Music finds its place in the most hidden places of human soul.
For me, the song is not just a melody,
but also a celebration of the spirit.
What man cannot see through his eyes, can feel from the music,
which can express it emotionally.
So, it gives to the soul of a perceptive man an option to see its beauty.
Where the performer can do it,
there is a need to bow to him.
It is an expression of one of the few ways
how, in a good way, affect the souls of people,
who want to perceive the music and art,
listen carefully to the performer who put into his presentation the colored spirit,
and the human spirit as well.
And my playing on the violin was about it.
About humaneness and acquaintance
with my devoted violin.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I welcome you tonight,
like a man, who has left a tremendous wealth, would welcome you.
Tonight, here, on the stage or in the audience, together, we will become a monolithic whole,
which will pay homage and respect to Ján Berky Mrenica sr.
Let me welcome tonight at the stage
especially Devil's Violin of Ján Berky Mrenica Jr.,
with great soloists
Jozef Ferko,
Martin Valihora,
Juraj Burian
and Juraj Griglák.
I also welcome the soloists of the genre
very close to Ján Berky Mrenica Sr.
and it was operetta and opera.
Performed by opera singers
Oto Klein, Jana Bernáthová and Dušan Jarjabek,
you will hear famous Granada, Kuplet Adel
or Alone without a Woman or Song of the Native Country.
Ladies and gentlemen, tonight, Ján Berky Mrenica.
Oto Klein, Jana Bernáthová, Dušan Jarjabek.
It wasn't an accident that the program began with the arias.
Now, let me invite two more important people to the stage,
and one of them wanted to be a godfather, voluntarily.
Because now the CD of Devil's Violin of Ján Berky Mrenica
in the Opera will see the light of the day,
with soloists Jolana Fogašová, Jana Bernáthová,
Dušan Jarjabek and Otokar Klein.
So I ask Marián Čekovský,
who has a secret liquid.
It's the recipe is from another guest, Mr. Ivan King Vereš.
So, tonight we welcome Devil's Violin in the Opera
and four soloists by heartfelt applause
and the secret liquid, the recipe of which won't be published.
Mariánko, please...
Yes, good evening, it is a bicarbonate soda.
We decided, for you, Janko, to christen this CD very untraditionally.
One, two, three, four.
For Mr. John in translation: Pre pána Jána.
Here the uncle show you the singing Indian.
He went through the whole world and the sky.
No he will show you how Slovak rapper do it.
Pišta and Uncle, two jokers.
Go Pišta!
- Go, go, go. - One, two, three, four.
For Mr. John
in translation Pre pána Jána.
Now, Uncle will show you
how he listened Indian for the second time.
- I go, I go, do you listen me? - So come on.
Firstly: To have fun it's great as to read very big poems.
Needs to stop stealing, needs a new image building.
Thirdly: Be careful of gadjo who creates negative energy.
Fourthly, take care of your family, by love make cancer to be killed.
Fifthly, not at least, chase young chicks.
Sixthly, be concentrated on humor, otherwise there's no money for support.
Seventhly, hear me? whooops, give me that knife and this litlle pig.
Cousin developed technology but cannot trick the Bible.
If you think this is a black oil,
sing yourself, hop, či, čiviri, hopa.
Mouth you have as Central Europe.
Come on everybody!
You're waiting for us,
let's everybody make a party.
pray for us,
come on everybody,
you're waiting for us,
and for us, and for us, and for us.
let's everybody make a party.
pray for us.
We baptise the CD.
Thank you very much.
This CD is introducing to the world
and I want to thank all partners
who have participated on this CD.
Of course, the Art Spektrum,
A PRP Drevo, Janko Božík, who
apologized for not being able to come today.
Thank you very much an we can continue.
Original baptising.
Really, we'd no idea what these gentlemen've prepared while smoking in the back.
But we continue.
The top of creative endeavor of Ján Berky Mrenica
was the establishment of the top music ensemble The Devil's Violin,
with whom he performed concerts at home and abroad.
He wrote and edited the compositions.
He is the main creator of the folk part of their repertoir.
Ján Berky Mrenica Jr. took over his father's scepter.
The evidence that Devil's Violin is a top performer,
is the Gold Record, 1999, album Gypsy Dance,
three times the Grammy award from the Slovak Musical Academy.
The orchestra performed almost all over Europe,
in USA, Canada, Australia, Japan,
China, Taiwan, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco.
I have to breathe.
They have worked with renowned singers, instrumentalists,
as Lucie Bílá, Daniel Hůlka, Ilona Csáková, Sisa Sklovská,
Paľo Habera, Katka Hasprová, brothers Dvorský, Maťko Babjak.
Ala and Jolana Fogašová, Juraj Burian and Juraj Bartoš.
In collaboration with Monitor EMI they released eight albums.
