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
Romathan - The Spririt of Music and Singing
created: 27. 04. 2020 10:12 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Video recording of the dance performance of the Romathan Theater was recorded on 18 September 2014 at the A. Duchnovič Theater in Prešov,v during the implementation of the National Project Documentation and Information Center of Romani Culture. The Orchestra of Romathan Theater and its soloists offer the watchers a mixture of instrumental and vocal-instrumental compositions.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix orchestra original Romani Romathan general audience internal
Concert Luna
created: 22. 12. 2019 13:42 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
LUNA is the girls only band from Martin. Their repertoir covers both Romani and Slovak folk songs, many times they play also pop music in folk arrangment or classical music. These are the members of the band: Petra Cickova - accordeon, Božena Cickova - double bass, Michael Kazarova - violin, Stanislava Cickova - singer. The recording of the band performance was in June 7, 2013.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix quartet original Slovak Romani Luna general audience internal
Concert: Karel Adam
created: 20. 12. 2019 10:41 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The concert for celebration of the World Roma Day, organized in November 27, 2017 in the Wave Club, Hlavna st., Presov. Karel Adam was the principal conductor of the Romathan Theater. Together with his colleagues he prepared the program consisting of instrumental and vocal-instrumental compositions, both from Romani traditional folk and their own works. The listeners may listen to halgato, czardasz as well as to classical music pieces.
Karel Adam – violin, Eugen Bunda – cimbalom, Vladimir A+B12dam – second violin, Viktor Adam – double bass, Dasa Polakova – singer, Zaneta Stipakova – singer.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix orchestra borrowed Romani Karel Adam Dáša Polláková Žaneta Štipáková general audience internal
Sabrosa - the Concert, Scala, Presov
created: 18. 11. 2019 11:29 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The vocal and instrumental group Sabrosa started in the village Raslavice, district of Bardejov. Originally three singers and players, currently Sabrosa is the duo of sisters: Aneta Duzdova - the lead singer, Jana Duzdova - the guitar player, vocals.
The profile concert of Sabrosa was recorded on June 14, 2013 in Presov, in the former cinema named Scala.
The musicians supporting the Sabrosa was the folk group Cinovci from Vranov nad Toplou.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix orchestra borrowed Romani Sabrosa Cinovci z Vranova nad Topľou 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
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 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
Jozef Ferko and Dasha Pollakova
created: 08. 10. 2018 16:54 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The performance was documented on the Small Stage of the Theatre of Alexander Duchnovič in Prešov. The performance contains Romani songs traditional, as well as self-composed by Ondrej Ferko, Jozef Ferko and by the band Kmeťoband. The songs, both solo and duets, are sung by Dáša Polláková and Jozef Ferko. Author and performer of a guitar accompaniment is Jozef Ferko. Both of the interprets belong among the active members of the Romathan Theatre in Košice.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix duet borrowed Romani Jozef Ferko Dáša Polláková general audience internal
Art for Diversity
created: 13. 07. 2018 12:15 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Recording of live performance, Wave Club, November 7, 2015. The concert titled Art for diversity is the unique project, presenting beauties, uniqueness and mutual relations between the various minority cultures within one evening. The compositions of the Romani, Jewish, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Ruthenian and Bulgarian origins, influenced by very popular world music style, were played during the concert. All compositions are founded in the folk music of the national minorities, the were played in the specific, author's made arrangements. The leading musician of the band at the concert is a young first violinist, Barbora Botosova, the grand-daughter of the legendary musician Jan Berky Mrenica senior, and daughter of Eugen Botos. Agata Siemaszko - a singer, Marek Koncek - a violin, Jan Sivak - cimbalom, viola, Maros Sivak - a guitar, Tomas Gaspierik - contrabass.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix orchestra folklore multilingual Barbora Botošová general audience internal
