Mariusz Kozioł

Born 1965 in Olesno; Died tragically on October 31, 2006 in Cracow. Polish vocalist, composer, arranger, instrumentalist (guitar, keyboards, percussion instruments, hurdy-gurdy), theater actor, TV and Radio lector, pianos tuner, co-founder of the National Poetry Song Review in Olesno. Since 2008, patron of the special prize awarded at this festival. He is associated with the community of Christian musicians, authors of sung poetry and folk music. He was an actor of Theater A from Gliwice, a leader of rock formation Grajstasiek and a group from sung poetry trend, Są Gorsi. Moreover, he sang in the band Nasza Rodzina Poszerzenie and Warsaw Modern Acoustic Band. He played hurdy-gurdy in Maćko Korba, Yerba Mater and Masala (3). He was involved in a car accident and died of his injuries nine days later. The accident happened when he was going with the band Yerba Mater to a concert of Polish Humanitarian Action in Cracow.