Kristina Vaškys is a music educator, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and dancer living in Brooklyn, NY. Her love of Balkan music and dance began when she performed with the Duquesne University Tamburitzans in college, and grew under the instruction of teachers such as Bajsa Arifovska, Adam Good, and Michael Ginsburg. In 2010, she founded the all-women Macedonian village ensemble Niva after traveling to the Balkans and noting a distinct lack of female musicians there. She has been a teacher in New York City independent schools since 2006.
Niva
Niva (photo: Reuben Radding)