Voice workshops
Ida Kelarova’s own workshops
Everyone can sing
Workshop for everyone who doesn’t think they know how to sing, who only sing in their bathrooms or cars.
Song of my soul
Workshop with therapeutic elements, intended to open one’s soul deeper. For everybody who previously met with Ida Kelarova’s work.
Inside Out, Outside In
A unique workshop for mature women who feel the need for a change – both inside themselves and in their life.
Master Class
Unique workshop open to up to 10 experienced professional singers, who feel the need to work further and improve their vocal capabilities.
Heart of Male Soul
Sole workshop dedicated to men only and to their energy. Follow your voice and discover your heart.
Sing like a mountain
Workshop full of jewels from the rich treasure of Czech and Moravian folk songs.
Voice, Body and Soul
Intensive workshop consisting of three successive weekends; for all who worked with Ida before.
Jazz Workshop
Slovakian Jazz singer who lives in Prague. Songs included in Miriams repertoire are Jazz standards ( swing, latin, ballads and blues) which she enrichens with her own improvisations.
Song celebration
Days and nights filled with songs, music, dance and celebration in the beatiful country side of the highlands of Moravia, in Jedlová, Czech Republic.
Guitar workshop with Desiderius Dužda
Guitar workshop with Desiderius Dužda, focusing namely on Romany harmonic techniques, so typical for Romany music. His unique guitar style, Romany harmony and chords sequence are his specialties, and his guitar workshops are very much appreciated in our country as well as abroad.
Romano drom
Summer workshop focused on the problems of Roma people and culture, supplemented by a visit to several Roma settlements in Eastern Slovakia.
All future workshops
- May 21, 2012, Toggenburg, Switzerland
Klangs Festival - June 01, 2012
Everyone can sing - June 01, 2012
Guitar workshop - June 08, 2012, Bratislava, Slovakia
Bratislava - June 15, 2012, Vilach, Austria
Vilach - July 23, 2012, Slovakia
Romano Drom - September 21, 2012, Budapest, Hungary
Budapešť - September 28, 2012, Esus, Israel
Esus - October 04, 2012, Jerusalem, Israel
Jerusalem - October 08, 2012, Nir, Israel
Nir - October 19, 2012
Jazz workshop - October 26, 2012, Linz, Austria
Linz - November 02, 2012, Zurich, Switzerland
Zurich - November 09, 2012, Brusel, Belgium
Brusel - November 16, 2012, Freiburg, Germany
Freiburg - November 23, 2012
Guitar workshop - November 23, 2012
Everyone can sing - November 30, 2012, Liverpool, England
Liverpool - February 01, 2013, Jedlová, CZ
Everyone can sing - February 01, 2013, Jedlová, CZ
Guitar workshop
Everyone can sing
| Starts | June 01, 2012, 18:00 |
| Ends | June 03, 2012, 16:00 |
| Place | Galerie Hotel Jedlová, CZ |
| Language | Czech |
| Max participants | 22 |
| Price | 4500 CZK |
Tento workshop je věnován vám všem, kteří si nevěříte, že zpívat umíte, vám všem, kteří zpíváte jen v koupelně nebo v autě, vám všem, kteří jste si to nikdy na veřejnosti nezkusili, vám všem, kteří máte vnitřní potřebu a chuť si zazpívat.
Na tento workshop se může přihlásit každý z vás, kdo cítí hlubokou potřebu zazpívat si. Idin způsob otvírání a objevování lidského hlasu není vedený zájmem o dosáhnutí technické dokonalosti. Není to snaha jak krásněji, silněji a lépe zpívat. Zpívání a procítění písně je jen záminka k hledání toho hlasu v člověku, který nikdy nikdo neuslyší. Hlasu, který nás vede zpět k emocím. Především tam totiž Ida nachází základní zdroj života a lidské kreativity. Dílny jsou otevřeny pro každého, kdo má chuť projít přes neskutečnou sílu předsudků, zvyků, zlozvyků a hlavně strachem, který nám brání v tom, nadechnout se, otevřít se a zpívat.
Zpěv je vyjádření duše.
