Maria Krupoves

Maria Krupoves, an artist and folklorist, is internationally acclaimed as a singer and interpreter of the folksongs of Eastern Europe, especially those of her native Vilnius with its multicultural heritage. Multicultural herself, Maria Krupoves performed her entire repertory in many languages: Yiddish, Polish, Lithuanian, Russian, Byelorussian, Gypsy (Roma), Karaite, Tatar, Hebrew and others. Maria Krupoves is also a scholar. She wrote a dissertation on Polish folksongs of Lithuania in the context of Lithuanian and Byelorussian folklore (Warsaw, 1999). Later, Maria Krupoves collected Yiddish folk songs in Lithuania and Belarus. Maria Krupoves taught the history of Jewish music and the history and folklore of the stateless cultures of Lithuania in the Vilnius Yiddish Institute. Maria Krupoves has released seven albums with a multicultural repertory in collaboration with klezmer, jazz and classical musicians. Her album 'Without a country. Songs of Stateless Peoples' got enthusiastic review in the Billboard Magazine. The singing of Maria Krupoves reveals both the unique beauty and the universality of songs of many cultures.