#romanimusic — Public Fediverse posts

For those who understand #Slovak, I had the pleasure of talking with Romano fórum about my long-term research among Romani musical communities in Slovakia – specifically about my film #HopaLide, my project on #RomaniChords, the myth of Romani #MusicalBlood, and – last but not least – why Roma should have a stronger voice in researching their own culture.

Read the full interview here 👉
https://romanoforum.dennikn.sk/etnomuzikolog-peter-nuska-romovia-nemaju-hudbu-v-krvi-ale-ich-akordy-su-fenomenalne/

#RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic #Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnomusicology

If you start watching the film now [ => https://hopalide.nuska.me/] you can join us online for the Q&A [=> https://zoom.us/j/93906311513?pwd=1DfTZAisy9SBSRFVz11mFK9ajqQgxL.1]

😉

#HopaLide #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniMusic #RomaniStudies

Upcoming #HopaLide screening alert!

Join us on 27 Oct, 12:00 (CET) for the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage in #Belgrade

If Belgrade is too far from where you live (like for me), watch the film online [👉 https://hopalide.nuska.me/] and then – at 13:30 – connect to an online discussion via Zoom [👉 https://zoom.us/j/93906311513] with Ivan Đorđević, Dragan Ristić and myself.

More info:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1325024375759451/

#Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic

The idea that some ethnic groups are born with #MusicalBlood is everywhere.

Roma. Jews. African Americans. Cubans. And many more.

But why does this idea persist? And what does it do in the real world?

In my new article, I unpack the anatomy of “musical blood” – using the case of Slovak Roma to show how this belief shapes their lives.

CCying everyone interested in
#Ethnomusicology, #Anthropology, #Musicology, #WorldMusic – also #RomaniStudies & #RomaniMusic

Let’s dive in 👇

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For those speaking #Czech =>

Malý medajlonek o romských akordech (aka #RomaniChords) v reportáži Českého rozhlasu =>

https://radiozurnal.rozhlas.cz/etnomuzikolog-petr-nuska-se-uz-dvanact-let-venuje-vyzkumu-hudebnosti-romu-na-9466027

#MSCA #RomChords #RomaniMusic #RomaniStudies #Ethnomusicology

Thanks to #PragueMusicComputingGroup, whose activities greatly inspired this event to happen (I highly recommend checking their exciting and ever-growing portfolio => https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/pmcg)

Thanks to the civic association #Gilora, which helped to organise such a memorable concert and which continues to do essential work for popularising #RomaniMusic (=>https://gilora.eu/)

Also, thank #AVCR for allowing us to use its premises and #ZaSkolou bar to host the concert!

🧵19/20

Thanks to #PragueMusicComputingGroup, whose activities greatly inspired this event to happen (I highly recommend checking their exciting and ever-growing portfolio => https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/pmcg)

Thanks to the civic association #Gilora, which helped to organise such a memorable concert and which continues to do essential work for popularising #RomaniMusic (=>https://gilora.eu/)

Also, thank #AVCR for allowing us to use its premises and #ZaSkolou bar to host the concert!

🧵19/20

Thanks to #PragueMusicComputingGroup, whose activities greatly inspired this event to happen (I highly recommend checking their exciting and ever-growing portfolio => https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/pmcg)

Thanks to the civic association #Gilora, which helped to organise such a memorable concert and which continues to do essential work for popularising #RomaniMusic (=>https://gilora.eu/)

Also, thank #AVCR for allowing us to use its premises and #ZaSkolou bar to host the concert!

🧵19/20

Thanks to #PragueMusicComputingGroup, whose activities greatly inspired this event to happen (I highly recommend checking their exciting and ever-growing portfolio => https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/pmcg)

Thanks to the civic association #Gilora, which helped to organise such a memorable concert and which continues to do essential work for popularising #RomaniMusic (=>https://gilora.eu/)

Also, thank #AVCR for allowing us to use its premises and #ZaSkolou bar to host the concert!

🧵19/20

Thanks to #PragueMusicComputingGroup, whose activities greatly inspired this event to happen (I highly recommend checking their exciting and ever-growing portfolio => https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/pmcg)

Thanks to the civic association #Gilora, which helped to organise such a memorable concert and which continues to do essential work for popularising #RomaniMusic (=>https://gilora.eu/)

Also, thank #AVCR for allowing us to use its premises and #ZaSkolou bar to host the concert!

🧵19/20

On 13–14th of February 2025, I organised a #Hackathon on #RomaniChords that explored various methodological avenues for my #MSCA project’s data acquisition.

Here’s a short thread summarising what we dealt with and achieved during these days.

CCying everyone interested in #Ethnomusicology, #Musicology, #ComputationalMusicology, #MusicScience, #RomaniStudies, #RomaniMusic and alike.