Zazpívat si z plných plic je nejlepším lékem proti depresím a dodává sílu potřebnou k plnohodnotnému prožití života. Již dnes si lidé víc a víc uvědomují jakým důležitým lékem proti stresu a nemocem je samotný zpěv. Zpěv je důležitý pro vyjádření osobnosti a pomáhá uvolnit nakumulované emoce, které se v těle zadržují a proměňují v negativní energii.
Škoda dne, kdy jsme nezpívali!
Základním přesvědčením Idy Kelarové je, že každý umí zpívat. Problém Ida vidí v tom, že více a více lidí zpívat přestává a proto si také více a více lidí přestává věřit v tom, že zpívat umí. Každý má možnost si na workshopech Idy Kelarové zazpívat a inspirovat se její filozofií a její unikátní metodou. Nenechte si ujít tuto jedinečnou příležitost poznání třicetileté intenzivní práce s lidmi a lidským hlasem, které Ida zasvětila svůj život.
Praktické informace
Pěvecký workshop vede Ida Kelarova, asistují Desiderius Dužda a Tomáš Kačo. Výuka probíhá v jazyce českém, v pronajatém penzionu Galerie v Dolní Jedlové – v krásné přírodě Vysočiny.
Žít kreativní život,
zazpívat moji píseň,
musím ztratit strach z toho,
že nezazpívám správně.
Ubytování a pestrá strava jsou zahrnuty v ceně – cena za víkendový workshop je 4 500 Kč. Abychom vám mohli zajistit místo na tomto workshopu, potřebujeme od vás obdržet nevratnou zálohu ve výši 2 000 Kč a vyplněnou přihlášku. V případě, že si zarezervujete místo 3 měsíce před zahájením workshopu, dostanete slevu 500 Kč.
Maximální kapacita je 22 účastníků.
Guitar workshop
| Starts | June 01, 2012, 18:00 |
| Ends | June 03, 2012, 15:00 |
| Place | Galerie Hotel Jedlová, CZ |
| Language | Czech |
| Max participants | 5 |
| Price | 4500 CZK |
Dežo is a successful music composer with extensive production, and his songs are chanted all over the world. In terms of vocal production he focuses on Romany multichoirs and vocal harmonies. He passes on his art experiences: he organizes guitar workshops, focusing namely on Romany harmonic techniques, so typical for Romany music. His unique guitar style, Romany harmony and chords sequence are his specialties, and his guitar workshops are very much appreciated in our country as well as abroad. Owing to his openness and heartiness, Dežo is not known as an exceptional artist only, but also as a popular teacher, representing and representing the Romany culture on the professional level.
During the 90’s he was a founding member of the Kale music band, accompanying vocalist Věra Bílá. He was awarded the Golden Record for 10 000 CDs sold. In 1997 Dežo started his close cooperation with Ida Kelarova, founding a band called Romano rat (Romany blood) and an international choir called Apsora (Tear drops) and the Jazz famelija band. He has been cooperating with Ida Kelarova ever since. Dežo is a successful music composer with extensive production, and his songs are chanted all over the world. In terms of vocal production he focuses on Romany multichoirs and vocal harmonies. He passes on his artistic experience: he organizes guitar workshops, focusing mainly on Romany harmonic techniques, so typical for Romany music. He is a chairman of the Miret civic association along with Ida Kelarova, aimed at supporting the talented Romany youth.
Dežo was born in Pilsen, he grew up in Rokycany, and comes from a family of ten children. Dežo started to play the guitar when he was four. His father, Vojtěch Bela Dužda, one of the most recognized viola players, an exquisite musician, who played all kinds of music instruments, was the greatest inspiration and teacher to him. Dežo recalls: “I was the youngest child. My father, as a musician, did not devote that much time to me; he passed all his art on to my oldest brother. Nevertheless, I wanted to become a musician. My mother told me, that when I was a small boy and my family played, I always took a coat hanger and played on it as if it was a guitar. I learned my first chords myself, I listened to how my brothers and my father played. And I used to practice a lot; I wanted to be a good musician. My childhood was quite hard, the poverty was overwhelming. I had big dreams, I wanted what the other children had. But I got more than those kids who had everything – I could feel the unity and fellowship of our family. In our home we played and sang all the time – whether we were hungry or not. Music and singing were my substitute for all the unfulfilled desires.”
