Living Book Holocaust Ďusi band Schindler's List
created: 10. 01. 2024 11:00 modified: 10. 01. 2024 11:01
The family band called Ďusi Band consists of Július Bandy Sr. and his three sons Kristián, Július, and the youngest Samuel. The cimbalom band from Prešov presents the best tradition of the Romani cimbalom groups with the high interpretive art of their members as well as the scope and genre richness of their repertoire. It consists of folklore typically Romani but also Slovak and other nations‘ and nationalities‘, the band also plays classical music and does well in playing music of the genres such as jazz, pop or film tunes. The performance of the composition I Could Have Done More was recorded during the Living Book on the Holocaust event, in Prešov, on September 27, 2018.
Musical instruments and musicians who play them
Violin (primas) - Samuel Bandy
Double bass - Július Bandy Jr.
Viola - Kristián Bandy
Dulcimer - Julius Bandy Sr.
category: music
tags: instrumental classic contemporary quartet borrowed Ďusi Band general audience internal
Kašate, Mek ča dural avľom - Manuša
created: 10. 01. 2024 10:52 modified: 10. 01. 2024 10:54
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.
Mesh-up of two songs, Kašate (In Košice) and Mek ča dural avľom (I Was Still Far Away), both of them slow and sad, so called halgato.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Romani Manuša general audience internal
Našaďom savoro - Manuša
created: 09. 01. 2024 14:37 modified: 09. 01. 2024 14:38
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.
The song Našaďom savoro (I Lost Everything) is a halgato (slow, sentimental song), sung in original version by Julia Kozakova.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quintet original Romani Manuša general audience internal
Miroslav Rác - The Crying Heart
created: 09. 01. 2024 14:28 modified: 09. 01. 2024 14:31
Miroslav Rác is a pianist, music teacher, composer. For several years now, he has been working on the theme of the Roma Holocaust. As a concert artist, he played on several world stages in Europe and in Israel.
The composition titiled The Crying Heart was created in 2019 and is dedicated to the victims murdered in the Treblinka concentration camp in Poland. A recording of his solo interpretation of the piece.
category: music
tags: instrumental classic contemporary solo author's craft Miroslav Rác general audience internal
Miroslav Rác - Soul
created: 09. 01. 2024 14:19 modified: 09. 01. 2024 14:21
Miroslav Rác is a pianist, music teacher, composer. For several years now, he has been working on the theme of the Roma Holocaust. As a concert artist, he played on several world stages in Europe and in Israel.
The composition Soul is dedicated to the victims murdered in concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
category: music
tags: instrumental classic contemporary solo author's craft Miroslav Rác general audience internal
Miroslav Rác - Reflection
created: 09. 01. 2024 14:01 modified: 31. 05. 2024 15:58
Miroslav Rác is a pianist, music teacher, composer. For several years now, he has been working on the theme of the Roma Holocaust. As a concert artist, he played on several world stages in Europe and in Israel.
The composition titled Reflection was created in 2016 as dedicated to the victims murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp.
category: music
tags: instrumental classic contemporary solo author's craft Miroslav Rác general audience internal
Miroslav Rác - Lament
created: 09. 01. 2024 11:37 modified: 09. 01. 2024 11:38
Miroslav Rác is a pianist, music teacher, composer. For several years now, he has been working on the theme of the Roma Holocaust. As a concert artist, he played on several world stages in Europe and in Israel.
The composition Lament was created in 2018, it is dedicated to the victims murdered in the concentration camp Majdanek in Poland.
category: music
tags: instrumental classic contemporary solo author's craft Miroslav Rác general audience internal
Miroslav Rác - Tears
created: 09. 01. 2024 11:24 modified: 09. 01. 2024 11:26
Miroslav Rác is a pianist, music teacher, composer. For several years now, he has been working on the theme of the Roma Holocaust. As a concert artist, he played on several world stages in Europe and in Israel.
He composed a piano composition called Slzy (Tears) in 2017, dedicating it to the victims who lost their lives in the Belzec concentration camp in Poland. This is a recording of his solo interpretation of the piece.
category: music
tags: instrumental classic contemporary solo author's craft Miroslav Rác general audience internal
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.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Július Žiga general audience internal
Miroslav Rác - Synagogue
created: 08. 01. 2024 11:24 modified: 08. 01. 2024 11:26
Miroslav Rác is a pianist, music teacher, composer. For several years now, he has been working on the theme of the Roma Holocaust. As a concert artist, he played on several world stages in Europe and in Israel.
The composition Synagogue was created in 2014 as the author's personal prayer for all victims of holocaust.
category: music
tags: instrumental classic contemporary solo author's craft Miroslav Rác general audience internal
