Gypsy Jazz Festival
created: 14. 08. 2015 12:23 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The 4th year of the Gypsy Jazz Festival, which main organizer is a well-known musician - saxofon player, composer, band leader and promoter Miloslav Suchomel was held on February 2, 2015 in Bratislava at the theater Nová Scéna. Suchomel left behind the original festival form of individual concerts and the visitors were offered a comprehensive performance of his 30 members orchestra with jazz and string sections (the latter lead by the concert master of the Slovak National Theater, Arpád Patkoló), which gave place to several guest stars: the American singer Gail Anderson and the Romani singer Dotschy Reinhardt as the singing stars, followed by another American, a saxofon player Bill Evans. The styled Romani dance was performed by the dancers' group of Simona Horváthová. Music of the festival oscilated between the genres, mainly those of jazz, latino, oriental music and creations growing from the traditional Romani jazz. The festival was accompanied by the exhibition of fine art produced by academic painters Vladislav Zabel, Pavel Pokorný and Jozef Srna jr. The paintings were offered to the visitors for possible purchase.
category: music
Kmeťoband - speaking
created: 16. 07. 2015 10:56 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Kmeťoband - Igor Kmeťo, senior and Igor Kmeťo, junior. Since 1999, the group of father and son has been called Kmeťoband. In its current composition, the group has been playing together since 2000. The principal founders of the group are IGOR KMEŤO, sr. and IGOR KMEŤO, jr. IGOR KMEŤO senior is also a manager of the group. His son, IGOR KMEŤO, jr. plays the synthesizer and saxophone, and arranges their music. /www.hudebniskupiny.cz/kmetoband/ The set of photographs contains portraits of the two musicians made during the interview after the signing competition Romano hangoró 2013 in Lučenec.
category: speaking
Štefan Banyák - speaking
created: 16. 07. 2015 10:12 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Štefan Banyák (1938 - ) is a Roma violinist. He founded the Orchestra of Roma Musicians in Dunajská Streda, currently Bihári Orchestra, and he is the main organizer of Bihári festival held in Dunajská Streda every year. The musician is a chairman of the Civil Association (CA) of Roma Musicians in Dunajská Streda. At present, he works mainly with young Roma musicians and at the same time he actively performs at various music events. The set of photographs features portraits of the musicians and pictures of awards.
category: speaking
Emília Kissová - speaking
created: 16. 07. 2015 09:00 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
A series of photographs of recording talking with Emília Kissová, the respondent from Orechová Potôň who talked about habits and traditions, differences and specifics of Olah Roma in Slovakia.
category: speaking
Miroslav Rác - concert - Želiezovce
created: 28. 05. 2015 12:03 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Miroslav Rác alias BG Romano Hip – Hop is a singer, songwriter, piano songs composer. He lives and works in Levice. Set of photographs was created during the jazz concert in Želiezovce. Photos show also accompanying musicians, Anton Bukai, who played the bass guitar and Miroslav Talpáš, playing the drums. Both musicians are active in several music ensembles, playing both home and abroad.
category: music
Pavla Cicková - speaking and recitation
created: 28. 05. 2015 10:48 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The short speaking of poetess Pavla Cicková on the celebrations of World Roma Day, held under the auspices of the government proxy for minorities Peter Pollák, on 8th April 2013. During the event, Pavla Cicková recited her self-composed poem „The Romani Land”.
category: speaking
Tomáš Botló - performance
created: 28. 05. 2015 10:30 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The file of photographs was created during documentation of music performence of a singer Tomáš Botló, in village Hubice. Tomáš Botló – singer and musician, plays a guitar, but most of all he plays a piano, which he was studying on Bratislava State Conservatory. He composes his own songs, also he set up his own recodring studio at home and so he shows himself as a very good audio engineer. Tomáš mixes roma music with a modern music genres, such as jazz, funk, hip-hop, latino, flamenco, pop and this kind of genre syncretism makes him a well-rounded multi-cultural and multi-genre musician. He cooperates with several slovak and foreign rappers and artists.
category: music
Igor Radič - smithy
created: 13. 05. 2015 12:32 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Igor Radič was born in 1960 in Klenovec. He was interested in smithing since his childhood. After finishing the vocational school, he started to work as a smith in a collective farm in Klenovec. He was taught by the old smith masters. Since 1995, he's engaged in business. He´s an authorised representative of Roma Smithcraft Civic Association, which holds Smith Workshops. He´s doing both industrial smithery and smithcraft. A set of photographs, made by Documentation and Information Centre of Roma Culture, catches his smithy and also working process of an iron part of shepherd´s axe making. At work in smithy his son, Igor Radič Jr. (1984), is helping. Source: ŠVKPO, www.gmmuzeum.sk/vystavy/2013/pm/pm201306.htm
category: crafts
Jozef Fečo - graphic artist
created: 29. 04. 2015 14:08 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Documentation of art work of Roma graphic artist Jozef Fečo, coming from Kračúnovce village, district of Svidník, during artistic creation of two of his art works. Carbon drawing of a notable personality Ján Cibuľa and a painting representing the Roma Culture. Painted on the plasterboard. Documentation with the autor´s describing of techniques took place in State scientific library v Prešov, in Documentation and Information Centre of Roma Culture. Set of photographs.
category: fine arts
