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
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
Dalibor Cibuľa, Dávid Oláh
created: 09. 09. 2025 10:04 modified: 10. 09. 2025 08:07
Bratranci Dalibor Cibuľa a Dávid Oláh pôsobia ako hudobníci so skupinou Sendreiovci. V spoločnom rozhovore hovoria o hudobných koreňoch ich rodiny, o špecifikách muziky z Klenovca, odkiaľ pochádzajú, o štúdiách a pracovných možnostiach a skúsenostiach, o kapele Sendreiovci a o svojich snoch a plánoch do budúcna.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue guided Slovak Dalibor Cibuľa Dávid Oláh general audience internal
Living Book - Sendreiovci Gypsy Band
created: 09. 09. 2025 08:52 modified: 09. 09. 2025 08:53
A public cultural event hel on April 9, 2024 in order to celebrate the World Roma Day. The event was implemented in cooperation with RTVS and took place in the Grand Studio of the Slovak Radio at Moyzesova Street 7 in Košice. The event is a part of the series of cultural gatherings named the Living Books. The living books were member of the Sendreiovci Gypsy Band.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue guided Slovak Sendreiovci Gypsy Band general audience internal
Milan Berky
created: 03. 09. 2025 06:47 modified: 03. 09. 2025 06:48
Milan Berky (1961-) comes from Lučenec, he spent the most part of his life working on the railways as a train driver. His more intense art work began when, after almost 35 years he lost his work. The change in his life meant he got time to develop his childhood passion - drawing. His work focuses primarily on portraits, characteristic feature of them is extraordinary deatail and realism. He mainly uses charcoal, what allows him to achieve the great depth and contrast of his black-and-white works that have an almost photographic effect. His works include portraits of famous personalities, but also portraits of ordinary people, Roma men and women from cultural, social and sporting life.Milan Berky has gained recognition not only in Slovakia but also abroad, despite the fact that he has no formal artistic education. He has received several awards, including first place in the portrait category at the International Fine Arts Fair in České Budějovice (2017) and the Inspiration award for contribution to culture (2022). His drawing – a portrait of an Iraqi statesman – was used on Iraqi postage stamps in 2023. An interview with the intuitive artist about his life and work was recorded on April 12, 2024 in Prešov.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Milan Berky general audience internal
Sofiya Zahova
created: 19. 02. 2025 07:10 modified: 19. 02. 2025 07:14
Sofiya Zahova is the director of the Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding at the University of Iceland. The centre operates under the auspices of UNESCO and is an affiliated organisation of the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute for Foreign Languages at the University of Iceland. Sofiya Zahova is primarily dedicated to the study and research of Romani literature in Europe and is a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She currently represents Iceland on the Steering Committee for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032. The interview is segmented into sections that briefly map her activities, milestones achieved and comments on the development of Romani literature. It was created on 11.12.2023 in Prešov and is conducted in English, the final part is in Romani.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided English Romani Sofiya Zahova academic audience internal
Jozef Ferko
created: 20. 12. 2024 08:07 modified: 20. 12. 2024 08:08
Jozef Ferko has been working as an actor and musician at the Romathan Theatre since 1993. He has held various positions - from voice teacher to accompanist. He graduated from the Conservatory in Košice. In addition to working in the theatre, he is also involved in his own musical projects and collaborations with other musicians and groups.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Jozef Ferko general audience internal
Miloš Rác
created: 19. 12. 2024 13:36 modified: 19. 12. 2024 13:37
Miloš Rác is a Roma painter and sculptor. His relationship to artistic modelling from sculptural clay began to manifest itself during his military service, where his first works portraying fairy tale figures were created. After 20 years he returned to his work again. His paintings are mainly abstract, full of colour, which he believes is characteristic of the Roma people. He lives and works in Považská Bystrica. In 2015, his first exhibition took place in MG ART GALLERY in Považská Bystrica. He has exhibited in Roma museums in Martin and Brno. In 2016, he received the Roma Spirit Award in the Culture Category. In 2023, he created a sculpture for the Roma Spirit Award given to the laureates.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Miloš Rác general audience internal
Michaela Bobeková
created: 19. 12. 2024 07:28 modified: 19. 12. 2024 07:29
Michaela Bobeková is an orchestral violinist, singer and violin teacher. The topic of the interview is music as a family occupation, attitudes and evaluations of Roma culture and participation in musical ensembles. The interview was recorded on 10.11.2023 in the State Scientific Library in Prešov.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Michaela Bobeková general audience internal
