Sofiya Zahova
created: 19. 02. 2025 07:10 modified: 19. 02. 2025 07:14
Sofiya Zahova is the director of the Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding at the University of Iceland. The centre operates under the auspices of UNESCO and is an affiliated organisation of the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute for Foreign Languages at the University of Iceland. Sofiya Zahova is primarily dedicated to the study and research of Romani literature in Europe and is a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She currently represents Iceland on the Steering Committee for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032. The interview is segmented into sections that briefly map her activities, milestones achieved and comments on the development of Romani literature. It was created on 11.12.2023 in Prešov and is conducted in English, the final part is in Romani.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided English Romani Sofiya Zahova academic audience internal
Dávid Štajer
created: 05. 12. 2024 14:09 modified: 05. 12. 2024 14:09
He comes from the village of Šumiac, from the family of musicians. His father's family are the Pokoš musicians from Šumiac, his mother's family the Harvans from Telgárt. These are the localities in which guitar or keyboard instruments never dominated. Instead, violin, accordion, double-bass and cimbalom were key instruments played there. He plays the double-bass, violin and accordion. He is a musical self-taught person. The Pokošovci Band plays both Slovak and Romani folklore music from the region of Horehronie.
His brothers Rado and Stano and him released the album Folk Band Pokošovci 2, which reached the 15th place in the World Music Chart Europe, in January 2020.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Romani Dávid Štajer internal general audience
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
My heart aches, my head hurts too - Roland Horváth Orchestra
created: 13. 08. 2024 14:19 modified: 13. 08. 2024 14:19
The Roma dulcimer band Roland Horváth Orchestra performs traditional Roma music from Slovakia and Hungary. The line-up is international, the musicians come from both Slovakia and Hungary, the bandleader is a clarinetist Roland Horváth.
The vocal-instrumental composition is called My heart aches, my head hurts too. The song was sung by Dušan Deme. The author of the original lyrics and music is unknown.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani Roland Horváth Orchestra general audience internal
I Drink and Sing - Roland Horváth Orchestra
created: 13. 08. 2024 12:28 modified: 21. 08. 2024 10:01
The Roma dulcimer band Roland Horváth Orchestra performs traditional Roma music from Slovakia and Hungary. The line-up is international, the musicians come from both Slovakia and Hungary, the bandleader is a clarinetist Roland Horváth.
The vocal-instrumental composition is called Me čak pijav, mulatinav. The song was sung by Dušan Deme. The author of the original lyrics and music is unknown.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani Roland Horváth Orchestra general audience internal
My Sweet Mum Was Right - Roland Horváth Orchestra
created: 13. 08. 2024 10:28 modified: 21. 08. 2024 07:40
The Roma dulcimer band Roland Horváth Orchestra performs traditional Roma music from Slovakia and Hungary. The line-up is international, the musicians come from both Slovakia and Hungary, the bandleader is a clarinetist Roland Horváth.
The vocal-instrumental composition is called Mištes mange mri guľi daj phenďa. The song was sung by Dušan Deme. The author of the original lyrics and music is unknown.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani Roland Horváth Orchestra general audience internal
Ďusi Band Orchestra - C minor Hora Romanian
created: 01. 07. 2024 07:17 modified: 01. 07. 2024 07:19
The family band Ďusi Band Orchestra is from Prešov. The core members of the band are Július Bandy and his three sons, often accompanied by various guest musicians. Besides playing the instrumental compositions, the band performs also songs, with both folk andre their own lyrics. Until now the Band released two CDs - Romaňi dzeka (Romani Mood) and Aven, mulatinas (Let's Have Fun). The audiovisual recording presents the composition C minor Hora Romanian. The guest musician is Roland Horvath, playing the clarinet.
The video was recorded in the framework of the internal project of documentation of the family cimbalom bands, in Presov, in 2022.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern folk quintet borrowed Romani Ďusi Band Orchestra general audience internal
Ďusi Band Orchestra - The Songs: Don't Follow me, My Girl / What Shall I Do, Lord
created: 01. 07. 2024 07:08 modified: 01. 07. 2024 07:11
The family cimbalom band Ďusi Band core members are the father and his three sons, often accompanied by various guest musicians. The singer Anita Haffnerova and the Band sang the songs Maphir pal ma, čhajori / So me, Devla (Don't Come After Me, Girl / What I, My Lord). The guest musicians of the Band were Roland Horvath - clarinet and Jakub Haffner - accordion and vocals.
The video was recorded in the framework of the internal project of documentation of the family cimbalom bands, in Presov, in 2022.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk orchestra borrowed Romani Ďusi Band Orchestra general audience internal
Ďusi Band Orchestra - The Biggest Hospital in Kosice
created: 28. 06. 2024 12:19 modified: 28. 06. 2024 12:19
The family cimbalom band Ďusi Band core members are the father and his three sons, often accompanied by various guest musicians. The singer Anita Haffnerova and the Band sang the song Kašate nekbareder špitaľa (The Biggest Hospital in Košice). The guest musicians of the Band were Roland Horvath - clarinet and Jakub Haffner - accordion and vocals.
The video was recorded in the framework of the internal project of documentation of the family cimbalom bands, in Presov, in 2022.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk orchestra borrowed Romani Ďusi Band Orchestra general audience internal
Ďusi Band Orchestra - A Romani Girl
created: 28. 06. 2024 10:37 modified: 28. 06. 2024 10:38
The family cimbalom band Ďusi Band core members are the father and his three sons, often accompanied by various guest musicians. The singer Anita Haffnerova and the Band sang the song Romaňi čhaj (A Romani Girl). The guest musicians of the Band were Roland Horvath - clarinet and Jakub Haffner - accordion and vocals.
The video was recorded in the framework of the internal project of documentation of the family cimbalom bands, in Presov, in 2022.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk orchestra borrowed Romani Ďusi Band Orchestra general audience internal
