Miroslav Pokoš
created: 05. 04. 2023 13:52 modified: 27. 10. 2023 13:00
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.
The photos were taken during documentation of the Pokošovci Band during implementation of the project focused on documenting the Romani family cimbalom bands.
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Vladimír Slávik
created: 05. 04. 2023 13:45 modified: 30. 10. 2023 09:53
He comes from Banská Bystrica. He was taught about music by his grandfather, who himself played accordion and loved Romani music. He also is passionate about Romani music, he finds it his favourite. He plays in the bands from Horehronie Region - the Pokoš, the Haviars, the Gabriš.
He studied playing cimbalom in Elementary Music School in Banská Bystrica. He is a member of several folk groups. Currently, he is a student of the Jessenius Medical Faculty in Martin, Comenius University. If compared to Slovak folk music, the Romani folk music is more temperamental, more sensitive to music and harmony.
The photos were taken when documenting the band Pokošovci, during the project of documentation of the Romani family cimbalom bands.
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Ľubomír Gašpar
created: 05. 04. 2023 13:31 modified: 30. 10. 2023 09:57
Mgr. art Ľubomír Gašpar comes from Detva, currently lives and works in Bratislava. He studied cimbalom at the Ján Levoslav Bella Conservatory in Banská Bystrica, later at the Ján Albrecht Music and Art Academy in Banská Štiavnica. Currently, he is a student at JAMU in Brno. In addition to being a professional musician, he also works as a music teacher at the Dezider Kardoš Private Conservatory in Topoľčany. His musical direction is multi-genre, combining elements of folklore, classical music and jazz. He is part of several musical groups, e.g. SOLE, Ľubomír Gašpar Cimbal Project, with which he recorded two albums: The Point Of View, which won the Rádio Heads Award for the best album in the World Music category in 2017, and Ľubozvuk (2021). He is also a permanent member of the group Manuša, with whom they released an album of the same name in 2022.
The photos were taken during the documentation of the Manuša music project in August 2022 in Prešov.
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Vojtech Botoš
created: 13. 03. 2023 09:19 modified: 13. 03. 2023 09:19
Mgr. art. Vojtech „Bélu“ Botoš comes from Blhovce in the district of Rimavská Sobota, currently lives and works in Bratislava. He graduated from the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica, majoring in playing the viola. At present, he plays professionally in the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. He is a member of various musical groups performing various musical genres, both at home as well as in abroad. He is a member of the violin virtuoso Pavel Šporcl's band, he also plays in the group Géza Hosszú-Legocky & The5DeViLs, but also in the SND drama group and is also a permanent member of the group Manuša, with which they released an album of the same name in 2022.
The photos were taken during the documentation of the Manuš music project in August 2022 in Prešov.
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Ján Rigo
created: 13. 03. 2023 09:17 modified: 30. 10. 2023 10:00
Ján Rigo comes from Bratislava. He attended the Folk Conservatory, he is a long-time musician playing the double-bass, currently as a freelance musician. He played together with many renowned musicians both in Slovakia as well as abroad. He is a guest musician performing with the bands Gipsy Way Ensemble, Gypsy Jazz SK (the music band lead by Ján Berky-Mrenica Jr.) and at the time of the recording he was a permanent member of the group Manuša, with which he released an album of the same name in 2022.
The photos were taken during the documentation of the Manuša music project in August 2022 in Prešov.
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Viliam Didiáš
created: 13. 03. 2023 09:16 modified: 30. 10. 2023 10:03
Viliam Didiáš comes from Zvolen, from a family of musicians. He was gifted his first violin when he was three years old. After graduating from the then Folk School of Arts, he continued his studies at the Ján Levoslav Bella Conservatory in Banská Bystrica. After graduation in 1998, he started performing as a freelance artist. He completed several master’s art courses, significantly improving his mastery of playing the violin as well as more mature interpretation of music. He played in various musical groups, at the time of the recording he was a permanent member of the group Manuša, with which he released an album of the same name in 2022.