Dežo, the way everybody calls him, is a modest person with big heart, beautiful soul and beautiful smile, which brings light into our stressed – out lives. He takes his guitar, gently, as if he wanted to caress it and say hello, he touches the strings and you suddenly find yourselves in the universe of music, where only a supreme instrumentalist can take you. You are there, in the Gypsy music, together with him, you listen to his voice, you feel his smile, the mimics of his face, and suddenly you are one soul with him, you sound in the same tone. This sensitive person – an artist – has got a charisma, which opens up right in front of you during his music production. It touches you and offers all his being. Through singing he talks about himself, about love and about who he is. His music reveals what troubles him, what makes him happy, what he is experiencing at this moment in life…
“I put into my music something of myself. I felt, that I must put into the composition what I am going through and what is forming me at this very moment, because only then it is going to be true. When I feel love, it inspires me in everything. If I didn’t feel love, my life would be without meaning. I can say that I am the happiest person in the world. I found my love. However I´d like to say that sadness can also be an inspiration. I often think about my parents. They gave me inner wealth, on which I draw up till now. And owing to Ida, who is sensitive to me and is able to experience my sadness with me, I am not alone. If I had ever loved and I thought I had loved, I did not know what love was. Love which enriches, love which gives me freedom, love, owing to which I am the happiest person in the world.”
Romano Drom
| Starts | July 23, 2012, 18:00 |
| Ends | July 30, 2012, 12:00 |
| Place | Jedlová (CZ) and Moldava (SK) |
| Language | Czech, English |
| Max participants | |
| Price | 18 000 CZK |
Ida Kelarova, Desiderius Dužda and their team have been passing on their songs and music all over the world, over the past 18 years. For this special workshop, they invited several Roma lectors and artists to help them out.
On this workshop, every one of you will have the opportunity to taste a bit more of the Roma way of life, perception and experience, in order to let you expand your knowledge of the Roma, to get deeper and closer to the roots of the Roma culture. Together we will learn more about the history of this precious culture.
Regardless of where you come from, what matters is that we create together.
Everybody is invited – all the musicians, artists and those who love to sing and celebrate gypsy music. You’ll learn more about the Gypsy songs, about the philosophy of the Roma, about their history and about the way they celebrate. Let’s grab the opportunity to open our hearts . You’ll meet also Roma people living in the Eastern Slovakia settlements. There will be ethnologists, musicians, directors, singers and tutors to pass on their culture and life. “Romano drom” is a opportunity for Roma and non-Roma to meet face to face.
For a short time, you’ll have a chance to walk the way of life of the Gypsies – the Romano drom.
A journey to the voice that leads you back to intuition; a path that goes deeper to the source of human creativity. To sing and to feel our song means to open up and face your inner beauty, to realize the strength of vulnerable feelings which – at the same time – are a gift you can keep passing on.
Songs accompany humans during their entire lives. Roma songs are magical; they are a jewel of the Romany culture. They reflect the soul, nature of the humans or folk, who wrote the songs. Songs are teachings of nobility, entertainment, inspiration for art works and detailed knowledge of the life, tradition and culture of the Romany “homeland”.
Everyone, who is singing, is creating, since a song is a self-expression, message, it operates as a live social regulator; Romanies do not use notes in their songs, since the characteristic free rhythm handling of semitones and quarter-tones cannot be recorded in a music score. A Romany song is based on an expressive execution, hard to interpret from the score without actually listening to the vocalist. It is characterized by complicated phrasing, stretching out, acceleration, pauses, breaths. This creates a unique magic.
… stripped, pure, authentic, deep, human expression in music, which originates deeply in the soul, telling a story of having no home at all and having a home everywhere. Nostalgia is the essence of any gypsy song and it seem it has always been. Nostalgia to “return home” – Gypsies have not home – it means “no place”. Nostalgia – return to no place – long road …
Songs are a road, a long road – lungo drom, for a man to get from one point to another, living their road; however, it is a question of the feeling and art.
