Centre for Russian Music at Goldsmiths presents:
POLINA PROUTSKOVA
sings and talks about traditional music from Russian villages
16 June 18:00 - 20:00
Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall Building
New Cross Road, London
tube and train: New Cross Gate
Admission free
POLINA PROUTSKOVA has been involved with Russian traditional music for many years as performer, researcher, musical director and lecturer. She received training in Russian traditional singing at the Musorgsky College of Music in St. Petersburg. She conducted field trips in various regions of rural Russia, where she learnt songs from the old women and documented their way of life. She worked in music archives worldwide in search of old Russian recordings.
In 2004 in Berlin Polina founded ensemble POLYNUSHKA dedicated to traditional music from Russian villages. In 2008 ensemble Polynushka received the German Music Critics Award for its first CD "Authentic Russian Folklore in Urban Culture". Polynushka has put Russian traditional music on the map in Western Europe; its performances attract young audiences, Russian as well as non-Russian.
Currently Polina is a PhD student at Goldmiths Computing, working on the subject of computational ethnomusicology.
Polina's home page: http://www.proutskova.de
Ensemble Polynushka: http://www.polynushka.de
Polina's field recordings from Northern Russia at the EVIADA electronic archive: http://www.eviada.org/collection.cfm?mc=7&ctID=42
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