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
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
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
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
