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Barcelona Gipsy BalKan Orchestra
Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra (BGKO) is a band created in 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. The band draws on many musical influences, including Klezmer music, Jazz Manouche, and Roma music. BGKO also explores the sounds of some Eastern European regions and draws inspiration from music in the regions of South America, Spain, and the Middle East. In 2015 the band changed its name from Barcelona Gipsy Klezmer Orchestra to Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra, keeping BGKO as its acronym. History The permanent members of BGKO are vocalist Margherita Abita ( Italy), clarinetist Daniel Carbonell ( Spain), accordionist Mattia Schirosa ( Italy), double bassist Ivan Kovačević ( Serbia), guitarist Julien Chanal ( France), and percussionist Stelios Togias ( Greece). BGKO also includes rotating nomad musicians, and the band reflects the style of the various artists that have been a part of it. The group originated in the spring of 2012, when eleven musicians gathered in Barcelona to ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the Province of Barcelona and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the fifth most populou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin. Its eighteen integral regions (five of which are overseas) span a combined area of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romani Anthem
"Gelem, Gelem" is a song composed by Žarko Jovanović, often used as the anthem of the Romani people. The title has been adapted in many countries by local Roma to match their native orthography and spoken dialect of the Romani language. Names Some of the song's many titles include: * ''"Đelem, Đelem"'' (Latin Serbian and Bosnian orthography) * ''"Djelem, Djelem"'' (German and French orthography) * ''"Dzelem, Dzelem"'' * ''"Dželem, Dželem"'' (Latin Serbian and Bosnian orthography) * ''"Gyelem, Gyelem"'' (Hungarian orthography) * ''"Jelem, Jelem"'' * ''"Opré Roma"'' * ''"Romale Shavale"'' * ''"Ѓелем, Ѓелем"'' (Macedonian orthography) * ''"Джелем, джелем"'' (Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian orthography) * ''"Ђелем, Ђелем"'' (Cyrillic Serbian and Bosnian orthography) * ''"Џелем, Џелем"'' (alternative Cyrillic Serbian and Bosnian orthography) * "Kara Çocuk Raksı" (Turkish version, lit. black child dance) In an interview with reporter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihan Devecioglu
Nihan ( fa, نهان) is a Turkish female given name of Persian origin that means secret, hidden. People named Nihan include: * Nihan Anaz (born 1979), Turkish basketball player * Nihan Güneyligil (born 1982), Turkish volleyball player * Nihan Kantarcı (born 1982), Turkish sport shooter * Nihan Kaya, Turkish novelist * Nihan Su, Turkish women's football manager and former footballer See also * Camp Nihan Camp Nihan is an environmental education center located in Saugus, Massachusetts that is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. Camp Nihan offers free environmental education programs for schools and nonprofit organizations. It is ... References {{given name Turkish feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlado Kreslin
Vlado Kreslin (born 29 November 1953) is a Slovenian singer-songwriter and folk rock musician. Life and work Kreslin was born in the village of Beltinci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia, then part of Yugoslavia. He began his musical career in his student years, first coming to acclaim as the lead singer with the rock group '' Martin Krpan''. He later continued playing a mixture of Slovene folk and rock music with the ''Beltinška Banda'', a folk group from his native village, whose other members were all over 70 years old, and the group ''Mali Bogovi''. Both groups (with him) often perform together, mixing several generations onstage together. Today he is one of the best-known and highly esteemed Slovenian musicians and songwriters, drawing on Slovene folk and ethnic heritage, occupying his own niche in the Slovenian music scene. He has been referred to as an ethno-revivalist for his modernization of Slovenian folk songs such as "All the Wreaths Have Wilted". Modern Slov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferus Mustafov
Ferus Mustafov, also known as King Ferus Mustafov (born December 20, 1950), is a Macedonian saxophonist of Romani descent. He is a multi-instrumentalist and is highly popular in his home country for his repertoire of Balkan folk and gypsy, or Rom, wedding music. He is also credited as one of the artists from the Balkan region to have made this type of music internationally popular. Biography Mustafov was born in Štip, Yugoslavia, into a Xoraxane family of musicians and is the son of Ilmi Jašarov who is credited with introducing the saxophone into the folk music of the area. His professional career began at the age of seventeen whilst studying violin and clarinet at his local junior music academy. During this time he was invited to go on tour with a band led by Toma Črčev, the tour's success led him to abandon his academic learning to become a working musician. Following a year of military service, during which he established his reputation playing at evening dances, he mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balkan Reunion
The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the whole of Bulgaria. The Balkan Peninsula is bordered by the Adriatic Sea in the northwest, the Ionian Sea in the southwest, the Aegean Sea in the south, the Turkish Straits in the east, and the Black Sea in the northeast. The northern border of the peninsula is variously defined. The highest point of the Balkans is Mount Musala, , in the Rila mountain range, Bulgaria. The concept of the Balkan Peninsula was created by the German geographer August Zeune in 1808, who mistakenly considered the Balkan Mountains the dominant mountain system of Southeast Europe spanning from the Adriatic Sea to the Black Sea. The term ''Balkan Peninsula'' was a synonym for Rumelia in the 19th century, the European provinces of the Ottoman Empire. It had a geopolitic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasta Siempre, Comandante
"Hasta Siempre, Comandante," ("Until Forever, Commander" in English) or simply "Hasta Siempre," is a 1965 song by Cuban composer Carlos Puebla. The song's lyrics are a reply to revolutionary Che Guevara's farewell letter when he left Cuba, in order to foster revolution in the Congo and later Bolivia, where he was captured and killed. The lyrics recount key moments of the Cuban Revolution, describing Che Guevara and his role as a revolutionary commander. The song became iconic after Guevara's death, and many left-leaning artists did their own cover versions of the song afterwards. The title is a part of Guevara's well known saying "''¡Hasta la victoria siempre!''" ("Until victory, always!"). The song has been covered numerous times. Metrical structure Like many of the songs of the author and in line with the tradition of the Cuban and Caribbean music, the song consists of a refrain plus a series of five verses (quatrain), rhyming ABBA, with each line written in octosyllabic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Arco De La Virgen
EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American politician * Ephrat Livni (born 1972), American street artist Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit * El, short for Eleven, a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things'' * El, family name of Kal-El (Superman) and his father Jor-El in '' Superman'' *E.L. Faldt, character in the road comedy film ''Road Trip'' Literature * ''Él'', 1926 autobiographical novel by Mercedes Pinto * ''Él'' (visual novel), a 2000 Japanese adult visual novel Music * Él Records, an independent record label from the UK founded by Mike Alway * ''Él'' (Lucero album), a 1982 album by Lucero * "Él", Spanish song by Rubén Blades from ''Caminando'' (album) * "Él" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Romani Day
The International Romani Day (April 8) is a day to celebrate Romani culture and raise awareness of the issues facing Romani people. Origin The day was officially declared in 1990 in Serock, Poland, the site of the fourth World Romani Congress of the International Romani Union (IRU), in honour of the first major international meeting of Romani representatives, 7–12 April 1971 in Chelsfield near London. International reaction * Pope John Paul II exhorted his followers to treat Roma with compassion and respect. * In 2004, Adam Ereli of the US State Department addressed the continuing human rights abuses faced by Roma and asked European governments to encourage tolerance. * In 2006, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General, stated her concerns for growing Antiziganism and encouraged Europe's Romani populations to act to improve their poor living conditions, the result of longstanding and widespread discrimination. * In 2009, U.S. Secretary of Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
