Patrycja Napierała

A multi-instrumentalist connected for nearly two decades with the leading groups of the Polish Ethno scene: Balkan Sevdah, Danar, Karpatia, Maayan, Same Suki and Shannon. 
She graduated from Adam Mickiewicz University at the geo-information department. Despite the fact that her studies lost with her music passion they quite influenced the choice of the music genres that Patrycja does today. These are: ethno, world, folk, folklore. In her work the wide range of percussion instruments can be heard, i.e. The Bodhran – characteristic for the Irish culture and connected with The Middle East culture (Bendir, Duff, Doumbek etc.), The Cajon and The Niger Udu.
The wide range of music fascinations and the collaborations with the bands of ethno genre makes Patrycja a session musician permanently working with the prestigious Vienna recording studio called EuroAccoustics. From the end of 2011 she is the official endorser of the bodhrans made by Robert Forkner  as the only woman out of two bodhrán players of non-Irish origin, who have their own bodhrán signatures.
She eagerly shares her passion with others by leading private and group drum courses for children, teenagers and adults.