Let’s jump right into it!

[Note: See alt text for more info about the pictures attached to this thread]

🧵1/20

#SummerSchool

on #RomaniMusic!

📍 Charles University, Prague
📅 26–31 May 2025

Explore Romani musical traditions with Zuzana Jurková, Kinga Povedák & Carol Silverman. Open to students of all backgrounds.

Deadline: 15/03/2025

https://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-674.html

#Ethnomusicology #RomaniMusic #SummerSchool #MusicStudies #RomaniStudies #Prague

#SummerSchool

on #RomaniMusic!

📍 Charles University, Prague
📅 26–31 May 2025

Explore Romani musical traditions with Zuzana Jurková, Kinga Povedák & Carol Silverman. Open to students of all backgrounds.

Deadline: 15/03/2025

https://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-674.html

#Ethnomusicology #RomaniMusic #SummerSchool #MusicStudies #RomaniStudies #Prague

#SummerSchool

on #RomaniMusic!

📍 Charles University, Prague
📅 26–31 May 2025

Explore Romani musical traditions with Zuzana Jurková, Kinga Povedák & Carol Silverman. Open to students of all backgrounds.

Deadline: 15/03/2025

https://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-674.html

#Ethnomusicology #RomaniMusic #SummerSchool #MusicStudies #RomaniStudies #Prague

#SummerSchool

on #RomaniMusic!

📍 Charles University, Prague
📅 26–31 May 2025

Explore Romani musical traditions with Zuzana Jurková, Kinga Povedák & Carol Silverman. Open to students of all backgrounds.

Deadline: 15/03/2025

https://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-674.html

#Ethnomusicology #RomaniMusic #SummerSchool #MusicStudies #RomaniStudies #Prague

#SummerSchool

on #RomaniMusic!

📍 Charles University, Prague
📅 26–31 May 2025

Explore Romani musical traditions with Zuzana Jurková, Kinga Povedák & Carol Silverman. Open to students of all backgrounds.

Deadline: 15/03/2025

https://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-674.html

#Ethnomusicology #RomaniMusic #SummerSchool #MusicStudies #RomaniStudies #Prague

The Music and Minorities Research Center (MMRC) invites you to the online launch event for Ružake Gila: A Digital Exhibition, highlighting the musical heritage of Romani singer Ruža Nikolić-Lakatos (*online event*)...

I'll surely be there, highly recommended!

You can check their website already and learn more about this fascinating Romani woman => https://ruzakegila.mdw.ac.at/s/ruzakegila-en/page/willkommen

📅 Date: 22 January 2025
🔗 Zoom link: https://mdw-ac-at.zoom.us/j/61934310737?pwd=hbI7uhwtSaZleOeHsT6S6eYfIGAfYd.1

#Ethnomusicology #DigitalExhibitions #RomaniMusic #MMRC #Roma

The Music and Minorities Research Center (MMRC) invites you to the online launch event for Ružake Gila: A Digital Exhibition, highlighting the musical heritage of Romani singer Ruža Nikolić-Lakatos (*online event*)...

I'll surely be there, highly recommended!

You can check their website already and learn more about this fascinating Romani woman => https://ruzakegila.mdw.ac.at/s/ruzakegila-en/page/willkommen

📅 Date: 22 January 2025
🔗 Zoom link: https://mdw-ac-at.zoom.us/j/61934310737?pwd=hbI7uhwtSaZleOeHsT6S6eYfIGAfYd.1

#Ethnomusicology #DigitalExhibitions #RomaniMusic #MMRC #Roma

The Music and Minorities Research Center (MMRC) invites you to the online launch event for Ružake Gila: A Digital Exhibition, highlighting the musical heritage of Romani singer Ruža Nikolić-Lakatos (*online event*)...

I'll surely be there, highly recommended!

You can check their website already and learn more about this fascinating Romani woman => https://ruzakegila.mdw.ac.at/s/ruzakegila-en/page/willkommen

📅 Date: 22 January 2025
🔗 Zoom link: https://mdw-ac-at.zoom.us/j/61934310737?pwd=hbI7uhwtSaZleOeHsT6S6eYfIGAfYd.1

#Ethnomusicology #DigitalExhibitions #RomaniMusic #MMRC #Roma

The Music and Minorities Research Center (MMRC) invites you to the online launch event for Ružake Gila: A Digital Exhibition, highlighting the musical heritage of Romani singer Ruža Nikolić-Lakatos (*online event*)...

I'll surely be there, highly recommended!

