The Sendreis Gypsy Band - Play It for Me
created: 19. 06. 2025 09:15 modified: 19. 06. 2025 09:16
The founders of the Sendreiovci Gypsy Band are Vladimír Sendrei and his wife Jana Sendreiová. They founded the Band in 2001 in the village of Kokava nad Rimavicou, the band's original name was Kokavakere lavutara. Their work caught the attention of film music composer Hans Zimmer and became part of the soundtrack of the film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. The Band's music also enriched the soundtrack of the Czech film titled Roming.
Jana Sendreiová achieved her personal success when in 2005 she performed together with other soloists at a concert in New York at Carnegie Hall, accompanied by the Roma band Anyalai Gypsy Band.
The song Play It for Me was presented on 9.4.2024 during an event from the Live Books series, which took place on the occasion of World Roma Day at RTVS, the Big Studio of Slovak Radio in Košice.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk orchestra borrowed Romani Sendreiovci Gypsy Band general audience internal
The Sendreis Gypsy Band - I Asked for It
created: 18. 06. 2025 15:51 modified: 23. 06. 2025 10:26
The founders of the Sendreiovci Gypsy Band are Vladimír Sendrei and his wife Jana Sendreiová. They founded the Band in 2001 in the village of Kokava nad Rimavicou, the band's original name was Kokavakere lavutara. Their work caught the attention of film music composer Hans Zimmer and became part of the soundtrack of the film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. The Band's music also enriched the soundtrack of the Czech film titled Roming.
Jana Sendreiová achieved her personal success when in 2005 she performed together with other soloists at a concert in New York at Carnegie Hall, accompanied by the Roma band Anyalai Gypsy Band.
The song I Asked for It was presented on 9.4.2024 during an event from the Live Books series, which took place on the occasion of World Roma Day at RTVS, the Big Studio of Slovak Radio in Košice.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern folk orchestra borrowed Romani Sendreiovci Gypsy Band general audience internal
The Sendreis Gypsy Band - Black, Black
created: 18. 06. 2025 13:13 modified: 18. 06. 2025 15:50
The founders of the Sendreiovci Gypsy Band are Vladimír Sendrei and his wife Jana Sendreiová. They founded the Band in 2001 in the village of Kokava nad Rimavicou, the band's original name was Kokavakere lavutara. Their work caught the attention of film music composer Hans Zimmer and became part of the soundtrack of the film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. The Band's music also enriched the soundtrack of the Czech film titled Roming.
Jana Sendreiová achieved her personal success when in 2005 she performed together with other soloists at a concert in New York at Carnegie Hall, accompanied by the Roma band Anyalai Gypsy Band.
The song Kalo, Kalo was presented on 9.4.2024 during an event from the Live Books series, which took place on the occasion of World Roma Day at RTVS, the Big Studio of Slovak Radio in Košice.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk orchestra borrowed Romani Sendreiovci Gypsy Band general audience internal
The Sendreis Gypsy Band - Take the Viola
created: 18. 06. 2025 08:28 modified: 18. 06. 2025 08:28
The founders of the Sendreiovci Gypsy Band are Vladimír Sendrei and his wife Jana Sendreiová. They founded the Band in 2001 in the village of Kokava nad Rimavicou, the band's original name was Kokavakere lavutara. Their work caught the attention of film music composer Hans Zimmer and became part of the soundtrack of the film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. The Band's music also enriched the soundtrack of the Czech film titled Roming.
Jana Sendreiová achieved her personal success when in 2005 she performed together with other soloists at a concert in New York at Carnegie Hall, accompanied by the Roma band Anyalai Gypsy Band.
