A music means everything for me.
I've been immersed in the music since I was born.
I grew up in the musical family.
I would like to present myself by music in the future, because
I like it the most and the music is my heart.
My great-grandfather played, then my grandfather too.
Then whole my family began to play.
And my father had taught me
since I was four or five years.
As to my beginning, my father taught me to play the guitar and taught me to sing.
On the secondary school I started to learn saxophone playing.
My grandpa taught me it.
I was a self-taught player.
My grandpa and grandma used to take me as a child to the celebrations,
when there was some feast at my brother, like christening, for example.
And people were playing there, but without any sound apparatus.
Just accordion, violin, saxophone and contrabass were plying there.
And what else was playing there?
The drums, however, they weren't sounded as they are now.
Everything is played there like this.
People didn't sing into the microphone, they were just singing and others
were listening it in given moment.
Now people listen the music just from the radio
and sing accordingly.
My education started in Lomnica.
First it was a kindergarten, then a primary school and secondary school in Košice.
Then college, first degree in Košice.
Social work, health care with the Romani national minority.
And then the second degree of college.
Social work, health care with the Romani national minority as well,
at the St. Elizabeth University in Košice.
I come from Veľká Lomnica.
There is just one college student, and that's me,
but several secondary school graduates.
Before my role model was my father,
who studied air defense in Liptovský Mikuláš.
So, I was the second graduate and others followed.
When I attended the primary school, everyone was still talking about him.
That he was the only secondary school graduate
from 1500 residents and he had good reviews.
The people who knew him then also talked about school.
Various lectures and discussions took place, he went there and talked.
There was a happy time even sad time, as it is said.
It is constantly changing.
But i think I grew up in the good family.
They motivated me in terms of music and education as well.
This is the basis for me.
And what else can I say?
There was both good and bad time.
I went through everything.
And when my parents began to work, it was completely different.
Because if my parents didn't work and they didn't have the finances,
I probably wouldn't have an education either.
Maybe I would be trained as a mason, or a carpenter, or a joiner.
At first, you couldn't move anywhere without education
and education is also an inspiration for you in the future.
My first job was an assistant of a teacher
At a specialized primary school.
Then I continued as a field social worker in the village of Stráne pod Tatrami.
Later I worked as a material management operator at Whirpool.
I ended up there and found a job
as a specialist in the community center.
I still enjoy it, I don't have burnout syndrome yet.
I'm still young, so my nerves are still pretty good.
I am glad I can help those people.
There are musically talented children, as well as sports talented children,
also there are children who can paint nicely.
They just don't have the resources.
They are very bad financially.
It is difficult.
We try to help to apply for Roma scholarships those,
who still go to secondary school.
But those, who don't go to school, so they find it harder,
they start work immediately,
So they work hard.
Yes, we even make various meetings in the community centers,
where we present our music,
and besides, we tell who we are,
how we got to the music, where we have already performed.
So those people perceive us a bit differently.
When we meet somewhere in the city in Kežmarok or in Poprad, they'll say:
´Aha, Lomnicko Čhávo´.
And they already ask me whether we play or don't play.
Sometimes I'm happy for it, that people perceive us.
When I performed in Lomnica, we had the village days,
I stuck a poster up that we would play there.
All the children asked their parents for money, that they are coming to see us.
I was happy and motivated...
I say, good, they've seen us on TV.
Some have seen us on TV, for example in ´Czechoslovakia's got talent´.
People say how they've seen us singing and how people there reacted on us.
They reacted good.
I had excellent classmates.
I had no problem with them.
As to the education problems or some race attacks,
I haven't experienced it yet.
I tried to be friend with everyone and get along well with everyone.
But, sometimes I'm afraid when I go to Bratislava,
I try not to walk around the city in the evening.
I'd rather go during the day and try to get back as fast as possible.
Either to a hostel or a hotel and I know I'm safe then.
My goal, at first, was to graduate in the college,
then to find a good job, what I've already found I think.
And concerning the music, my goal is to make us visible
and mainly to make people to be in a good mood,
to make them satisfied
with our band and everything.
I would like we success well and perform on the big stages
like at the festival Pohoda and others where we've already performed.
Not only in Slovakia, in the Czech Republic, but also in other countries, I don't know where yet.
My goal is to be always on the stage,
to make a good music and make people happy.
Time will tell.