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Ruzsa Nikolić-Lakatos
and the Gypsy Family
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The singer Ruzsa Nikolić-Lakatos, who was born in Hungary in
1945, has lived in Vienna since 1956. Having grown up in a
traditional Lovara family, she has been singing traditional Roma
songs since she learned them from her father in early childhood.
These songs tell true stories of the life of the Roma, of
happiness and sadness. Ruzsa sees herself as an “ambassadress of
the Roma”: she hopes that her songs will help to enhance
awareness of her people and that coming generations will
preserve the musical resources of the Roma. She is accompanied
in her performances by her family, with whom she also writes new
songs.
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Ruzsa Nikolić Lakatos, vocals
Mischo Nikolić senior, solo guitar, background vocals,
mouth-percussion
Mischa Nikolić, rhythm guitar
Sascha Nikolić, electric bass, background vocals
Contact: Ruzsa N. Lakatos, Hochwaldgasse 5, A-1220 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43 / (0) 676 4907207
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CD: GELEM GELEM (own-label recording)
Rusza & The Gypsy Family sing old songs in a modern idiom. Their
contemporary adaptations of traditional Lovara songs and their
own compositions are rich in imagination and exciting rhythms.
Their new version of “Gelem, Gelem”, the anthem of the Roma
world-wide, is one of the finest arrangements of the piece
currently available.
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CD: RUZSA SHEJ (own-label recording)
An appealing blend of traditional songs and their own
compositions from this highly talented family group. Ruzsa, the
inspired lead singer, is an exponent of the characteristic
Lovara musical idiom. The mouth percussion and instrumental
accompaniment are provided by Ruzsa’s two sons and her husband
Mischo, who also wrote the words and music. Sascha Nikolic’s
composition “Ando foro me gelem” is an example of Roma
dancefloor.
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Moša Šišić & The Modern
Gypsies
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Moša Šišić has been playing the violin six he was six years
old. He grew up in a musical family in which successive
generations had fostered the art of the violin. Moša studied
at the Vienna Conservatory for six years, and for several
years now he has been performing with his own family: his wife
Jasmina, his daughter Nena and his son Miki. Moša has
developed his own style, founded upon the Roma tradition but
with substantial influences from the music of the East and the
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Moša Šišić: Violin,
vocals
Jasmina Šišić: Keyboard, vocals
Miki Šišić: Drums, percussion
Josef Brachner: Guitar, flute
www.mosa.cc
Pera Petrović
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Pera Petrović, originally from Ruma in
the Vojvodina, has been living in Vienna for many years now. He
began learning to play the violin at the age of eight. He
studied at several music schools and has a music academy
graduation. Now a professional musician, he tours throughout
Europe and has also lived and worked in Canada and the United
States.
He is a virtuoso violinist but also an inspired singer. His
repertoire encompasses both traditional Roma songs from the
Vojvodina and his own compositions. |
Pera’s ensemble comprises: violin, two small tamburiccas, contra,
cello and bass.
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CD: ICH BIN ZIGEUNER....(Extraplatte
www.extraplatte.at,
Kat. Nr. EX 447-2):
Serbian Roma are known for their merry-making, and that calls
for fine music. This is a fast and furious selection of songs
for festive occasions like weddings and slavas (saints’
feast days), performed by the Pera Petrović Ensemble in the
traditional Vojvodina tamburicca line-up.
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Contact: +43 / 1 / 729 50 27
Member of
the Governing Board
Ljube Radosavljević
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Ljube Radosavljević has been playing the accordion since he was
eight. He soon achieved full mastery of the instrument, winning
first prizes at the Sokobanya Accordion Festival in 1973 and
1975. Today he can look back on thirty years of music-making
that have taken him on concert tours throughout Europe, Canada
and the United States. His repertoire includes traditional Roma
music as well as the kind of Yugoslavian folk music is extremely
popular at weddings. |
Contact: +43 / (0) 699 11 55 37 05
Member of the Governing Board
Harri Stojka
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Ever since he was a young man Harri Stojka has been a key figure
in Austria’s jazz and rock world and an acclaimed guitar
virtuoso. He belongs to the well-known Austrian Lovara family of
the Stojkas. In the course of his long career he has played in
various ensembles and with notable musicians like Karl Ratzer,
and his own band, the “Harry Stojka Express”, was a legend in
its own right. His lasting international fame began when he
performed a solo programme at the Montreux Jazz Festival in the
early 1980s. His musical projects document his wide-ranging
talents, encompassing such diverse styles as modern jazz, bebop
and (with his band “Gitancoeur”) ethno-jazz and “Gypsy Pop”. |
Contact: +43 / (0) 664 24 36 545
Member of the Governing Board
www.harristojka.com
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