INDIALUCIA

A Flamenco Journey to India

Indialucia - an international musical project by flamenco guitar player Miguel Czachowski, is
at the same time one the first band which has managed to successfully combine the music
of India with flamenco from Andalusia, giving concerts all over the world since 1999.

They are basically a quartet, but there are few more artists that collaborate with us adding beautiful
and unforgettable sounds of bass guitar, flute and piano as well beautiful dance. The members of
the project include many outstanding musicians from Poland, India and Spain.

Miguel CZACHOWSKI - flamenco guitar

Avaneendra SHEOLIKAR – sitar
Sandesh POPATKAR - tabla
Isaac PENA GONZALEZ - cajón, percussion
Michał ŻAK - traverse flute, bansuri
Andrzej KOWALSKI - bass guitar
Biography

Their concert repertoire expresses both the human and musical fusion of these cultures making the
audiences to experience a stimulating blend of the extremely rich cultural traditions. Improvisation and
rhythm are the common elements in both styles and are essential to the continued existence of this music.
Apart of having traditional elements of Indian and flamenco music they enrich the sound with jazz piano,
bass guitar, flute and dance. In 2016 they started touring with the classical orchestras giving a new
dimension of the symphonic music.

They released two award-winning albums, Indialucia and Acatao. Both of them received award as second
best album of the year by Polish Radio. The music was used as a soundtrack for the American movie The
Boondock Saints II.

The group has performed in more than twenty four countries including most European countries, Asia, and
North and South America. The musicians performed on many prestigious stages such as Lincoln Center
(New York), Skirball Center (New York), Eisemann Centre Theatre (Dallas), Herbst Theatre (San Francisco),
Lisner Auditorium (Washington, D.C.), The Egg (Albany), Harris Theater (Chicago), Royal Albert Hall
(London), National Theatre (London), Templo de Debod in Madrid, Esplanade Theater (Singapore), AKG
Hall in Trivandrum (India), Kamaraj Auditorium in Madras (India), Teatro di Vicenza (Italy), Cemal Resit Rey
(Istambul), Philharmony of Kazan (Russia) and many others.

They has played and recorded with many renowned artists such as Jorge Pardo, Paquito Gonzalez, L.
Subramaniam, Domingo Patricio, Leszek Mozdzer, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Kavita Krishnamurti and many
others.

Press reviews:

Amazing musicianship! Indialucia present the connection between Indian raga and Spanish flamenco in a truly
mesmerizing fashion and succeed in pushing the limits of the collaboration with improvised passion and precision.
Trevor Reekie, Radio NZ (New Zealand)
Their music is the epitome of a match made in heaven.
Score Magazine (USA)

And then, joy of joys, hosannah to the highest, I’m in musical heaven! Indialucia and the spinetingling combination of
Spanish rumba flamenco with Indian sitar, tabla and syllabic percussion that is “Raag’n’Ole”. I cannot praise this tune
highly enough. Speechless. Just listen.
Glyn Phillips, worldmusic.co.uk (United Kigdom)

This fusion, full of energy and soothing at the same time, probably could not be better.
Voice of Culture (Poland)
Videos:

https://youtu.be/zCdN3rEFcj8
https://youtu.be/PB-u4hCFhPs
https://youtu.be/h5PifHSSYUE
https://youtu.be/-7TcO8fDKeE

Contact:

Miguel Czachowski
+48 607 542 997
miguel.czachowski@gmail.com
facebook.com/indialucia
www.indialucia.com