Živá kniha - Svetový deň rómskeho jazyka
created: 22. 12. 2025 11:27 modified: 23. 12. 2025 14:29
Verejné podujatie z cyklu Živé knihy na tému rómskeho jazyka a literatúry, ktoré sa uskutočnilo v priestoroch Divadla Viola. Živými knihami boli spisovatelia Roman Goroľ a Monika Duždová. Živou knihou bola aj bývalá sólistka divadla Romathan Lucia Krajňáková. Hudobným hosťom bol Martin Mišalko a Michaela Oračková.
category: speaking
tags: academic scientific discussion dialogue humanities Slovak general audience internal
Jana Sendreiová
created: 20. 12. 2025 12:48 modified: 20. 12. 2025 12:48
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.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue guided Slovak Jana Sendreiová general audience internal
Dajori
created: 19. 12. 2025 11:16 modified: 19. 12. 2025 11:19
The original project of the theater group Ara Art titled DAJORI (MOTHER) is a monodrama that maps the stories and themes of the Romani women on the backdrop of the fundamental historical milestones throughout the 20th century. The script is the combination of the existing literary works and orally documented personal stories not yet literary processed. The script includes the authentic period documents. The authors of the script based on short stories and narrations of Tera Fabiánová, Eva Danišová, Ilona Ferková and Kateřina Židová are Líza Urbanová, Pavlína Matiová and David Tišer.
Director: David Tišer
Dramaturgy: Líza Urbanová
Cast: Pavlína Matiová, Michal Žolták
Musical accompaniment and arrangement: Milan Kroka, Roman Zorba Horváth, Tibor Žida
Production: Ara Art, z.s.
The theatre performance was recorded in Košice, in 2022.
category: drama
tags: theater drama spoken drama stage original Czech Romani Ara Art general audience internal
Milan Deme, Milan Oláh
created: 17. 12. 2025 06:15 modified: 17. 12. 2025 06:18
Milan Deme comes from Klenovec, he plays double-bass. He was born into the family of musicians. He never studied music formally, he is a self-taught musician. He is a member of the Sendreiovci Band. As a musician he participated on composing and playing in the soundtrack of the film Sherlock Holmes.
Milan Olah comes from the family of musicians from Klenovec. He plays the contra viola. He is a member of the Sendreiovci Band, as well as of other family bands in Klenovec.
In their double interview the musicians speak about the family music tradition in Klenovec.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue guided Slovak Milan Deme Milan Oláh general audience internal
Štefan Goroľ - The Interview
created: 16. 12. 2025 21:52 modified: 16. 12. 2025 21:53
Štefan Goroľ is a teacher at the Primary School in Jarovnice, a village with the largest Roma community in Slovakia. In the interview, he discusses several topics, including the contradiction between his ethnic origin (Roma) and his upbringing and lifestyle, as he was adopted and raised by a majority family as a child. Working in the Roma community was an entry into a different world for him.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Štefan Goroľ general audience internal
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.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quartet borrowed Slovak LUNA general audience internal
LUNA - Girls from Východná
created: 22. 09. 2025 10:35 modified: 22. 09. 2025 10:36
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 Girls from Východná 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.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quartet borrowed Romani LUNA general audience internal
LUNA - Dance, Dance, Twist
created: 22. 09. 2025 10:31 modified: 22. 09. 2025 10:32
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 Dance, Dance, Twist is the Slovak folk song which can be found in many arrangements by multiple authors or collectors. 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.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quartet borrowed Slovak LUNA general audience internal
LUNA - Such a Girl I am
created: 22. 09. 2025 10:28 modified: 22. 09. 2025 10:29
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 Such Girl I am is the Slovak folk song which 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.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quartet borrowed Slovak LUNA general audience internal
LUNA - I am Still Unmarried
created: 22. 09. 2025 10:23 modified: 22. 09. 2025 10:25
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 I am Still Unmarried is the Slovak folk song, for dancing, with witty joking lyrics. It 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.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quartet borrowed Slovak LUNA general audience internal