You can check their website already and learn more about this fascinating Romani woman => https://ruzakegila.mdw.ac.at/s/ruzakegila-en/page/willkommen

📅 Date: 22 January 2025
🔗 Zoom link: https://mdw-ac-at.zoom.us/j/61934310737?pwd=hbI7uhwtSaZleOeHsT6S6eYfIGAfYd.1

#Ethnomusicology #DigitalExhibitions #RomaniMusic #MMRC #Roma

The Music and Minorities Research Center (MMRC) invites you to the online launch event for Ružake Gila: A Digital Exhibition, highlighting the musical heritage of Romani singer Ruža Nikolić-Lakatos (*online event*)...

I'll surely be there, highly recommended!

You can check their website already and learn more about this fascinating Romani woman => https://ruzakegila.mdw.ac.at/s/ruzakegila-en/page/willkommen

📅 Date: 22 January 2025
🔗 Zoom link: https://mdw-ac-at.zoom.us/j/61934310737?pwd=hbI7uhwtSaZleOeHsT6S6eYfIGAfYd.1

#Ethnomusicology #DigitalExhibitions #RomaniMusic #MMRC #Roma

... and this time, we were lucky to have Vladimir Sendrei – one of the protagonists of #HopaLide – for a Q&A.

He managed to fill the entire cinema with laughter and a positive atmosphere (just before getting on a night train to catch up with another music gig... how significant for him!)

The discussion was moderated by Dominik Hronec who has helped immensely with organising this event. Many thanks to him (and the Edison Filmhub team!)

[photo by Jiří Šeda]

#Roma #RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic

#NewIssue

Special Collection "Contemporary Views on Romani Music and Romani Music Studies"; edited by Ursula Hemetek

https://mm.journals.qucosa.de/mm/issue/view/3

I'm very happy to see this in print – plenty of contributions from both well-established scholars and emerging ones; a truly fascinating collection covering this exciting field of #RomaniMusic across many countries... And best of all, it's #OpenAccess !

#RomaniStudies #Roma #Ethnomusicology #Minorities #MusicAndMinorities

#NewIssue

Special Collection "Contemporary Views on Romani Music and Romani Music Studies"; edited by Ursula Hemetek

https://mm.journals.qucosa.de/mm/issue/view/3

I'm very happy to see this in print – plenty of contributions from both well-established scholars and emerging ones; a truly fascinating collection covering this exciting field of #RomaniMusic across many countries... And best of all, it's #OpenAccess !

#RomaniStudies #Roma #Ethnomusicology #Minorities #MusicAndMinorities

#NewIssue

Special Collection "Contemporary Views on Romani Music and Romani Music Studies"; edited by Ursula Hemetek

https://mm.journals.qucosa.de/mm/issue/view/3

I'm very happy to see this in print – plenty of contributions from both well-established scholars and emerging ones; a truly fascinating collection covering this exciting field of #RomaniMusic across many countries... And best of all, it's #OpenAccess !

#RomaniStudies #Roma #Ethnomusicology #Minorities #MusicAndMinorities

#NewIssue

Special Collection "Contemporary Views on Romani Music and Romani Music Studies"; edited by Ursula Hemetek

https://mm.journals.qucosa.de/mm/issue/view/3

I'm very happy to see this in print – plenty of contributions from both well-established scholars and emerging ones; a truly fascinating collection covering this exciting field of #RomaniMusic across many countries... And best of all, it's #OpenAccess !

#RomaniStudies #Roma #Ethnomusicology #Minorities #MusicAndMinorities

#NewIssue

Special Collection "Contemporary Views on Romani Music and Romani Music Studies"; edited by Ursula Hemetek

https://mm.journals.qucosa.de/mm/issue/view/3

I'm very happy to see this in print – plenty of contributions from both well-established scholars and emerging ones; a truly fascinating collection covering this exciting field of #RomaniMusic across many countries... And best of all, it's #OpenAccess !

#RomaniStudies #Roma #Ethnomusicology #Minorities #MusicAndMinorities

November with #HopaLide

There are so many exciting opportunities to watch my latest film a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ with Romani musicians from Slovakia that I need to make a whole thread about them! Check these out, as there may be one close to you!

🧵1/6

#RomaniMusic #RomaniStudies #Roma #Slovakia #VisualAnthropology #VisualEthnography #VisualEthnomusicology #Ethnomusicology #Documentary

I can't tell you how much I love open-air cinema. Let alone how great an experience it is to see your own film on an open-air screen, in the place where it was made, and with the people who participated in its creation!

See the pictures from screening #HopaLide in Kokava's Stará škola!

Thanks to Film Europe and Koliesko Folklore Festival for putting such a fascinating event together!

(Photo by Ivan Hronec)

#VisualAnthropology #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniMusic #EthnographicFilm #Folklore

My last ethnographic film, #HopaLide, made it back to Slovakia!

It's been a tremendous pleasure to be part of this year's n:ear festival in Banská Štiavnica.

