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Andy Irvine & Dónal Lunny's Mozaik [aka as 'Mozaik'] is a multicultural folk band consisting of Irish musicians Andy Irvine (founding member of the bands Sweeney's Men, Planxty and Patrick Street) and Dónal Lunny (founding member of the bands Planxty, Bothy Band and Moving Hearts), augmented by American fiddler Bruce Molsky, Hungarian multi-instrumentalist Nikola Parov (Zsaratnok, the Riverdance Band) and Dutch multi-instrumentalist Rens van der Zalm.

Since their formation in 2002, they have toured Australia, Europe, USA and Japan with great success.

Their repertoire includes selections of Irvine's own compositions, Irish traditional songs, Eastern European folk music,   mixed with Molsky's old-time songs and Appalachian fiddling.

History
In early 2002, Irvine drafted some long-time musical friends and formed his dream band, initially for a one-off tour of Australia, which began on 1 March with six days of intensive rehearsals. The Australian tour that followed culminated in two gigs recorded at the Brisbane Powerhouse on 30/31 March and released on the album Live from the Powerhouse in 2004, under license to Compass Records.

In January and April 2005, the band rehearsed new material for Changing Trains, their first studio album recorded in Budapest during November of the same year. This album was initially released by the band in Australia in 2006 and, after additional re-mixing by Lunny at Longbeard Studios in Dublin, was re-released in the autumn of 2007 under license to Compass Records.

Between them, they play the following instruments:


 * Andy Irvine: vocals, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica
 * Dónal Lunny: vocals, bouzouki, guitars, bodhrán
 * Bruce Molsky: vocals, fiddle, guitar, 5-string banjo
 * Nikola Parov: gadulka, gaida, kaval, tin whistle, nyckelharpa, clarinet, percussion
 * Rens van der Zalm: fiddle, guitar, mandolin, piano, accordion, oud, low whistle

Discography

 * 2004: Live from the Powerhouse
 * 2008: Changing Trains

Filmography

 * 2014: Mozaik on Tour 2014