O poštaris avel/The Postman is Coming - Alexander Daško's Dulcimer Band
created: 22. 11. 2021 09:36 modified: 14. 02. 2022 13:56
Alexander Daško's dulcimer band plays the Roma song O poštaris avel / The Postman is Coming. The band was formed in 1992 in Banská Bystrica. The band's repertoire consists of Romani, Slovak and other nations’ folk music as well as operetta and film melodies. The band has released several CDs. The lead violinist is Alexander Daško. Dulcimer - Dezider Oláh Axman. Viola - Otto Daniš (Buli). Double bass - Jozef Berky (Kangaroo). Accordion - Štefan Bučko (Kefa). Alexander Daško founded the Lavuta Private Elementary Art School in Banská Bystrica, he is a music teacher. Every year, A. Daško organizes the festival of Roma culture in Banská Bystrica called Gypsy Fire.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed general audience internal
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
Duo Farsa, Marco Pillo - A Night in Ankara
created: 13. 12. 2018 10:07 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The instrumental composition A Night in Ankara is the authors' composition by Frantisek Godla and Dusan Onody, the members of the guitar players under the label Duo Farsa. The motivation behind the composition is their stay in Turkey. Duo Farsa plays their own, highly emotional compositions of more genres, mainly influenced by the Spanish rhythms of flamenco. The performance is specific by participation of Marco Pillo (a musician, singer and composer), who plays the cajon. The video was recorded on 31st of March, 2014 in the Jonas Zaborsky Theater's Small Scene as a part of the presentation of the book of poems by Dusan Onody: For You, Only You.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern flamenco trio author's craft Duo Farsa Marco Pillo general audience internal
Miroslav Rác - "Magic"
created: 22. 10. 2018 10:07 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Miroslav Rác is a graduate of Music Conservatory in Topolcany, where he studied piano. He uses a stage name B.G. and he plays so called gangster romano hip-hop style. He plays the piano since he was 13 years old. Nowadays he acts as a singer, rapper, songs composer, also as a composer of an instrumental compositions for piano. The song was played on a Jazz concert, which was documented in a Cultural Center Hall in a Želiezovce village. Instrumental composition "Magic" is a self composed creation of Miroslav Rác. The drum solo played by Miroslav Talpáš and bass guitar solo played by Anton Bukai.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern rom-jazz trio original Miroslav Rác Anton Bukai Miroslav Talpáš general audience internal
Romathan in New Dress - Anitra's Dance
created: 03. 07. 2018 14:27 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The 65th premiere of the Romathan Theater was arranged in "new dress". Music and dance performances alternated with traditional Romani halgato and songs. The Romathan Theater Orchestra performs special parts emphasizing the interconnections between various cultures in Europe. One of the Orchestra performances is the classical composition by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, Anitra's Dance. It is the incidental music composed in 1876 for the verse drama by Henrik Ibsen titled Peer Gynt. First staged in 02/1876 in Kristiania, nowadays Oslo in Norway.
category: music
tags: instrumental classic impressionism orchestra Romathan general audience internal
Duo Farsa - Filip
created: 01. 12. 2017 15:37 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The video recording contains the public performance of a guitar duo, Duo Farsa. The guitar duo plays self composed emotional songs of different genres, with a dominance of spanish rhythms of flamenco. Duo is composed of two virtuoso Roma musicians, František Godla and Dušan Onody from Sabinov. This song got its name after the cajonist, former band member named Filip. It´s also a tribute to Jaroslav Filip (famous Slovak musician), who worked with the very similar melodics and due to the unverified informations had Roma ancestors.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern rom-jazz duet author's craft Duo Farsa general audience internal
Duo Farsa - A Night in Ancara
created: 01. 12. 2017 15:35 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The video recording contains the public performance of a guitar duo, Duo Farsa. The guitar duo plays self composed emotional songs of different genres, with a dominance of spanish rhythms of flamenco. Duo is composed of two virtuoso Roma musicians, František Godla and Dušan Onody from Sabinov. This song way inspired by their visit of Turkey and it impresses with its unrestraint and spontaneity.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern rom-jazz duet author's craft Duo Farsa general audience internal
Duo Farsa - Hug
created: 01. 12. 2017 15:27 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The video recording contains the public performance of a guitar duo, Duo Farsa. The guitar duo plays self composed emotional songs of different genres, with a dominance of spanish rhythms of flamenco. Duo is composed of two virtuoso Roma musicians, František Godla and Dušan Onody from Sabinov. The name of the song musicians translate as a "hug" and it came from the first letters of the chords used in the composition, H-G-A-D.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern rom-jazz duet author's craft Duo Farsa general audience internal
Duo Farsa - Bossa Dorado
created: 01. 12. 2017 15:26 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The video recording contains the public performance of a guitar duo, Duo Farsa. The guitar duo plays self composed emotional songs of different genres, with a dominance of spanish rhythms of flamenco. Duo is composed of two virtuoso Roma musicians, František Godla and Dušan Onody from Sabinov. Composition´s author is a guitarist Dorado Schmitt, authors of music adaptation are musicians from Duo Farsa.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern rom-jazz duet author's craft Duo Farsa general audience internal
Duo Farsa - Minor Swing
created: 01. 12. 2017 15:23 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The video recording contains the public performance of a guitar duo, Duo Farsa. The guitar duo plays self composed emotional songs of different genres, with a dominance of spanish rhythms of flamenco. Duo is composed of two virtuoso Roma musicians, František Godla and Dušan Onody from Sabinov. The composition is a music adaptation of the original composition of Django Reinhardt.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern rom-jazz duet author's craft Duo Farsa general audience internal