Highly recommended to anyone interested in #ExperimentalMusic & #ImprovisedMusic. Definitely keep an eye on the upcoming edition(s).

The next Slovak projection will take place in two weeks in Kokava nad Rimavicou. Stay tuned!

#VisualEthnomusicology #VisualAnthropology #EthnographicFilm #RomaniMusic

*Edit: Festival is now LIVE*

The 3rd Annual Spotlight on Academics Film Festival will kick off on February 9th (*tomorrow*) on ResearchTV.ca and in-person at Lakehead University Faculty of Education in Thunder Bay, Ontario!

Selection of great films, among others, my recent #documentary #HopaLide a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ with Romani musicians from Slovakia.

https://spotlightonacademics.ca/2024-festival-lineup/

#cinemastodon #VisualAnthropology #MusicDocumentary #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic #SpotlightsOnAcademics

#Lecture

Recording of an amazing lecture titled:

"Amenca ketane. Histories of Trauma, Music and Romani Empowerment"

has been just made available online =>

https://mdw.vhx.tv/videos/mmrc-lecture-2023

Introduction:
Ursula Hemetek

Keynote:
Ioanida Costache

Response:
Mirjam Karoly

Musical performance:
Mindj Panther

Highly recommended to everyone!

#RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic #Roma #Minorities #Ethnomusicology #Trauma #Univie

According to Wikipedia (though there's a "citation needed" on this part), this is the first postwar recording to use the term "klezmer" to refer to the music.

🔊 #NowPlaying "Thalassa" (1977) by The Klezmorim.

https://youtu.be/xZM_x3EfRFU

To me, it sounds very, very similar to something I shared during #RomaniMusic week: https://youtu.be/-YO68M79B5o. Does anyone know how the two are related?

#GenreOfTheWeek is #Klezmer

*edit* see: https://mstdn.ca/@dancarkner/110328519132004477

Here's a fantastic album by Katja Šulc. Romani influences, modern sound.

She is from Slovenia and recorded this in Mexico. Part of my #BandcampFriday purchases! 💸

Thanks to @luka for recommending it!

"both are sitting, saying nothing
the door is separating them, hunger uniting them
and the anger with the heaven, too
both are cursing their lives
and from the belly can be heard
the blues of the miserable"

🔊 #NowPlaying Ćorrolikano bluz.

https://katjasmusic.bandcamp.com/track/orrolikano-bluz

#GenreOfTheWeek is #RomaniMusic

#Flamenco is a style closely associated with Romani music. It evolved in Andalucía (the southern region of Spain), so I've always listened to it with Spanish words.

Oliver Rajamani (from Texas, of all places!) takes it all the way back to India, where Roma people actually originated from, which sounded surprising to my ears at first but after a while made a ton of sense. Then, he gives a fascinating explanation of its history.

https://youtu.be/fY-xQ_Dl5tw

शाबाश!

#GenreOfTheWeek is #RomaniMusic

🔊 #NowPlaying "Jokoriste Czarno" by Dikanda, a Polish band with influences from Yiddish, Roma, and Kurdish music.

https://youtu.be/8vd9nvK63hE

#GenreOfTheWeek is #RomaniMusic

Here's an article that, well, doesn't at all convince me that Elvis Presley was of Roma origin.

Charlie Chaplin, on the other hand...

http://mladiromi.me/eng/zanimljivosti/147-famous-celebrities-of-romani-origin

#GenreOfTheWeek is #RomaniMusic

Today I learned (from https://romediafoundation.wordpress.com/2020/04/07/django-reinhardt-and-edith-paif/):

"Django Reinhardt and Edith Piaf are two Roma individuals who overcame many obstacles in their life and created something beautiful. Physical deformities, poverty, and Nazi Germany are just a few examples of these obstacles that they encountered. They demonstrated great resilience in their lives, and today they serve as a great image of the Roma people." [1]

#GenreOfTheWeek is #RomaniMusic

The band was Parno Graszt (translates to "white horse", symbols of purity and freedom in the Roma culture). I was instantly blown away by the energy on stage.

Here's what they sound like:

🔊 #NowPlaying "Rávágok a zongorára" by Parno Graszt.

https://youtu.be/-YO68M79B5o

#GenreOfTheWeek is #RomaniMusic a.k.a. #gypsy, #gipsy

"BGKO Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra" on YouTube https://youtu.be/xCCrLnMUDqk

#RomaniMusic
#Klezmer
#JazzManouche
#BarcelonaGypsyBalKanOrchestra

#DjangoReinhardt - Cavalerie (1937, recorded 1943)

#Jazz #GypsyJazz #Bebop #RomaniMusic #Romani #French
#WeAreTheRadio #TootRadio #PouetRadio #Music #Musik #Musique #Musica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTPN4-W_9XU