“The Magic Carpathians Project has been active since 1998, established by Anna Nacher and Marek Styczyński (who previously had been a leader Theatre of Sound ATMAN). Influenced by musical traditions of Eastern and Central Europe (most notably the multicultural region of Carpathians mountains, spanning through Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia), free jazz, the philosophy of sound of classical Indian music and contemporary classic the duo creates compositions based on improvisation using plethora of traditional instruments from Asia, Europa and Australia.” [via official website]

How would you summarize this past year on an artistic and personal level?

It’s been a very interesting and fulfilling year because of the several concerts we played this year with contribution from the people we really appreciate and under the auspicious conditions. We have also started another recording session which still has yet to be complete but the overall outcome so far is very satisfying…