Kvetoslava Podhradská
created: 21. 10. 2024 07:24 modified: 21. 10. 2024 08:27
Kvetoslava Podhradská was born in Ostrovany near Sabinov. She was 7 years old when, together with her family, she moved to Ostrava-Poruba. She started writing during her studies in secondary school. She is a member of the Romani Authors' Club Paramisara, the one organised by the association Slovo 21. She wrote several short stories, in them she reflects the historical experience of her family and her own childhood memories. In 2022, her children book titled Conversations Over Jam was published. Later, the book received several awards. In this memoir she talks about her childhood in Slovakia and life in Czech Republic. She also speaks about the Romani language, about romanihood, and about her first steps in literary work and her own literary creations.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Czech Romani Kvetoslava Podhradská general audience internal
Peter Balogh Sn., Peter Balogh Jr.
created: 18. 10. 2024 09:02 modified: 18. 10. 2024 09:04
Peter Balogh Sr. and Peter Balogh Jr. are father and son, both violinists. They come from Košice. In a joint memoir they describe the history of their family, the beginnings of violin playing, their studies and the course of their musical career. They talk about Roma music in the past and present and also about their plans for the future.
category: music
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Peter Balogh Peter Balogh ml. general audience internal
Abel Ravasz - Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Romani Communities
created: 02. 07. 2024 09:44 modified: 02. 07. 2024 09:45
Ábel Ravasz is a sociologist and politician who specializes in minorities and regions. He graduated from universities in Hungary and USA with the degrees in political science, economics and sociology. He was one of the advisors in the Most-Híd – the political party after what he became the party nominee for the post of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Romani Communities. He held the post from 2016 to 2020. He is a co-founder of the Purt organization, the one which organises the Romani, Hungarian and Slovak activists. He also served as the Executive Director of the Matej Bel Institute. In the interview, he talks about his work at the Office of the Slovak Republic Government Plenipotentiary for the Romani Communities, about his activities and priorities, as well as about the achievments and failures.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective academic biographical factual monologue guided Slovak Ábel Ravasz general audience internal
Ábel Ravasz
created: 02. 07. 2024 09:27 modified: 02. 07. 2024 09:27
Ábel Ravasz is a sociologist and politician who specializes in minorities and regions. He graduated from universities in Hungary and USA with the degrees in political science, economics and sociology. He was one of the advisors in the Most-Híd – the political party after what he became the party nominee for the post of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Romani Communities. He held the post from 2016 to 2020. He is a co-founder of the Purt organization, the one which organises the Romani, Hungarian and Slovak activists. He also served as the Executive Director of the Matej Bel Institute. In the interview he speaks about the topics of extremism, poverty, segregation or inter-ethnical relations. He speaks about the active participation of the minorities in Slovakia, as well as about the mission and work of Matej Bel Institute.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective academic biographical factual monologue guided Slovak Ábel Ravasz general audience internal
Júlia Kozáková
created: 27. 06. 2024 13:08 modified: 27. 06. 2024 13:10
The members of the band Manusha (People) are professional musicians. The music project had been initiated by the Slovak singer Julia Kozakova; the musicians are Lubomir Gaspar on cimbalom, Viliam Didias on violin, Vojtech “Belu” Botos on viola and Jan Rigo on double-bass. In 2022, with the support of the Fund for Development of the National Minorities’ Culture in SR, and The Bratislava Self-Governing Region, the band released the album with the same name. The album presents 10 songs – all of them are the traditional Romani songs, played in arrangements by Manusha.
In 2022, the Documentation and Information Centre of the Romani Culture began to document the Romani cimbalom bands, especially those which carry on the family musical tradition.
Júlia Kozáková is a singer and a leading person of the musical project Manusha. She studied ethnomusicology and social anthropology. She is also active in the education of youth in the field of music and singing. The profile interview.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Júlia Kozáková internal general audience
Miroslav Pollák
created: 27. 06. 2024 07:18 modified: 27. 06. 2024 07:22
RNDr. Miroslav Pollák - his involvement in the Romani issues started in 1998 as cooperation with several non-governmental and non-profit organisations. His research activities are focused on the study of social economy, community development, the poverty issues and systemic solutions to the social status of the marginalized groups. From 2010 to 2012 he served as the Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic government for the Romani communities. He has been active in the field of humnag rights for many years. As and activist and the chairman of the Krásny Spiš Civic Association, he designs and implements projects focused on violence and unfreedom during the 20th century. He organized dozens of exhibitions on the topic of exoduses and nationalities in Slovakia. He initiated the construction of a memorial to the victims of exodus in Slovakia and published several books in the field of human rights. Engaged cultural activities with a societal impact are carried out by him within the association Živá kultura.
