In Slovak, the word 'dobro' means good. In music, the word has become a generic name for a certain type of instrument properly called resonator guitars. As the name might suggest, the latter was ...

The Slovak Spectator (TSS): What was your route to klezmer ... Actually, it’s not about the instrument, it’s about music. You can have music, develop technique, and specific skills for a specific set ...

is regarded as an integral part of the traditional culture of Central Slovakia. It is not just a musical instrument, but also an artefact of great artistic value due to its highly elaborate, ...

Slovakia has a rich history of folk music, which influenced the works of composers from Hungarian Béla Bartók to celebrated local composer Eugen Suchoň. The fujara is a overtone fipple ...

A fujara is (wait for it…) a large Slovak folk shepherd’s overtone fipple flute. Still not sure what it is? Here’s a bit more detail: the fujara is essentially a large woodwind instrument, in the same ...

Slovak players on period clarinets, Robert and Ronald Šebestas. The Forum Instrumentorum concert on June 8 in the Dvorana VŠMU concert hall and later in Žilina (June 10, 19:00, New Synagogue) will ...

Acoustic instruments, field recordings ... and Norwegian double bass player Adrian Myhr forged a plan to combine elements of Slovak and Norwegian folk music, resulting in their 2021 debut album where ...