Kroke  [ History ]

[ 1992 ]

Kroke is formed by Jerzy Bawoł, Tomasz Lato and Tomasz Kukurba.

[ 1993 ]

The first audio tape of Kroke - Kroke Klezmer Accoustic Music
Meeting with Steven Spielberg.
May - the concert at the celebration "Survivors Reunion", Jerusalem, Israel

[ 1994 ]

The concert on the Polish premiere of "The Schindler's List"
The concert at the 4th Jewish Culture Festival, Kraków, Poland

[ 1995 ]

The second audio tape Kroke - Trio Klezmer Acoustic Music
October - participation in the "Schulz Project" of the Mandala Theater, Nürnberg, Germany.

[ 1996 ]

Kroke starts cooperating with Oriente Musik
The Album Trio
June - the concert E.B.U. Contemporary Folk Festival, Roskilde, Dennmark
June - The concert at the 6th Jewish Culture Festival, Kraków, Poland

[ 1997 ]

The Album Eden
July - the first concert at the WOMAD festival
Encounter with Peter Garbiel and joint recording sessions in his Real World Studio, participation in recording soundtrack for the "Rabbit-Proof Fence"

[ 1998 ]

February - Umea Folk Music Festival, Umea, Sweden
March - VI Internationales Festival Des Jiddischen Liedes, Fürth, Germany
July - City of London Festival, Londyn, U.K.
July - Forde Folk Music Festival, Forde, Norway
The Live Album Live at the Pit
(The "Preis der Deutschen Schalplattenkritik" nomination).

[ 1999 ]

July - The North Sea Jazz Festival, Hague, Netherland
October - Etnosoi' 99, Helsinki, Finland
November - VII Internationaal Joods Muziek Festival, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Eindhoven, Belgium and Netherlands
The Album The Sounds of the Vanishing World

[ 2000 ]

January - Tranches d'Europe Express, Rouen, Petit Quevilly, France
December - Matinee Der Liedersänger WDR, Bielefeld, Germany
"The Sounds of the Vanishing World" wins the "Preis der Deutschen Schalplattenkritik"

[ 2001 ]

Start of collaboration with Nigel Kennedy
June - The Classical Brit Awards with Nigel Kennedy, London, UK
October - Cicle de Musiques del Mon, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

[ 2002 ]

June - The Spirit of Music, Kroke & Kennedy Quartet, Leipzig, Germany
July - The Henley Festival, Kroke & Kennedy Quartet, Henley, UK

[ 2003 ]

June - The Hampton Court Palace, Kroke & Kennedy Quartet, UK
The Album Ten Pieces To Save The World
The Album East meets East with Nigel Kennedy

[ 2004 ]

Start of collaboration with jazz percussionist Tomasz Grochot.
July - WOMAD Rivermead, Kroke & Kennedy Quartet, Reading, UK
Nomination to the BBC 3 Award (category of World Music)
First concerts with Edyta Gepert
The Live Album Quartet. Live at home

[ 2005 ]

Beginning of work on a joint music project with the Sinfonia Baltica Orchestra
March - The Jewish Festival Fürth, Fürth, Germany
September - Merce '05, Barcelona, Spain

[ 2006 ]

The Edyta Geppert and Kroke Album Śpiewam życie

[ 2007 ]

The Album Seventh Trip
June - concerts at the 17th Jewish Culture Festival, Kraków, Poland
August - European edition of the album "I Sing Life" of Kroke and Edyta Gepert

[ 2008 ]

March - 11th International Klezmer Festival, Fürth
June - 18th Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków
October - concerts with the Sinfonietta Baltica and the Sinfónica de Burgos orchestras
Kroke begins co-operation with the pianist Krzysztof Herdzin and with the Sinfonietta Cracovia orchestra

[ 2009 ]

The Album Out of Sight
"Back to the roots" - Kroke plays as a trio again
June - 19th Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków
September - the Polish Culture Congress; the concert of Kroke with Sinfonietta Cracovia
September/October - Kroke plays their first concerts in Russia

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