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Romipen Live in Leeds
Gypsy Ensemble from Slovakia
Listen to a performance in Leeds by the Gypsy ensemble Romipen (you will need the Flash Plugin installed).
Romipen was created in April 2008 just for the occasion of the Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month in Leeds. Romipen's members are a group of Roma and non-Roma young musicians and dancers, who love Slovakian and Gypsy music and dance.
The tracks in our jukebox
The first title is in Romaňi čhib while the second line is the title in Slovensky. Finally, an English, sometimes approximate, translation.
- Trin ungrike čardaša
Tri maďarské čardaše
Three hungarian csardas songs - Szaszcsavási kheliben (e gav Szaszcsavas - Romaňija)
Tanec zo Szaszcsavasa (obec Szaszcavas - Rumunsko)
Dance from Szaszcsavas (Szaszcsavas village - Romania) - Pacsirta
Slávik (liberal translation)
Sky lark (liberal translation) - O kheliben „Vlachiko“ (romaňi gav Petrovany – Slovaťiko)
Tanec „Vlachiko“ (obec Petrovany – Slovensko)
Dance „Vlachiko“ (Petrovany village – Slovakia) - Cirkus polka
Cirkus polka
Circus polka - Devla devla, so te kerav Bože bože,
čo mám robiť (liberal translation)
Oh my god, what i´ll do (liberal translation) - Bašav mange, basav!
Zahraj, že mi zahraj! (liberal translation)
And now play this song to me (liberal translation)
- It was dance school in the finish
Romipen during their sell out concert performance at the Seven Theatre, Chapel Allerton in Leeds on Friday 27th June 2008.
Their rich experiences drawn from many-years performing with many different ensembles makes their performance original, authentic and highly professional.
The programe features original melodies and dances from the Roma villages of Slovakia, Hungary and Romania, which are all professionally arranged and feature the unique Roma style of playing on the violin, the viola, the double bass and the cimbalom.
The ensemble consists of two sections: Gypsy band of Marek Konček (Cigánska kapela Mareka Končeka ) and solo dancers Vlado Michalko and Linda Luptakova.
Romipen flew to Leeds from Slovakia for the Arts week and held brillaint workshops with schools during the day and a series of concerts over the week they were here.
Want to hear more?
Also on this site are recordings made by renowned pipe player John Rooney during a session at the Pointer on April 7th 2005. You can download mp3 files of the session from the page linked below.
Rare video footage of John Rooney and his son playing live in concert can be seen on "The First Traveller", a DVD produced by GRTAS.