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Zmicier Kreczat - Made in Yekaterinburg: Belarusian and Lithuanian Мusic

Dmitry Krechet (Zmicier Kreczat or Źmicier Krečat in Belarusian) is a Siberian Belarusian, a descendant of settlers. Dmitry was born in the Krasnoyarsk Region, lived in Tomsk, and now lives in the Urals, in the city Yekaterinburg. On this album, Dmitry performs authentic Belarusian (tracks 1-12, 16-19) and Lithuanian (13-15) instrumental music, based on ethnographic recordings from the 1930s made in Belarus and Lithuania.

Instruments:
Duda (Belarusian bagpipe with one drone) in the keys of C and A; macianka (another type of Belarusian bagpipe, with three drones) in the key of G; šaściarucha (a six-hole pipe); parnioŭka (a double pipe).

Musicians from whose repertoire the melodies were taken:
Klim Łahućka, Michaił Uśćinaŭ, Haŭryla Slaŭčyk, Chviodar Śćieś, Symon Šachaviec, Juozas Voldemaras.

Recorded at the Center for Traditional Folk Culture of the Middle Urals, Yekaterinburg, October 14, 2025. Thanks to Igor Seredkin.

Photo by Irina Shalakhova.
released April 26, 2026

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