An explosion of happy and spontaneous singing is one of the most amazing, precious – and healthy too – elements of all human experience. By pure intuition we all feel that singing can aid us in feeling healthy, alive, free and “easy”. Every time we sing, we make ourselves stronger, we raise ourselves higher, we thrive. Singing is absolutely essential for live and for healing. A day is wasted the most when we do not sing. Singing leads us through our entire life. Gypsy songs conceal a magical energy and are generally regarded as jewels of the Gypsy culture. They incite emotions and reveal people’s hearts and souls, which is where they always come from. Songs are the teachings of the noble ones. Songs bring inspiration and amusement to all artists and creative humans, and yield a closer understanding of life and traditions of the Gypsies, and a sense of solidarity.
A Roma man lost his father and for some reason, couldn’t shed a tear. The doctor told him that it’s imperative that he cried, as his heart could burst from sorrow. It hurt too much to cry though; he started to sing instead, and his heart survived.
Some of us think that Gypsies (Roma) are from outer space, others think that they are savages. Some consider them to be passionate, others see them as thieves. Some people are afraid of them, few believe they know exactly who Roma are, others do not know, or take on prejudices and superstition. Some have been betrayed by Roma, others have never met them. This is why I feel the need to shed light upon this minority full of mysteries, witchcraft, tales and curses, and pass on as much objective facts as possible on who Roma really are, on how they live, how they are different, where they do not adapt well, and what important they can pass on through their culture, music, dance and live – a little bit of which all we can experience in the course of the ten days spent together.
Jazz workshop
| Starts | October 19, 2012, 18:00 |
| Ends | October 21, 2012, 15:00 |
| Place | Galerie Hotel Jedlová, CZ |
| Language | czech |
| Max participants | 10 |
| Price | 4500 CZK |
Miriam Bayle
Slovakian Jazz singer who lives in Prague. Songs included in Miriams repertoire are Jazz standards (swing, latin, ballads and blues) which she enrichens with her own improvisations. She is also a teacher at the Jaroslav Ježek University and conservatory. Her workshops concentrate on the improvisations of songs, melodic and rhythmic phrasing, and she helps each participant to find their own natural way of expressing.
Guitar workshop
| Starts | November 23, 2012, 18:00 |
| Ends | November 25, 2012, 15:00 |
| Place | Galerie Hotel Jedlová, CZ |
| Language | Czech |
| Max participants | 5 |
| Price | 4500 CZK |
Dežo is a successful music composer with extensive production, and his songs are chanted all over the world. In terms of vocal production he focuses on Romany multichoirs and vocal harmonies. He passes on his art experiences: he organizes guitar workshops, focusing namely on Romany harmonic techniques, so typical for Romany music. His unique guitar style, Romany harmony and chords sequence are his specialties, and his guitar workshops are very much appreciated in our country as well as abroad. Owing to his openness and heartiness, Dežo is not known as an exceptional artist only, but also as a popular teacher, representing and representing the Romany culture on the professional level.
During the 90’s he was a founding member of the Kale music band, accompanying vocalist Věra Bílá. He was awarded the Golden Record for 10 000 CDs sold. In 1997 Dežo started his close cooperation with Ida Kelarova, founding a band called Romano rat (Romany blood) and an international choir called Apsora (Tear drops) and the Jazz famelija band. He has been cooperating with Ida Kelarova ever since. Dežo is a successful music composer with extensive production, and his songs are chanted all over the world. In terms of vocal production he focuses on Romany multichoirs and vocal harmonies. He passes on his artistic experience: he organizes guitar workshops, focusing mainly on Romany harmonic techniques, so typical for Romany music. He is a chairman of the Miret civic association along with Ida Kelarova, aimed at supporting the talented Romany youth.
