Daria's exciting collaboration with the extraordinary pianist Marina
Osman - Folking Awards Best Musician of the Year - offers a fantastic variety for every listener, mixing languages, stories and
musical styles from folk to classical, with a helping of jazz.
Also known as Firebirds, Daria Kulesh and Marina Osman showcase
passionate, virtuosic musicianship and heaps of heartfelt, infectious energy.
Marina Osman, originally from Belarus, is a graduate of the Belarussian State Conservatoire. An accomplished performer as well as teacher, she was awarded a badge "For contribution to the cultural evolution of Belarus" by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus in 2008. In 2007, she was a judging panel member at International Chamber Ensembles Competition 'Nova music' in Latvia. She has also performed in Poland, Germany, Lithuania and Russia, having recorded several programs for 'Orpheus' Russian music radio and Russian TV with the classical music expert Mikhail Kazinik in 2009. Since 2011, Marina has been based in London, focusing on training young musicians for ABRSM exams.
"Great battles of love and life all sung from the deep heart's core"
Mike Harding
"Daria Kulesh and Marina Osman took it to another level. One of the best sets I have ever seen"
Andy Tuck, Forty Tenth Promotions
“The very best of the best included an amazing set from Firebirds (Daria Kulesh and Marina Osman)... the call for an encore was so insistent it couldn't be ignored"
Tony Birch, FATEA Magazine