Name: Marianna Soroka
Main subject: percussion
Research supervisor: Peppie Wiersma
Research title: Between West and East, classical and traditional music. How should a modern percussionist approach early percussion playing?
Research question: How should a modern percussionist approach early percussion playing?
Summary: Interested in historical performance, I decided to try to answer some questions I have been dealing with since I started playing early music on percussion. Instruments and techniques, improvisation and lack of music scores, finally – occasions and places where percussion was used: the analysis of all these elements brought me straight to traditional music of Spain.
Biography: Marianna Soroka (born in Poznań, Poland) started her musical education playing piano and singing in a choir. Currently living in The Netherlands, she is finishing her studies at The Royal Conservatory in The Hague, focusing on contemporary, Latin and baroque percussion. Marianna is a member of Mitomani multistyle folk group, the winner of the Simcha Prize for the most promising band at the International Jewish Music Fesival in Amsterdam (2014). She also collaborates with groups such as Slagwerk Den Haag and LUDWIG.