Dežo was born in Pilsen, he grew up in Rokycany, and comes from a family of ten children. Dežo started to play the guitar when he was four. His father, Vojtěch Bela Dužda, one of the most recognized viola players, an exquisite musician, who played all kinds of music instruments, was the greatest inspiration and teacher to him. Dežo recalls: “I was the youngest child. My father, as a musician, did not devote that much time to me; he passed all his art on to my oldest brother. Nevertheless, I wanted to become a musician. My mother told me, that when I was a small boy and my family played, I always took a coat hanger and played on it as if it was a guitar. I learned my first chords myself, I listened to how my brothers and my father played. And I used to practice a lot; I wanted to be a good musician. My childhood was quite hard, the poverty was overwhelming. I had big dreams, I wanted what the other children had. But I got more than those kids who had everything – I could feel the unity and fellowship of our family. In our home we played and sang all the time – whether we were hungry or not. Music and singing were my substitute for all the unfulfilled desires.”
Dežo, the way everybody calls him, is a modest person with big heart, beautiful soul and beautiful smile, which brings light into our stressed – out lives. He takes his guitar, gently, as if he wanted to caress it and say hello, he touches the strings and you suddenly find yourselves in the universe of music, where only a supreme instrumentalist can take you. You are there, in the Gypsy music, together with him, you listen to his voice, you feel his smile, the mimics of his face, and suddenly you are one soul with him, you sound in the same tone. This sensitive person – an artist – has got a charisma, which opens up right in front of you during his music production. It touches you and offers all his being. Through singing he talks about himself, about love and about who he is. His music reveals what troubles him, what makes him happy, what he is experiencing at this moment in life…
“I put into my music something of myself. I felt, that I must put into the composition what I am going through and what is forming me at this very moment, because only then it is going to be true. When I feel love, it inspires me in everything. If I didn’t feel love, my life would be without meaning. I can say that I am the happiest person in the world. I found my love. However I´d like to say that sadness can also be an inspiration. I often think about my parents. They gave me inner wealth, on which I draw up till now. And owing to Ida, who is sensitive to me and is able to experience my sadness with me, I am not alone. If I had ever loved and I thought I had loved, I did not know what love was. Love which enriches, love which gives me freedom, love, owing to which I am the happiest person in the world.”
Everyone can sing
| Starts | November 23, 2012, 18:00 |
| Ends | November 25, 2012, 15:00 |
| Place | Galerie Hotel Jedlová, CZ |
| Language | Czech |
| Max participants | 22 |
| Price | 4500 CZK |
Tento workshop je věnován vám všem, kteří si nevěříte, že zpívat umíte, vám všem, kteří zpíváte jen v koupelně nebo v autě, vám všem, kteří jste si to nikdy na veřejnosti nezkusili, vám všem, kteří máte vnitřní potřebu a chuť si zazpívat.
Na tento workshop se může přihlásit každý z vás, kdo cítí hlubokou potřebu zazpívat si. Idin způsob otvírání a objevování lidského hlasu není vedený zájmem o dosáhnutí technické dokonalosti. Není to snaha jak krásněji, silněji a lépe zpívat. Zpívání a procítění písně je jen záminka k hledání toho hlasu v člověku, který nikdy nikdo neuslyší. Hlasu, který nás vede zpět k emocím. Především tam totiž Ida nachází základní zdroj života a lidské kreativity. Dílny jsou otevřeny pro každého, kdo má chuť projít přes neskutečnou sílu předsudků, zvyků, zlozvyků a hlavně strachem, který nám brání v tom, nadechnout se, otevřít se a zpívat.
Zpěv je vyjádření duše.
Zazpívat si z plných plic je nejlepším lékem proti depresím a dodává sílu potřebnou k plnohodnotnému prožití života. Již dnes si lidé víc a víc uvědomují jakým důležitým lékem proti stresu a nemocem je samotný zpěv. Zpěv je důležitý pro vyjádření osobnosti a pomáhá uvolnit nakumulované emoce, které se v těle zadržují a proměňují v negativní energii.
Škoda dne, kdy jsme nezpívali!
