Weronika Grozdew

Weronika Grozdew-Kolacinska,
vocalist and Ph.D. in ethnomusicology, was born 08.12.1975 in Bialystok.
She gradueted in music school (solo vocal and piano) and in musicology at Warsaw University. Her research focus on traditional music cultures - mainly Shopluk and Rhodops (Bulgaria), Kurpie Zielone, Podlasie, Spisz (Poland), Karelia (Finland) and some religious and ethnic minorities. She uses her experiences in Bulgarian and Polish traditional singing as a vocalist in numerous price-winning bands and musical projects.
Discography:
2001 – Sarakina "Sarakina"
2004 – Swoja Droga "art. pl"
2005 – Sine Nomine "Chamber Music – Anna Jastrzebska"
2005 – Swoja Droga & Disguise "Polish Rock&Roll"
2006 – Village Kollektiv "Motion Rootz Experimental 2006"
2009 - Village Kollektiv EP
Guest appearance:
1997 - Zespol Polski "Koledy Polskie Znane i Zapomniane"
2000 - Goscie z Nizin "Gosciniec"
2004 - Masala "Masala"
2008 - LAO CHE "Gospel"
2008 - Frutti di Mare "Frutti di Mare"
2010 - Maria Pomianowska and friends "Chopin on 5 continents"

Publications:
- National Identity and the Distinctiveness of the Musical Culture among the Bulgarian Catholic Minority. In: Music and Minorities. Proceedings of the 2nd international meeting of the International Council of Traditional Music (UNESCO), Vienna - Cambridge 2004
- Wieloglosowosc szopska – struktura i brzmienie. (Bulgarian Multipart Singing in the Shopluk - Structure and Sound.) "Przeglad Muzykologiczny" (2),Warszawa 2004
- Folk – kontynuacje, inspiracje, interpretacje. ("Folk" - continuations, inspirations, interpretations.) In: Jadwiga Sobieska, Materialy do nauki polskiego folkloru muzycznego. (Polish Musical Folklore), red. P. Dahlig, Warszawa 2006
- Enjowden w Bulgarii. (Eniovden in Bulgaria.) "Gadki z Chatki" Nr 48, Lublin 2003
- A jednak graja folk! (They play "Folk"!) "Uniwersytet Kulturalny" Nr 1 (49), Warszawa 2000
- The Musical Traditions of the Bulgarian Catholics. Sources, transmission and performance expression. Warszawa 2008
- Mój spiewnik powstanczy (Songs of Warsaw Uprising 1944). Warszawa 2008
- Wskrzeszona tradycja - rzecz o fideli płockiej. Mazowsze cz.II. Warszawa 2008
- Традиционните песнопения на българските католици. Между sacrum и profanum.
- Musical Traditions among the Bulgarian Catholics. Sources, Transmission and Performance Expression. Warszawa 2010