Barbora Botošová and Eugen Botoš
created: 16. 12. 2024 06:32 modified: 16. 12. 2024 06:32
Barbora Botošová and Eugen Botoš are a sibling pair of musicians who in an interview talk about their path to the profession of musicians, evaluate their individual musical development and their joint creative activities. The interview took place on 10.11.2023 in the State Scientific Library in Prešov.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue guided Slovak Barbora Botošová Eugen Botoš general audience internal
Stanislava Cicková
created: 12. 12. 2024 13:20 modified: 12. 12. 2024 13:44
Stanislava Cicková is a member of the girls's band LUNA based in Martin. Their repertoir consists of the Romani and Slovak folklore, many times the popular songs are performed in the folklore arrangements as well as classical music. The band members are Petra Cickova - accordion/singer, Bronislava Cickova - doublebass, Michaela Kazarova - violin, Stanislava Cickova - lead singer. The video records Stanislava Cickova's telling about her personal history and music education, her civil profession and how she views the Romani music in Slovakia.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Stanislava Cicková general audience internal
Bronislava Cicková
created: 11. 12. 2024 07:14 modified: 11. 12. 2024 07:15
Bronislava Cicková is a member of the girls's band LUNA based in Martin. Their repertoir consists of the Romani and Slovak folklore, many times the popular songs are performed in the folklore arrangements as well as classical music. The band members are Petra Cickova - accordion/singer, Bronislava Cickova - doublebass, Michaela Kazarova - violin, Stanislava Cickova - lead singer. The video records Petra Cickova's telling about her personal history and music education, her civil profession and how she views the Romani music in Slovakia.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Bronislava Cicková general audience internal
Arnold Sási
created: 10. 12. 2024 13:49 modified: 10. 12. 2024 13:49
Arnold Sási is a member of the orchestrat of the Romathan Theatre, where he plays third violin. He studied violin at the Secondary Art School in Košice. As he says, since childhood his grandparents and parents built in him a love for music and specifically for Roma folklore. As a violinist he plays in his father Alexander Sási's family band, in Žaneta Štipáková's swing band, and in local folklore bands. The topic of the interview is his family, his musical education and his work in the Romathan Theatre. The recording was made on 15.11.2023 in M Arena in Prešov.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Arnold Sási general audience internal
Kristína Mojžišová
created: 10. 12. 2024 08:11 modified: 10. 12. 2024 08:11
Mgr. Kristína Mojžišová, PhD. graduated in Slovak language and history teaching at the Faculty of Arts of the P. J. Šafárik University in Prešov and Košice. Since 1996, she has been engaged in journalism, first as an editor of the daily SME, later at the Roma Press Agency. She currently works at Radio Patria, STVR studio in Košice. The interview maps her activity from the events of 1989 to the time of the interview. The video recording was created in 2023 in the premises of the State Scientific Library in Prešov.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Kristína Mojžišová general audience internal
The Bandy Brothers
created: 09. 12. 2024 09:15 modified: 09. 12. 2024 09:16
Kristián Bandy studies the violin at the Catholic University in Ružomberok.He is a guest in the musical component of the Romathan theatre and leads the musical component of the Fijalečka ensemble at the Šrobárová Primary School in Prešov. He plays the viola in the family band.
Július Bandy graduated from the Private Music and Drama Conservatory in Košice. He plays the double bass in the family band. He is also a talented multi-instrumentalist.
Samuel Bandy is the leader of the family band. He studies violin at the Mikuláš Moyzes Primary Art School in Prešov. For his violin playing he has won several important awards at competitions in Slovakia.
The topic of the interview is their journey as musicians, education and identification with Roma culture.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue guided Slovak Kristián Bandy Július Bandy ml. Samuel Bandy general audience internal
Dávid Štajer
created: 05. 12. 2024 14:09 modified: 05. 12. 2024 14:09
He comes from the village of Šumiac, from the family of musicians. His father's family are the Pokoš musicians from Šumiac, his mother's family the Harvans from Telgárt. These are the localities in which guitar or keyboard instruments never dominated. Instead, violin, accordion, double-bass and cimbalom were key instruments played there. He plays the double-bass, violin and accordion. He is a musical self-taught person. The Pokošovci Band plays both Slovak and Romani folklore music from the region of Horehronie.
His brothers Rado and Stano and him released the album Folk Band Pokošovci 2, which reached the 15th place in the World Music Chart Europe, in January 2020.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Romani Dávid Štajer internal general audience
Klara Kohoutová, Petra Kurutzová
created: 04. 12. 2024 07:29 modified: 09. 12. 2024 07:10
Luník IX - memories with subtitles Geto? and The Most Beautiful Housing Estate? is a unique collection of 12 interviews with 15 respondents - people who at first glance have nothing in common. Many of them have never even met. They have only one thing in common: they are or were residents of the most famous Slovak housing estate, Luník IX. The publication was presented by author Klara Kohoutová and illustrator editor Petra Kurutzová in a discussion with Erika Godlová on September 8, 2023 in the premises of the Libresso Cafe in Prešov.
category: speaking
tags: academic scientific discussion dialogue humanities Slovak Klara Kohoutová Petra Kurutzová general audience internal
Rastislav Zubaj
created: 03. 12. 2024 07:37 modified: 03. 12. 2024 07:37
Rastislav Zubaj works at the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Roma communities as a regional coordinator of the national project Field social work and field work in municipalities with the presence of marginalized Roma communities. As part of his work, he focuses on strategic planning, implementation of projects and policies aimed at improving the social and economic conditions of Roma in Slovakia. His role is to coordinate various initiatives and programs related to education, employment, housing and health care in Roma communities. He is involved in the development and implementation of measures that support equal opportunities and the fight against discrimination. He actively participates in the creation and implementation of solutions that contribute to the inclusion and integration of Roma communities into society.
In the interview he shares memories of his family and childhood, his school and study years, but also of the pastoring of the Roma and the role of the (Catholic) Church in helping the Roma and their integration.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Rastislav Zubaj general audience internal
Klara Kohoutová
created: 27. 11. 2024 10:52 modified: 27. 11. 2024 10:53
Mgr. Klara Kohoutová, PhD. is a researcher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. It deals with the history of memory, oral history, Roma history and culture, as well as Czechoslovak history of the second half of the 20th century. She finished her post-gradual studies in 2018 in the field of Slovak history at the Faculty of Humanities of the Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica and received the PhD.
In the interview, she talks about her education, work in the field of the Roma issues in non-profit organizations, cooperation with RTVS radio broadcasting, but also about research projects and publishing activities.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective factual monologue guided Czech Klara Kohoutová academic audience internal
