Live Book - The Folk Band of Július Žiga
created: 12. 04. 2024 07:47 modified: 12. 04. 2024 07:48
The „Live book“ presents the well-known Romani band Žigovci from Gelnica. The recording was made in December 2021 and is created for the purpose of RTVS television broadcasting. From a dramaturgical point of view, the founder of the band Július Žiga is presented as a "living book", who tells the viewer his life story and the story of the band in the field of music, but also about music as a family tradition.
The core members of the family cimbalom band are the Žigas from Gelnica: father Július, his daughter Bohdana and son Filip. Guest members are Vladimír Plachetka, Kristián Bandy and Július Bandy. All of them are graduates of conservatories and are engaged in music production professionally. Bohdana Žigová and Filip Žiga were scholarship recipients of the Divé maky organization.
The song Ajsi terňi džuvľi (The Young Woman) is a slow, sentimental composition.
Instruments and players: Július Žiga - double bass, Bohdana Žigová - cello, vocals, Filip Žiga - violin, Július Bandy - cimbalom, Kristián Bandy - viola, Vladimír Plachetka - accordion.
The record was created on December 11, 2021, at the Center for Independent Culture Wave in Prešov.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Július Žiga 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
