Barbora Botošová - koncert Bratislava
created: 02. 08. 2021 09:51 modified: 02. 08. 2021 10:25
Barbora Botošová is a daughter of Eugen Botoš Sn. (the founder of the Violin Orchestra Bratislava), the sister of Eugen Botoš Jr. (jazz piano player and composer) and the granddaughter of Ján Berky Mrenica Sn. (the concert master of SĽUK for 33 years). In 2012 Barbora Botošová graduated from the College of Performing Arts in Bratislava, violin studies with professor Peter Michalica. She took the composing course under the tutoring of Ľubica Čekovská. She is a freelance artists, playing in musical groups like the Bohémiens and Women Rebels. The video presents performance of Hungarian, Romanian, Jewish and Romani compositions, including the Slovak folk songs. The concert was recorded in the Estévéčka coffee house in Bratislava, on 7.2.2014. Tomáš Cseh – viola, Alexander Cseh – cimbalom, Ján Rigo – double bass, Barbora Botošova – violin.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern mix quartet borrowed Barbora Botošová general audience internal
Ms. Barbora Botosova
created: 18. 07. 2018 15:57 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Barbora Botosova - the granddaughter of Jan Berky Mrenica sn., (the concert master of the Slovak Folk Arts Ensemble, serving for 33 years), the daughter of Eugen Botos sn. (the head violinst of the Violin Orchestra), the sister of Eugen Botos jn. (the known jazz pianist and composer). In the year 2012 Barbora Botosova graduated from the Higher School of Fine Arts in Bratislave, under the tutoring of Prof. Peter Michalica. Later, she completed the special course of composition lead by Lubica Cekovska. Nowadays perfomes as a free artist, playing in the orchestras Bohemiens and Women Rebels. In the interview speaks about her childhood, music, studies, her own creation, as well as about the current state of the Romani music and its historical context.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Barbora Botošová general audience internal
Art for Diversity
created: 13. 07. 2018 12:15 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Recording of live performance, Wave Club, November 7, 2015. The concert titled Art for diversity is the unique project, presenting beauties, uniqueness and mutual relations between the various minority cultures within one evening. The compositions of the Romani, Jewish, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Ruthenian and Bulgarian origins, influenced by very popular world music style, were played during the concert. All compositions are founded in the folk music of the national minorities, the were played in the specific, author's made arrangements. The leading musician of the band at the concert is a young first violinist, Barbora Botosova, the grand-daughter of the legendary musician Jan Berky Mrenica senior, and daughter of Eugen Botos. Agata Siemaszko - a singer, Marek Koncek - a violin, Jan Sivak - cimbalom, viola, Maros Sivak - a guitar, Tomas Gaspierik - contrabass.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix orchestra folklore multilingual Barbora Botošová general audience internal
The Live Library Project: The Romani Language
created: 12. 05. 2017 17:54 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The Live Libraries, as a method, offer an opportunity to know the personal stories of interesting people, who are almost unknown to the majority audience. The purpose is to promote the identity of Romani national minority and on the other side to introduce the Romani people as an national minority with a rich cultural tradition. The fourth in a series "Live Books 2015" organized by State Scientific Library in Prešov, held on 7. Novembre 2015 in Wave Club in Prešov and the theme was Romani language. The guests of the event were Jarmila Vaňová and Stanislav Cina. The musical guest was the violinist Barbora Botošová with the band Bohémiens.
category: speaking
Bohémiens - "Czardas" (Vittorio Monti)
created: 18. 05. 2015 12:24 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
A piece from Vittorio Monti - Czardas, as being played bz the Romani band Bohémiens, recorded during the band´s concert in the Grand Hotel Bellevue in Horný Smokovec on April 19, 2014. The instruments played: 1st violin - Barbora Botošová, contrabas - Tomáš Gašpierik, guitar - Roman Horváth, cimbalom - Vladimír Homola, 2nd violin - Marek Konček.
category: music
