Dalibor Cibuľa
created: 03. 12. 2025 14:19 modified: 03. 12. 2025 14:19
Dalibor Cibuľa comes from the village of Klenovec. He was born into a family of musicians. He graduated from the Ján Levoslav Bella Conservatory in Banská Bystrica, and continues his studies at the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica. He plays cimbalom. He performs in the Sendreiovci Band, as well as in family bands in Klenovec.
The photo was taken in 2024 during the Living Book event on the occasion of World Roma Day.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Dalibor Cibuľa academic audience internal
Jana Sendreiová
created: 03. 12. 2025 11:21 modified: 03. 12. 2025 11:22
In 2005, Janka Sendreiová performed with the Anyalai Gipsy Band and other soloists at Carnegie Hall in Manhattan, New York. The performance was a great success. Film music composer Hans Zimmer chose two Romani musical groups from Slovakia for part of the music for the film Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows directed by Guy Ritchie: The Sendreiovci from Kokava nad Rimavicou and the Cigánski baróni from Gelnica. Together with her husband Vlado Sendrei, they form the band Sendreiovci.
The photo was taken in 2024 during the Living Book event on the occasion of World Roma Day.
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tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Jana Sendreiová academic audience internal
Sofiya Zahova
created: 03. 12. 2025 11:14 modified: 03. 12. 2025 11:14
Sofiya Zahova is the director of the Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding at the University of Iceland. The centre operates under the auspices of UNESCO and is an affiliated organisation of the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute for Foreign Languages at the University of Iceland. Sofiya Zahova is primarily dedicated to the study and research of Romani literature in Europe and is a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She currently represents Iceland on the Steering Committee for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Sofiya Zahova academic audience internal
Monika Rigó
created: 03. 12. 2025 11:05 modified: 03. 12. 2025 11:05
Monika Rigó (the civil name Monika Šipošová), a singer from Šamorín, she comes from the musical family, she started singing since she was a small child. Her first musical performances were in the local church choir, later she focused more on modern and classical songs. The highlight of her career was a concert with the Hundred-Piece Gypsy Orchestra from Budapest. In 2007, Margit Bangó crowned her the Slovak Queen of Gypsy Songs.
The photo was taken while documenting a non-public recording in 2023.
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Milan Berky
created: 14. 11. 2025 07:40 modified: 14. 11. 2025 07:41
Milan Berky (1961-) comes from Lučenec, he spent the most part of his life working on the railways as a train driver. His more intense art work began when, after almost 35 years he lost his work. The change in his life meant he got time to develop his childhood passion - drawing. His work focuses primarily on portraits, characteristic feature of them is extraordinary deatail and realism. He mainly uses charcoal, what allows him to achieve the great depth and contrast of his black-and-white works that have an almost photographic effect. His works include portraits of famous personalities, but also portraits of ordinary people, Roma men and women from cultural, social and sporting life.Milan Berky has gained recognition not only in Slovakia but also abroad, despite the fact that he has no formal artistic education. He has received several awards, including first place in the portrait category at the International Fine Arts Fair in České Budějovice (2017) and the Inspiration award for contribution to culture (2022). His drawing – a portrait of an Iraqi statesman – was used on Iraqi postage stamps in 2023.
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tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Milan Berky academic audience internal
Petra Kurutzová
created: 14. 11. 2025 07:28 modified: 14. 11. 2025 07:29
Luník IX - Memories - Memoirs, the book subtitled as A Ghetto?, and The Most Beautiful Neighbourhood?, is the unique collection of 12 interviews with 15 respondents with seemingly nothing in common. Many of them never even met. There's only one thing they share: they are or were living at the most known Slovak housing estate Luník IX. The publication was presented by the author Klára Kohoutová and the editor of illustrations Petra Kurutzová. The discussion was hosted by Erika Godlová on September 8, 2023 in the Libresso Café in Prešov. The photo was taken during the above-mentioned event.
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Klara Kohoutová
created: 14. 11. 2025 07:14 modified: 14. 11. 2025 07:20
Luník IX - Memories - Memoirs, the book subtitled as A Ghetto?, and The Most Beautiful Neighbourhood?, is the unique collection of 12 interviews with 15 respondents with seemingly nothing in common. Many of them never even met. There's only one thing they share: they are or were living at the most known Slovak housing estate Luník IX. The publication was presented by the author Klara Kohoutová and the editor of illustrations Petra Kurutzová. The discussion was hosted by Erika Godlová on September 8, 2023 in the Libresso Café in Prešov. The photo was taken during the above mentioned event.
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tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Klara Kohoutová general audience internal
Peter Balogh Jr.
created: 14. 11. 2025 07:11 modified: 14. 11. 2025 07:12
Peter Balogh Sr. and Peter Balogh Jr. are father and son, both violinists. They come from Košice. In a joint memoir, they describe the history of their family, the beginnings of playing the violin, their studies and the course of their musical career. They talk about Romani music in the past and present, and also about their plans for the future. The photo was taken while documenting their musical production.
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Sendreiovci gypsy band
created: 13. 11. 2025 09:38 modified: 13. 11. 2025 09:38
Verejné podujatie, ktoré sa uskutočnilo 9. apríla 2024 pri príležitosti Svetového dňa Rómov. Podujatie sa uskutočnilo v spolupráci s RTVS vo Veľkom štúdiu Slovenského rozhlasu na Moyzesovej ulici 7 v Košiciach a bolo realizované v rámci cyklu Živé knihy. Živými knihami boli členovia kapely Sendreiovci gypsy band.
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LUNA - When my Enlistment Card Came
created: 22. 09. 2025 12:20 modified: 22. 09. 2025 12:25
The LUNA Band from Martin is a vocal-instrumental group of four musicians, graduates of the Košice Conservatory. Their repertoire is primarily focused on Romani and Slovak folklore compositions, partly also on the interpretation of pop songs in folkloristic arrangements and classical music.
The LUNA Band members and instrumental lineup:
Petra Cicková - accordion
Bronislava Cicková - double bass
Michaela Kazárová - violin
Stanislava Cicková - vocals, percussion
The song When my Enlistment Card Came is the folk song which can be found in many arrangements by various authors. The song is a part of the Slovak repertoir of the LUNA Band.
The video was recorded as part of a series documenting Romani folklore bands in 2023.
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tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quartet borrowed Slovak LUNA general audience internal
