folk holidays

A REFRESHINGLY MODERN TAKE ON FOLK MUSIC FROM THE GROUND.

VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL UNUSUALLY COLOURFUL GIRLS' ENSEMBLE FROM THE REGION OF THE HERO JURAJ JANOSIK

Nine beautifully singing and playing various instruments girls returning Terch music to the place from which it came - heaven. According to legend, the first settlers of the Slovak village of Těrchová were musicians from the Wandering Star, which is why the music there is called heavenly. Terchová was made famous throughout Slovakia by its native Juraj Jánošík, but because UNESCO commissioners want nothing to do with outlaws, they included music from Těrchová on the list of intangible cultural heritage in 2013.

Since childhood it has been sung and played by everyone here and the locals cannot imagine life without it, so the idea of the teacher Andrej Dostál to form a girls' ensemble seemed at first like a continuation of the story. Except that he originally thought of a thirty-member ensemble and added cello, keyboard or accordion to the traditionally used instruments. He also took advantage of the fact that many of the girls study classical music and sing with different voices, making their renditions of Terchova folk music sound very unusually colorful and modern. After their performance at the Czech Music Crossroads showcase in Ostrava, there was a lot of talk about Devan and the only thing that foreign experts blamed the girls for was the lack of an album. So hopefully they'll make it some day. But they have a great step into the world with their version of Terchova's music.

Since childhood it has been sung and played by everyone here and the locals cannot imagine life without it, so the idea of the teacher Andrej Dostál to form a girls' ensemble seemed at first like a continuation of the story. Except that he originally thought of a thirty-member ensemble and added cello, keyboard or accordion to the traditionally used instruments. He also took advantage of the fact that many of the girls study classical music and sing with different voices, making their renditions of Terchova folk music sound very unusually colorful and modern. After their performance at the Czech Music Crossroads showcase in Ostrava, there was a lot of talk about Devan and the only thing that foreign experts blamed the girls for was the lack of an album. So hopefully they'll make it some day. But they have a great step into the world with their version of Terchova's music.