Denisa Havrlova - Speaking
created: 22. 01. 2024 16:20 modified: 22. 01. 2024 16:21
Mgr. art Denisa Havrlova (1971-) is the Romani activist and journalist, born in the village Ocova. She graduated from the Fine Arts College in Bratislava, specialization as a director of documentary film, as well as from the Academy of Arts in Banska Bystrica, where she studied the documentary film making. She was active in the field of journalism, since 1998 she started to work for the Romani newspaper Romano nevo lil, in Presov. Later on, in 2008, she became its editor-in-chief. For the Slovak Press Agency (TASR) she worked as the visual editor, she also tried the work for the Office of Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Government for the Romani Communities. In her speaking she mentions her first steps in journalism and the following professional growth. She speaks about the Romani topic in the media, the picture of Roma in the media and the Romani media. She speaks about the people who helped her in professional and personal development, and she expresses her gratitude.
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tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Denisa Havrľová general audience internal
Miroslav Pokoš
created: 16. 01. 2024 06:25 modified: 16. 01. 2024 06:26
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.
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tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Romani Miroslav Pokoš internal general audience
Daniel Pokoš
created: 15. 01. 2024 13:41 modified: 15. 01. 2024 14:10
Daniel Pokoš comes from a family with a strong musical tradition. He was taught to play the violin by his father and grandfather, he also learned by listening to violinists from Horehronie. He works in the Pokošovci family cimbalom band. In the interview, he talks about his family and personal history and his perception of music, both traditional and contemporary.
The video recording of the interview was made on August 26, 2022 in Prešov, as part of the cycle of documentation of Roma cimbalom bands in Slovakia.
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tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Romani Daniel Pokoš internal general audience
Július Žiga
created: 09. 01. 2024 11:09 modified: 09. 01. 2024 11:15
The interview with Július Žiga about the family and its musical tradition. In the interview, he mentions the musical lineages on his father's and mother's side, his own way to music, his teaching carreer as well as the story of his own family band.
The band consists of the Žiga family members: father Július, daughter Bohdana and son Filip.
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tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Július Žiga general audience internal
Vojtech Botoš
created: 15. 12. 2023 08:56 modified: 15. 12. 2023 08:58
The members of the band Manusha (People) are professional musicians. The music project had been initiated by the Slovak singer Julia Kozakova; the musicians are Lubomir Gaspar on cimbalom, Viliam Didias on violin, Vojtech “Belu” Botos on viola and Jan Rigo on double-bass. In 2022, with the support of the Fund for Development of the National Minorities’ Culture in SR, and The Bratislava Self-Governing Region, the band released the album with the same name. The album presents 10 songs – all of them are the traditional Romani songs, played in arrangements by Manusha.
In 2022, the Documentation and Information Centre of the Romani Culture began to document the Romani cimbalom bands, especially those which carry on the family musical tradition.
Vojtech Botoš plays viola, he's a professional musician and a member of the Symphonic Orchestra of the Slovak Radio. The profile intervies.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Vojtech Botoš internal general audience
Dušan Deme
created: 14. 12. 2023 10:45 modified: 14. 12. 2023 10:46
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.
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tags: retrospective biographical monologue general Slovak Dušan Deme general audience internal
Milan Mižič
created: 08. 12. 2023 07:30 modified: 08. 12. 2023 07:31
Ing. Milan Mižič is a mechanical engineer originally from the village of Bijacovce. He invested his talent in building one of the first private engineering companies in our country after 1989. His business activities were directed to the field of shipbuilding and ship equipment. At the end of the 1990s, his company was the third largest employer in Košice. This was followed by involvement in political life, for several years he was the chairman of the Roma Civic Initiative, the most important political Roma party at the time. In the interview, he charts his life from childhood to the present. For the purposes of documentation and further processing, the Art Society, s.r.o. provided a recording of the interview free of charge.
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tags: biographical monologue guided Slovak Milan Mižič general audience external
Csaba Horváth
created: 05. 12. 2023 09:09 modified: 27. 06. 2024 10:35
Csaba Horváth sa dostal do povedomia širšej rómskej, ako aj majoritnej verejnosti vďaka vedeniu platformy s názvom Opre Roma, ktorá ponúkala priestor pre sieťovanie samospráv, firiem a organizácií, prevažne z južných okresov Slovenskej republiky. Skúsenosti a zručnosti získané počas pôsobenia vo verejnej službe neskôr zužitkoval v aktivitách tretieho sektora. Csaba Horváth v rozhovore ozrejmuje jednotlivé aspekty svojho verejného života, čiastočne sa venuje aj detstvu, rodine a jej vplyvu na jeho súčasné pôsobenie.
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tags: biographical monologue guided Slovak Csaba Horváth general audience internal
Viktor Teru: Generation
created: 04. 12. 2023 15:04 modified: 05. 12. 2023 07:34
Viktor Teru comes from Veľké Kapušiany. He graduated in social work and had several professions. Since 2014 he has been working at the Roma Education Fund (REF), currently as a national facilitator. He is also an advisor to President Zuzana Čaputová. In the fifth part of his memoir, he talks about the new generation of Roma intelligentsia, about mentoring and tutoring, and about the possibilities and opportunities for young Roma for self-realisation.
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tags: biographical monologue guided Slovak Viktor Teru general audience internal
Viktor Teru: Advisor
created: 04. 12. 2023 08:24 modified: 05. 12. 2023 07:43
Viktor Teru comes from Veľké Kapušiany. He graduated in social work and had several professions. Since 2014 he has been working at the Roma Education Fund (REF), currently as a national facilitator. He is also an advisor to President Zuzana Čaputová. In the fourth part of his memoir, he talks about his work as an advisor to the President and also about his idea of mainstreaming the Roma issue.
category: speaking
tags: biographical monologue guided Slovak Viktor Teru general audience internal
