Halgató – The Folk Band of Július Žiga
created: 15. 11. 2022 09:10 modified: 15. 11. 2022 09:32
The core members of the family cimbalom band are the Žigas from Gelnica: father Július, his daughter Bohdana and son Filip. Guest members are Vladimír Plachetka, Kristián Bandy and Július Bandy. All of them are graduates of conservatories and are engaged in music production professionally. Bohdana Žigová and Filip Žiga were scholarship recipients of the Divé maky organization.
The presented composition is a halgató, a slow and sentimental song intended for listening only, not dancing.
Instruments and players: Július Žiga - double bass, Bohdana Žigová - cello, vocals, Filip Žiga - violin, Július Bandy - cimbalom, Kristián Bandy - viola, Vladimír Plachetka - accordion.
The record was created on 11/12/2021, at the Center for Independent Culture Wave in Prešov.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani The Folk Band of Július Žiga general audience internal
Andro veš, andro veš (To the forest, to the forest) - The Folk Band of Július Žiga
created: 14. 11. 2022 13:53 modified: 14. 11. 2022 13:58
The core members of the family cimbalom band are the Žigas from Gelnica: father Július,his daughter Bohdana and son Filip. Guest members are Vladimír Plachetka, Kristián Bandy and Július Bandy. All of them are graduates of conservatories and are engaged in music production professionally. Bohdana Žigová and Filip Žiga were scholarship recipients of the Divé maky organization.
The song Andro veš, andro veš (To the forest, to the forest) is a dance song, the tempo changes from slow to very fast.
Instruments and players: Július Žiga - double bass, Bohdana Žigová - cello, vocals, Filip Žiga - violin, Július Bandy - cimbalom, Kristián Bandy - viola, Vladimír Plachetka - accordion.
The record was created on December 11, 2021, at the Center for Independent Culture Wave in Prešov.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani The Folk Band of Július Žiga general audience internal
Joj mamo, miri mamo (Ah Mum, My Mum) - The Folk Band of Július Žiga
created: 14. 11. 2022 12:44 modified: 14. 11. 2022 12:47
The core members of the family cimbalom band are the Žigas from Gelnica: father Július,his daughter Bohdana and son Filip. Guest members are Vladimír Plachetka, Kristián Bandy and Július Bandy. All of them are graduates of conservatories and are engaged in music production professionally. Bohdana Žigová and Filip Žiga were scholarship recipients of the Divé maky organization.
The song Joj mamo, miri mamo (Ah Mum, My Mum) is a dance song that aims to entertain the listeners and encourage them to dance.
Instruments and players: Július Žiga - double bass, Bohdana Žigová - cello, vocals, Filip Žiga - violin, Július Bandy - cimbalom, Kristián Bandy - viola, Vladimír Plachetka - accordion.
The record was created on December 11, 2021, at the Center for Independent Culture Wave in Prešov.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani The Folk Band of Július Žiga general audience internal
Čirikloro-mirikloro (Birdie-Beadie) - The Folk Band of Július Žiga
created: 14. 11. 2022 10:32 modified: 14. 11. 2022 11:30
The core members of the family cimbalom band are the Žigas from Gelnica: father Július,his daughter Bohdana and son Filip. Guest members are Vladimír Plachetka, Kristián Bandy and Július Bandy. All of them are graduates of conservatories and are engaged in music production professionally. Bohdana Žigová and Filip Žiga were scholarship recipients of the Divé maky organization.
The song Čirikloro-mirikloro (Birdie-Beadie) is performed as czardasz, a song for dancing while originally this song was a slow halgató.
Instruments and players: Július Žiga - double bass, Bohdana Žigová - cello, vocals, Filip Žiga - violin, Július Bandy - cimbalom, Kristián Bandy - viola, Vladimír Plachetka - accordion.
The record was created on December 11, 2021, at the Center for Independent Culture Wave in Prešov
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani The Folk Band of Július Žiga general audience internal
Eňa ori rači (At Nine in the Evening) - The Folk Band of Július Žiga
created: 14. 11. 2022 10:23 modified: 14. 11. 2022 10:25
The core members of the family cimbalom band are the Žigas from Gelnica: father Július,his daughter Bohdana and son Filip. Guest members are Vladimír Plachetka, Kristián Bandy and Július Bandy. All of them are graduates of conservatories and are engaged in music production professionally. Bohdana Žigová and Filip Žiga were scholarship recipients of the Divé maky organization.