The song Le, more, e brača was presented on 9.4.2024 during an event from the Live Books series, which took place on the occasion of World Roma Day at RTVS, the Big Studio of Slovak Radio in Košice.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk orchestra borrowed Romani Sendreiovci Gypsy Band general audience internal
The Sendreis Gypsy Band - I got Drunk
created: 17. 06. 2025 13:40 modified: 17. 06. 2025 13:41
The founders of the Sendreiovci Gypsy Band are Vladimír Sendrei and his wife Jana Sendreiová. They founded the Band in 2001 in the village of Kokava nad Rimavicou, the band's original name was Kokavakere lavutara. Their work caught the attention of film music composer Hans Zimmer and became part of the soundtrack of the film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. The Band's music also enriched the soundtrack of the Czech film titled Roming.
Jana Sendreiová achieved her personal success when in 2005 she performed together with other soloists at a concert in New York at Carnegie Hall, accompanied by the Roma band Anyalai Gypsy Band.
The song Maťiľom was presented on 9.4.2024 during an event from the Live Books series, which took place on the occasion of World Roma Day at RTVS, the Big Studio of Slovak Radio in Košice.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk orchestra borrowed Romani Sendreiovci Gypsy Band general audience internal
The Sendreis Gypsy Band - Not a Single Musician
created: 17. 06. 2025 12:08 modified: 17. 06. 2025 12:09
The founders of the Sendreiovci Gypsy Band are Vladimír Sendrei and his wife Jana Sendreiová. They founded the Band in 2001 in the village of Kokava nad Rimavicou, the band's original name was Kokavakere lavutara. Their work caught the attention of film music composer Hans Zimmer and became part of the soundtrack of the film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. The Band's music also enriched the soundtrack of the Czech film titled Roming.
Jana Sendreiová achieved her personal success when in 2005 she performed together with other soloists at a concert in New York at Carnegie Hall, accompanied by the Roma band Anyalai Gypsy Band.
The song Maťiľom was presented on 9.4.2024 during an event from the Live Books series, which took place on the occasion of World Roma Day at RTVS, the Big Studio of Slovak Radio in Košice.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk orchestra borrowed Romani Sendreiovci Gypsy Band general audience internal
The Sendreis Gypsy Band - I am Black, I am Black
created: 17. 06. 2025 10:28 modified: 17. 06. 2025 10:28
The founders of the Sendreiovci Gypsy Band are Vladimír Sendrei and his wife Jana Sendreiová. They founded the Band in 2001 in the village of Kokava nad Rimavicou, the band's original name was Kokavakere lavutara. Their work caught the attention of film music composer Hans Zimmer and became part of the soundtrack of the film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. The Band's music also enriched the soundtrack of the Czech film titled Roming.
Jana Sendreiová achieved her personal success when in 2005 she performed together with other soloists at a concert in New York at Carnegie Hall, accompanied by the Roma band Anyalai Gypsy Band.
The song Kaľi som, kaľi som was presented on 9.4.2024 during an event from the Live Books series, which took place on the occasion of World Roma Day at RTVS, the Big Studio of Slovak Radio in Košice.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk orchestra borrowed Romani Sendreiovci Gypsy Band general audience internal
The Sendreis Gypsy Band - Her Hair / You, Girl
created: 17. 06. 2025 07:56 modified: 17. 06. 2025 07:57
The founders of the Sendreiovci Gypsy Band are Vladimír Sendrei and his wife Jana Sendreiová. They founded the Band in 2001 in the village of Kokava nad Rimavicou, the band's original name was Kokavakere lavutara. Their work caught the attention of film music composer Hans Zimmer and became part of the soundtrack of the film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. The Band's music also enriched the soundtrack of the Czech film titled Roming.
Jana Sendreiová achieved her personal success when in 2005 she performed together with other soloists at a concert in New York at Carnegie Hall, accompanied by the Roma band Anyalai Gypsy Band.
The songs Lakere bala and U tu čhaje were presented on 9.4.2024 during an event from the Live Books series, which took place on the occasion of World Roma Day at RTVS, the Big Studio of Slovak Radio in Košice.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk orchestra borrowed Romani Sendreiovci Gypsy Band general audience internal
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
