The Gypsy Devils - The Concert
created: 25. 03. 2019 08:05 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The Gypsy Devils as a group of Romani musicians report 1991 as the year of birth of this formation. They are characterized by a excellent, even virtuoso interpretation of Romani music from the urban environment, classical world music, but they do not avoid cooperation with contemporary artists known from popular music. The orchestra performs often both in Slovakia and abroad, it has already played on five continents. At the concert in Prešov on 24.10.2013 in the Cinema Scala the orchestra members playing there were: singing and violoncello - Silvia Šarköziová, viola - Jozef Farkaš, double bass - Tibor Lévai, solo doublebass - Alexander Mihok, violin - Emil Hasala, clarinet and tarogato - Zoltán Grunza , cimbalom - Ernest Šarközi, primash (violin) - Štefan "Picur" Banyák.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental classic contemporary orchestra folklore Romani Cigánski Diabli 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
