Edyta Geppert, Maja Sikorowska, Krzysztof Herdzin, Norwegian band Tindra, Spanish violinist Diego Galaz, Mongolian singer Urna Chahar-Tugchi and Sinfonietta Cracovia orchestra. They also appeared on the most prestigious music festivals around the world.