Ján Berky Mrenica
created: 08. 07. 2021 08:16 modified: 08. 07. 2021 08:44
The author of the portrait is the Romani artist Jozef Fečo. The portrait is one of the outcomes of the project Roma Theater – Secret Values of the Largest Minority in the Visegrad Region (2020); the project was supported by the International Visegrad Fund. The portrait is painted on canvas, the genre is street art. The measures of the portrait are 100 cm x 120 cm. The picture is in the frame.
JÁN BERKY MRENICA SR.
He was born on May 11, 1939 in Očová. The respected violin virtuoso, composer, collector of the Slovak and Romani folklore. He studied at the State Conservatory in Bratislava, with professor Albín Vrteľ. As 19-year-old he became a member of the Slovak Folk-Art Collective (SĽUK); after Rinaldo Oláh left in 1980, he became the concert master. After the year 1990 he founded his own orchestras (first Violin Orchestra Bratislava, later the Devil’s Violin). In 1997, after the stroke, he learnt to write with his left hand. He wrote three books (There’s no such Violinist, Cheerfully with Violin around the World, Romani Songs and Proverbs), as well as several musical scores. His work was awarded with many prizes, among them The Messenger of Slovakia (1995), Pribina’s Cross (1997), Slovak Gold (1997). The Prize of Golden Recording was awarded to him for more than 5000 albums “The Violinist’s Dream” sold. He died on October 12, 2008 in Očová, his native town.
author: Jozef Fečo
copyright: State Scientific Library in Prešov
recorded: 30. 11. 2020
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Jozef Fečo Ján Berky Mrenica general audience internal