category: speaking
tags: biographical monologue guided Slovak Miroslav Pollák general audience internal
Ľubomír Gašpar
created: 26. 06. 2024 09:46 modified: 26. 06. 2024 10:55
Mgr. art Ľubomír Gašpar comes from Detva, currently lives and works in Bratislava. He studied cimbalom at the Ján Levoslav Bella Conservatory in Banská Bystrica, later at the Ján Albrecht Music and Art Academy in Banská Štiavnica. Currently, he is a student at JAMU in Brno. In addition to being a professional musician, he also works as a music teacher at the Dezider Kardoš Private Conservatory in Topoľčany. His musical direction is multi-genre, combining elements of folklore, classical music and jazz. He is part of several musical groups, e.g. SOLE, Ľubomír Gašpar Cimbal Project, with which he recorded two albums: The Point Of View, which won the Rádio Heads Award for the best album in the World Music category in 2017, and Ľubozvuk (2021). He is also a permanent member of the group Manuša, with whom they released an album of the same name in 2022.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Ľubomír Gašpar general audience internal
Július Bandy
created: 19. 06. 2024 06:33 modified: 19. 06. 2024 06:35
Július Bandy st. comes from a family in which musicianship has been handed down from generation to generation. The interview focuses on his family and personal history, his career as a professional dulcimer player, passing on his artistic legacy to his sons, and finally, reflections on the present and future of Roma music production.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective monologue guided Slovak Romani Július Bandy general audience internal
Štefan Cína / Martina Ďuriková Cínová
created: 31. 05. 2024 07:44 modified: 31. 05. 2024 07:46
Mgr. et Mgr.art. Štefan Cína comes from the village of Hnilec, where he was born into the family of musicians. He studied accordion at the Jozef Adamovič Conservatory in Košice, later went on the Prešov University in Prešov where he studied Teaching of Music Art and Technology, he achieved the bachelor’s degree. He received his master's degree at the Catholic University in Ružomberok in the field of Music and Church Music, and later studied the accordion at the Ternopil National University of Volodymyr Hniatuk in Ukraine. He currently works as a music teacher at the Private Elementary School of Arts in Odorín.
In 2007 he started the Štefan Cína's Folk Music, the band recorded a CD called Ja chlapec chudobni/I am a Poor Guy. The band composed and recorded part of soundtrack of the Slovak film Loli paradička/Red Tomato. The band also recorded the CDs of the Folklore Ensemble Orgonina, and the Folklore Group Jamničan. Together with the band, they took part in several large TV programs, in 2017 it was the TV show Zem spieva/The Earth Sings, in 2018 Československo má talent/Czechoslovakia has Talent.
Martina Ďuriková Cínová, DiS.art. comes from the village of Hnilec, from the family of musicians.
She studied violin at the conservatory in Košice, and since 2020 she is a student at the Catholic University in Ružomberok, Department of Music and Church Music. From 2014, she worked as a music teacher at the Elementary Art School in Smižany. Since 2007, she has been a member of Štefan Cína's Folk Music, the band recorded a CD called Ja chlapec chudobni/I am a Poor Guy. The band composed and recorded part of soundtrack of the Slovak film Loli paradička/Red Tomato. The band also recorded the CDs of the Folklore Ensemble Orgonina, and the Folklore Group Jamničan. Together with the band, they took part in several large TV programs, in 2017 it was the TV show Zem spieva/The Earth Sings, in 2018 Československo má talent/Czechoslovakia has Talent.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Štefan Cína Martina Ďuriková Cínová general audience internal
Roland Horváth
created: 23. 05. 2024 07:46 modified: 23. 05. 2024 07:47
B.Sc. Roland Horváth, Dis.art was born in Rimavská Sobota. He comes from a musical family. He plays wind instruments. He received his first-level university degree at the Ján Albrecht Music and Art Academy in Banská Štiavnica. Since 2019, he has been the director of the Basic Art School in the village of Jesenské. He started his career as a musician in Hungary, where he played in several bands and with several important primas. After returning to Slovakia, he worked in the Romathan Theater in Košice. With the band Sendreiovci, he recorded the music for the film Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows, which was released in 2012. As a clarinetist in Slovakia, he works in several cimbalom bands, and collaborates with the family band of Július Bandy from Prešov.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue general Slovak Roland Horváth general audience internal