The photos were taken during the documentation of the Manuša music project in August 2022 in Prešov.
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Júlia Kozáková
created: 10. 03. 2023 14:38 modified: 30. 10. 2023 10:05
Júlia Kozáková comes from Bratislava. When 15 year old, she got introduced to the Romani music and culture, after becoming a member of the Čhavorenge Choir led by Ida Kelarová. She completed her bachelor's degree in music at SOAS University of London; at the time of the recording she was studying jazz interpretation at JAMU in Brno. She was part of several choirs and music groups (All4Gospel Choir, London Bulgarian Choir, FS Gymnik, Velvet Case), in 2022 she is a singer of the groups O Gadže Bašaven, SOLE and Manuša. With the latter she released her debut album titled Manuša in 2022.
The photos were taken during the documentation of the Manuša music project in August 2022 in Prešov.
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The Folk Music Band of Štefan Cína
created: 08. 03. 2023 16:04 modified: 30. 10. 2023 10:08
All members of The Folk Music Band of Štefan Cína are graduates with higher secondary or university degrees in music education. All of them come from the Lower Spiš Region. The band was founded in 2007 by Štefan Cína senior. The band performs at various events both at home as well as abroad, e.g. in the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Spain, Sardinia and Italy.
Their repertoir consists of the traditional folklore songs from the region of Eastern Slovakia, including the folklore of minorities – Ruthenian, Ukrainian and Romani.
The Folk Band of Štefan Cína participated also in television shows broadcasted by Slovak TV stations: The Earth Sings (2017) and Czechoslovakia Got Talent (2018).
The members of the band participated at composition and interpretation of parts of soundtrack of the successful Slovak film Loli paradička (2019).
Discografy:
Music CD titled Ja som chlapec chudobni (I am a Poor Boy)
Music CD for the Folk Ensemble “Orgonina“
Music CD for the Folk Group „Jamničan“
The photo of the entire band was taken on July 8, 2022 in the exterior of the Stromoradie club in Prešov during the documentation of Roma folk music bands.
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Martina Ďuriková Cínová
created: 08. 03. 2023 15:26 modified: 30. 10. 2023 10:10
Martina Ďuriková Cínová, DiS.art. comes from the village of Hnilec, from the family of musicians.
She studied violin at the conservatory in Košice, and since 2020 she is a student at the Catholic University in Ružomberok, Department of Music and Church Music. From 2014, she worked as a music teacher at the Elementary Art School in Smižany. Since 2007, she has been a member of Štefan Cína's Folk Music, the band recorded a CD called Ja chlapec chudobni/I am a Poor Guy. The band composed and recorded part of soundtrack of the Slovak film Loli paradička/Red Tomato. The band also recorded the CDs of the Folklore Ensemble Orgonina, and the Folklore Group Jamničan. Together with the band, they took part in several large TV programs, in 2017 it was the TV show Zem spieva/The Earth Sings, in 2018 Československo má talent/Czechoslovakia has Talent.
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Štefan Vansač
created: 08. 03. 2023 14:43 modified: 30. 10. 2023 10:13
Štefan Vansač comes from Spišská Nová Ves. He studied cimbalom at the Conservatory in Košice. Currently he teaches music at the Elementary School of Arts in Spišská Nová Ves as well as at the Elementary School of Arts in Smižany. He is a member of the Štefan Cína’s Folklore Band since 2015, the band recorded a CD called Ja chlapec chudobni/I am a Poor Guy. The band composed and recorded part of soundtrack of the Slovak film Loli paradička/Red Tomato. The band also recorded the CDs of the Folklore Ensemble Orgonina, and the Folklore Group Jamničan. Together with the band, they took part in several large TV programs, in 2017 it was the TV show Zem spieva/The Earth Sings, in 2018 Československo má talent/Czechoslovakia has Talent.
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