Základním přesvědčením Idy Kelarové je, že každý umí zpívat. Problém Ida vidí v tom, že více a více lidí zpívat přestává a proto si také více a více lidí přestává věřit v tom, že zpívat umí. Každý má možnost si na workshopech Idy Kelarové zazpívat a inspirovat se její filozofií a její unikátní metodou. Nenechte si ujít tuto jedinečnou příležitost poznání třicetileté intenzivní práce s lidmi a lidským hlasem, které Ida zasvětila svůj život.
Praktické informace
Pěvecký workshop vede Ida Kelarova, asistují Desiderius Dužda a Tomáš Kačo. Výuka probíhá v jazyce českém, v pronajatém penzionu Galerie v Dolní Jedlové – v krásné přírodě Vysočiny.
Žít kreativní život,
zazpívat moji píseň,
musím ztratit strach z toho,
že nezazpívám správně.
Ubytování a pestrá strava jsou zahrnuty v ceně – cena za víkendový workshop je 4 500 Kč. Abychom vám mohli zajistit místo na tomto workshopu, potřebujeme od vás obdržet nevratnou zálohu ve výši 2 000 Kč a vyplněnou přihlášku. V případě, že si zarezervujete místo 3 měsíce před zahájením workshopu, dostanete slevu 500 Kč.
Maximální kapacita je 22 účastníků.
Everyone can sing
| Starts | February 01, 2013, 18:00 |
| Ends | February 03, 2013, 16:00 |
| Place | Galerie Hotel Jedlová, CZ |
| Language | Czech |
| Max participants | 22 |
| Price | 4500 CZK |
Tento workshop je věnován vám všem, kteří si nevěříte, že zpívat umíte, vám všem, kteří zpíváte jen v koupelně nebo v autě, vám všem, kteří jste si to nikdy na veřejnosti nezkusili, vám všem, kteří máte vnitřní potřebu a chuť si zazpívat.
Na tento workshop se může přihlásit každý z vás, kdo cítí hlubokou potřebu zazpívat si. Idin způsob otvírání a objevování lidského hlasu není vedený zájmem o dosáhnutí technické dokonalosti. Není to snaha jak krásněji, silněji a lépe zpívat. Zpívání a procítění písně je jen záminka k hledání toho hlasu v člověku, který nikdy nikdo neuslyší. Hlasu, který nás vede zpět k emocím. Především tam totiž Ida nachází základní zdroj života a lidské kreativity. Dílny jsou otevřeny pro každého, kdo má chuť projít přes neskutečnou sílu předsudků, zvyků, zlozvyků a hlavně strachem, který nám brání v tom, nadechnout se, otevřít se a zpívat.
Zpěv je vyjádření duše.
Zazpívat si z plných plic je nejlepším lékem proti depresím a dodává sílu potřebnou k plnohodnotnému prožití života. Již dnes si lidé víc a víc uvědomují jakým důležitým lékem proti stresu a nemocem je samotný zpěv. Zpěv je důležitý pro vyjádření osobnosti a pomáhá uvolnit nakumulované emoce, které se v těle zadržují a proměňují v negativní energii.
Škoda dne, kdy jsme nezpívali!
Základním přesvědčením Idy Kelarové je, že každý umí zpívat. Problém Ida vidí v tom, že více a více lidí zpívat přestává a proto si také více a více lidí přestává věřit v tom, že zpívat umí. Každý má možnost si na workshopech Idy Kelarové zazpívat a inspirovat se její filozofií a její unikátní metodou. Nenechte si ujít tuto jedinečnou příležitost poznání třicetileté intenzivní práce s lidmi a lidským hlasem, které Ida zasvětila svůj život.
Praktické informace
Pěvecký workshop vede Ida Kelarova, asistují Desiderius Dužda a Tomáš Kačo. Výuka probíhá v jazyce českém, v pronajatém penzionu Galerie v Dolní Jedlové – v krásné přírodě Vysočiny.
Žít kreativní život,
zazpívat moji píseň,
musím ztratit strach z toho,
že nezazpívám správně.
Ubytování a pestrá strava jsou zahrnuty v ceně – cena za víkendový workshop je 4 500 Kč. Abychom vám mohli zajistit místo na tomto workshopu, potřebujeme od vás obdržet nevratnou zálohu ve výši 2 000 Kč a vyplněnou přihlášku. V případě, že si zarezervujete místo 3 měsíce před zahájením workshopu, dostanete slevu 500 Kč.