The song Eňa ori rači (At Nine in the Evening) is the slow and sentimental song, halgató. This type of songs are characterized by the romist Milena Hübschmannová (1988) as the ones with lyrics far more important than their melody, since one can say all with the song. In this song, the sister tells her brother that she fears for her life and begs him for protection.
Instruments and players: Július Žiga - double bass, Bohdana Žigová - cello, vocals, Filip Žiga - violin, Július Bandy -cimbalom, Kristián Bandy - viola, Vladimír Plachetka - accordion.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani The Folk Band of Július Žiga general audience internal
Andro 'di špitaľa (There, In Hospital) - The Folk Band of Július Žiga
created: 14. 11. 2022 10:12 modified: 14. 11. 2022 10:15
The core members of the family cimbalom band are the Žigas from Gelnica: father Július, his daughter Bohdana and son Filip. Guest members are Vladimír Plachetka, Kristián Bandy and Július Bandy. All of them are graduates of conservatories and are engaged in music production professionally. Bohdana Žigová and Filip Žiga were scholarship recipients of the Divé maky organization.
The song Andro 'di špitaľa (There, In Hospital) is a slow song expressing the sorrow of children when their mother dies.
Instruments and players: Július Žiga - double bass, Bohdana Žigová - cello, vocals, Filip Žiga - violin, Július Bandy - cimbalom, Kristián Bandy - viola, Vladimír Plachetka - accordion.
The record was created on December 11, 2021, at the Center for Independent Culture Wave in Prešov.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani The Folk Band of Július Žiga general audience internal
The Young Woman - The Folk Band of Július Žiga
created: 14. 11. 2022 10:07 modified: 14. 11. 2022 10:08
The core members of the family cimbalom band are the Žigas from Gelnica: father Július,his daughter Bohdana and son Filip. Guest members are Vladimír Plachetka, Kristián Bandy and Július Bandy. All of them are graduates of conservatories and are engaged in music production professionally. Bohdana Žigová and Filip Žiga were scholarship recipients of the Divé maky organization.
The song Ajsi terňi džuvľi (The Young Woman) is a slow, sentimental composition.
Instruments and players: Július Žiga - double bass, Bohdana Žigová - cello, vocals, Filip Žiga - violin, Július Bandy - cimbalom, Kristián Bandy - viola, Vladimír Plachetka - accordion.
The record was created on December 11, 2021, at the Center for Independent Culture Wave in Prešov.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani general audience internal
Marco Pillo
created: 11. 11. 2022 08:46 modified: 11. 11. 2022 08:51
Marco Pillo - musician, singer, composer. At the Prague Conservatory he studied cimbalom, later guitar. During his studies in Barcelona, Spain, he met with the local Romani flamenco music culture, what later became highly influential factor in his creative work in the field of music. The digital cultural object records his talk about himself, about his studies, about his relationship to music, specifically to Romani music.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Marco Pillo general audience internal
Ďusi Band - Demade, demade (They Beat Me)
created: 09. 11. 2022 13:50 modified: 09. 11. 2022 14:02
The concert of the Romani folk bands organised by the Folk group Ďusi Band from Prešov provided a chance for their own band to present their art. The video presents their performance of the Romani folk song.
Violin - Samuel Bandy
Cimbalom - Július Bandy Senior
Double-bass - Július Bandy Junior
Viola - Kristián Bandy
The video was recorded on November 14, 2019 in The Center for Independent Culture Wave in Prešov.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern folk quartet borrowed Ďusi Band general audience internal
Teri Čikoš
created: 08. 11. 2022 14:16 modified: 08. 11. 2022 14:16
Teri Čikoš comes from Bratislava based family of musician dedicated to music for generations already. She carries on and continues the tradition successfully. She plays the piano, guitar, she is a student of Music and Dramatic Arts at the Conservatory. In the same time she is a teacher of singing at the Elementary School of Arts. Her single titled Pozri (Look) achieved a place among top ten most played songs on Slovak radio stations. She gives concerts with her own music group, moderates and keeps making a well designed place for herself in the field of pop culture in Slovakia. In the video interview, she talks about her family, her beginnings as a singer, the discovery of her Roma identity, and plans for the future.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Teri Čikoš general audience internal