But it's ten now.
The proof of the quality and
the breadth of the genre is also a new CD,
but also the repertoire you will hear tonight.
The Devil's Violin will greet you with the composition Highlander's Hornets,
amended by Ján Berky Mrenica Sr.
After him tonight we'll welcome
the lady of chanson singing and
theater chanson, Mrs. Jana Hubinská,
who will dedicate to Ján Berky Mrenica her Ružový život.
Ladies and gentlemen, The Devil's Violin!
Good evening.
And now we're going through Pink garden with the Devil's Violin.
This is the song from Edith Piaf,
which talks about we should live so that we never regret anything,
So I don't know if it's fully possible,
but I think that nobody here
on this stage needn't regret anything.
And you too, that you're here.
Edith Piaf and her I regret Nothing.
She left very quickly.
This wasn't a lady who had a rheumatiz, as Edith.
It was Jana Hubinská.
And we'll move a little further.
The Romani song goes from heart to heart.
Where Roma live, there a song can be heard.
Egality makes friends.
Why I was quoting?
I was quoting from wise words
written by Ján Berky Mrenica on his travels around the world.
And thanks to his daughter Anina Botošová, and of course Janko too,
the beautiful book titled The Romani Words of Wisdom came into the world.
The children of Ján Berky Mrenica preserved these words in various forms.
On the postcards, napkins, the note papers.
Today, his words are in the form of book and they're beautiful.
Well, when I talked about the equality of friends,
I mentioned it, because many of our friends
will perform tonight at this stage.
One of them is a great singer from Poland,
Mr. Jozef Merstein Jochymczyk.
Please, Jozef.
Tonight I was talking about the orchestra of The Devil's Violin,
which bear the message of Ján Berky Mrenica Sr.
You play as a soloist with the orchestra The Devil's Violin,
so, tell me, please,
I know it for myself what is the cooperation with Janko and his musicians, but tell me
what are your feelings when you're playing with this orchestra in the far Poland.
Mrs. Janka asked me how I feel it.
Simply,
I've played in Poland for many years, but I couldn't find such a good violinist
to record a CD together.
You understand me.
And I found
Ján Berky Mrenica and we connected
and we recorded a common music album of Sinti, German and French Roma.
He helped me very much, I am very grateful to him and all orchestra of Devil's Violin
for the project we made.
We would like to present tonight several songs from this album.
Jozef Merstein Jochymczyk
Even as a soloist of the Devil's Violin.
And I can tell you that
there will be a full stage of our friends.
Friends as Marián Čekovský, Mr. Milan Godla,
Ivan King Vereš, Jana Orlická and we all together.
Ladies and gentlemen, Devil's Violin and Jozef Merstein Jochymczyk.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Actually, I'm from Poland too.
Čekovský.
Mariánko Čekovský, where are you?
Hallo, hallo...
So Ivan!
You do it well.
Well.
This record is great.
Everybody must hear it, everybody must own it.
Because...
Thank you.
Hi, mom.
This was written by Janko, ladies and gentlemen.
He is from Ireland, he is an Irishman.
He invented Titanic and all those boats around...
I'll be back for a while, okay?
This is that banjo.
A bit more.
We slow down a bit.
Ladies and gentlemen, we're coming to the end,
when all my friends will come here on the stage.
Before the final entry, professionally called medley
And, yes, it's not "med lízať" (bed of roses),
I would say one beautiful motto,
which Ján Berky Mrenica wear all his life with himself.
And now I think of it as a message for of you.
"Happiness is to live among good and well-wishing people".
Ladies and gentleman, Devil's Violin and the soloists.
How did it go?
Ambulance?
Take him!
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the band of Ján Berky.
My schoolmate from the conservatory.
My great schoolmate.
Ivan King Vereš.
Mikhaylo Zakhariya, cimbalom.
Marián Čekovský.
Juraj Burian.
Juraj Griglák.
Jozef Ferko.
Peter Koza.
Milan Hronček.
Tomáš Gašpierik.
Martin Valihora.
Ján Berky Mrenica jr.
Big Devil's Violin of Ján Berky Mrenica.
The soloists:
Marián Čekovský, Ivan King Vereš, Jozef Merstein Jochymczyk,
Jana Hubinská, Milan Godla, Jana Orlická.
Juraj Burian, Martin Valihora, Juraj Griglák, Jozef Ferko.
You all here bowed down to us,
but all what you perform to us is worth of another bow.
I thank you so much for all the performers.
Tomorrow I wish you successful working day.
I wish you good luck and good health.
I'd be pleased to meet you again,
though even here.
Thank you very much.
Goodbye.
And for those who have the invitations, enjoy the fun.
Thank you.
- I'm waiting for you nearby, thank you. -Ján Berky.
- Boys. - Ján Berky.
Thank you.