The Gypsy Party
created: 02. 09. 2019 08:26 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The Gypsy Bashavel (The Gypsy Party) is the festival of Romani culture which started in 2009 as one of the projects carried out by the Association Wild Poppy. It provides space for presentation of many of the amateur and professional Romani ensembles as well as for the stipend beneficiaries of Wild Poppy Association - the talented Romani children from all aver Slovakia. The festival is of multicultural character, organised in open-air setting. The event was recorded on 29th of August, 2013.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective factual monologue guided Slovak general audience internal
Lýdia Gabčová
created: 27. 08. 2019 10:40 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Mgr. Lydia Gabcova graduated from the University of Konstantiv the Philospher in Nitra, specialization in the social work. After graduation she continued her education during her internships with Council of Europe and European Commission. Specialization in the Romani language was the field she studied at the University of Manchester in Great Britain. Currently, she works as the project manager of many projects ofocused on integration of Roma. The interview is about her personal and professional life as well as about the social processes which happened after 1989.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Lýdia Gabčová general audience internal
The Devilish Violin Orchestra
created: 26. 08. 2019 16:32 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Jan Berky Mrenica and the Devilish Violin Orchestra, in cooperation with the Romani Association in Poland presented the concert named Music Without Borders. There played Jan Berky-Mrenica, The Devilish Violin Orchestra, Jozef Mernstein Jochymczyk from Poland and the students of the Private Middle School in Kezmarok. The concert was recorded on 2nd of December, 2013 in Kezmarok.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix orchestra original Slovak Diabolské husle general audience internal
Romathan - A Golden Horseshoe
created: 21. 08. 2019 15:41 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The theater performance for children and youth, performed on 6th of December, 2013 in the Romathan Theater. The fairy-tale is built upon the dramatic situations which occure when the magical world of the magical beings meet the real world of people. The main message of the tale is to teach the kids that love and friendship are a person's biggest fortune.
category: drama
tags: theater comedy singspiel stage original Slovak Romathan children and youth internal
Zaneta Stipakova - Speaking
created: 19. 08. 2019 14:32 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Zaneta Stipakova graduated from the Middle School of Arts in Kosice where she specialized in music and dramatic arts. She finished higher middle education there. She worked as a voice pedagogue in The Private Conservatoir in Prague and later as a teacher's assistant in elementary school in Kosice.
Currently, she is a member of the Romathan Theater. She is the actress, singer, director and also she writes her own dramas.
The interview is about her personal and professional life as well as about the Romani culture.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Žaneta Štipáková general audience internal
Balvalfest (The Wind Festival)
created: 25. 03. 2019 08:20 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The video recording of the 13th Romani festival, recorded in 2013 in Kokava upon Rimavica. The festival presents traditional Romani music as well as modern musical genres. Every year the organisers of the festival invite the performers both from Slovakia and other countries. The video is the cut of the live performances presenting traditional and popular Romani music, the interview with the festival organisor Vladimir Sendrei is added to the final edition.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix original borrowed Slovak Romani Hungarian Vladimír Sendrei general audience internal
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
Marco Pillo - My Love
created: 25. 02. 2019 16:20 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Marco Pillo studied at Conservatory in Prague, his main subject was cimbalom. Later he also learnt playing the classical guitar. When studying in Barcelona he was introduced to the local Romani style flamenco, what greatly influenced his later performance. The digital cultural object is the video recording of him interpreting the song Amor mio/My Love from the album Volare by the Romani group Gipsy Kings.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern flamenco solo borrowed Spanish Marco Pillo general audience internal
The Bihari's Festival 2013
created: 28. 01. 2019 09:24 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The Bihari’s Festival is the annual event taking place in Dunajska Streda. It’s organized by the Association of the Romani Musicians in Dunajska Streda and the Zhitny Ostrov Cultural and Educational Center. The whole idea was brought in by the local Romani violinist Stefan Banyak Sn., who still acts as the most active organizer. Janos Bihari (21.10.1764, Velke Blahovo, Slovakia – 26.4.1827, Budapest, Hungary) was one of the most known musical artists of the old Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy, popular at the royal court. As a violinist as well as composer, his creative work inspired the worldwide known composers of the era, such as Franz Liszt, or Ludwig van Beethoven. The digital cultural object contains the video documenting the gala program.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix orchestra original Biháriho orchester general audience internal
Roman Goroľ - Cold Touch of Lost Morning
created: 14. 12. 2018 13:23 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Roman Gorol was born on 15th of August, 1969, in Vranov nad Toplou. He is married, has three sons, works as a teaching assistant at the Elementary School in the village Caklov, where he lives. Roman Gorol graduated from the Pedagogical Faculty of the Presov University in Presov, as the bachelor of pedagogy. Roman Gorol loves literature, both poetry and prose. In his young years he began writing short poems about life, emotions, love. His art of word is present in the book of poems titled “Cold Touch of Lost Morning”, published by the State Research Library in Presov, 2016, illustrated by Martin Kaleja Januv. Four poems of the collection were translated in Romani and English languages by Erika Godlova. The video recorded on December 1st, 2016, introduces the author of the book of poems, some of his poems as well as the illustrator Martin Kaleja Januv, whose talent in fine arts is also pictured in the video. Frantisek Godla and Dusan Onody as the Duo Farsa provided the music for the event. (source: Roman Gorol, Cold Touch of Lost Morning, own research).
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue general Slovak Romani Roman Goroľ František Godla Dušan Onody general audience internal
