Dušan Deme
created: 06. 10. 2023 12:42 modified: 27. 10. 2023 13:10
Dušan Deme was born into a musical family in Lučenec. His grandfather brought him to music, since early childhood. He played the piano from the age of 6, later he also studied at an Elementary Art School. He also studied singing. Since the age of 14, he has been making a living from music by performing at various events, later he worked on various ocean liners as a pianist and singer. He is particularly inclined towards Romani music, folk songs, jazz and older Slovak dance music. In the interview, in addition to memories of his family, he also talks about what he thinks about contemporary Romani music, the future of traditional cimbalom bands in Slovakia, his work in the Roland Horváth Orchestra, but also about the Romani language and culture.
The photos were taken during documentation of the Romani cimbalom bands in Slovakia.
recorded: 24. 08. 2022
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Dušan Deme general audience internal