Maximální kapacita je 22 účastníků.
Guitar workshop
| Starts | February 01, 2013, 18:00 |
| Ends | February 03, 2013, 16:00 |
| Place | Galerie Hotel Jedlová, CZ |
| Language | Czech |
| Max participants | 5 |
| Price | 4500 CZK |
Dežo is a successful music composer with extensive production, and his songs are chanted all over the world. In terms of vocal production he focuses on Romany multichoirs and vocal harmonies. He passes on his art experiences: he organizes guitar workshops, focusing namely on Romany harmonic techniques, so typical for Romany music. His unique guitar style, Romany harmony and chords sequence are his specialties, and his guitar workshops are very much appreciated in our country as well as abroad. Owing to his openness and heartiness, Dežo is not known as an exceptional artist only, but also as a popular teacher, representing and representing the Romany culture on the professional level.
During the 90’s he was a founding member of the Kale music band, accompanying vocalist Věra Bílá. He was awarded the Golden Record for 10 000 CDs sold. In 1997 Dežo started his close cooperation with Ida Kelarova, founding a band called Romano rat (Romany blood) and an international choir called Apsora (Tear drops) and the Jazz famelija band. He has been cooperating with Ida Kelarova ever since. Dežo is a successful music composer with extensive production, and his songs are chanted all over the world. In terms of vocal production he focuses on Romany multichoirs and vocal harmonies. He passes on his artistic experience: he organizes guitar workshops, focusing mainly on Romany harmonic techniques, so typical for Romany music. He is a chairman of the Miret civic association along with Ida Kelarova, aimed at supporting the talented Romany youth.
Dežo was born in Pilsen, he grew up in Rokycany, and comes from a family of ten children. Dežo started to play the guitar when he was four. His father, Vojtěch Bela Dužda, one of the most recognized viola players, an exquisite musician, who played all kinds of music instruments, was the greatest inspiration and teacher to him. Dežo recalls: “I was the youngest child. My father, as a musician, did not devote that much time to me; he passed all his art on to my oldest brother. Nevertheless, I wanted to become a musician. My mother told me, that when I was a small boy and my family played, I always took a coat hanger and played on it as if it was a guitar. I learned my first chords myself, I listened to how my brothers and my father played. And I used to practice a lot; I wanted to be a good musician. My childhood was quite hard, the poverty was overwhelming. I had big dreams, I wanted what the other children had. But I got more than those kids who had everything – I could feel the unity and fellowship of our family. In our home we played and sang all the time – whether we were hungry or not. Music and singing were my substitute for all the unfulfilled desires.”
Dežo, the way everybody calls him, is a modest person with big heart, beautiful soul and beautiful smile, which brings light into our stressed – out lives. He takes his guitar, gently, as if he wanted to caress it and say hello, he touches the strings and you suddenly find yourselves in the universe of music, where only a supreme instrumentalist can take you. You are there, in the Gypsy music, together with him, you listen to his voice, you feel his smile, the mimics of his face, and suddenly you are one soul with him, you sound in the same tone. This sensitive person – an artist – has got a charisma, which opens up right in front of you during his music production. It touches you and offers all his being. Through singing he talks about himself, about love and about who he is. His music reveals what troubles him, what makes him happy, what he is experiencing at this moment in life…
“I put into my music something of myself. I felt, that I must put into the composition what I am going through and what is forming me at this very moment, because only then it is going to be true. When I feel love, it inspires me in everything. If I didn’t feel love, my life would be without meaning. I can say that I am the happiest person in the world. I found my love. However I´d like to say that sadness can also be an inspiration. I often think about my parents. They gave me inner wealth, on which I draw up till now. And owing to Ida, who is sensitive to me and is able to experience my sadness with me, I am not alone. If I had ever loved and I thought I had loved, I did not know what love was. Love which enriches, love which gives me freedom, love, owing to which I am the happiest person in the world.”
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