Moravanka

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Sold out halls and hundreds of thousands of sold out records in our country as well as abroad, a wide circle of listeners of all generations- that is the most convincing proof of sympathy and popularity for the brass band Moravanka of Jan Slabák. The basic root of success is in the musical performance of each composition. All of the brass band members are outstanding musicians, who graduated from Brno Musical Conservatoire and Janáček Academy of Musical Arts with practice in symphonic or dance orchestras. The repertoire is very pleasant, as it builds on Moravian folklore, mainly from Slovacko, which is naturally lively and temperamental. However, the main source of popularity is the individualistic sound and style Moravanka interprets each composition with, as it is closer to a jazz-band than a typical brass-band. The founder of Moravanka is Jan Slabák. He was born in Kelčany on March 24, 1941, a small village not far from Kyjov, which is a region where the music was always full of vitality and explosivness and where the folklore traditions are very alive up to this day. After successfuly graduating from Brno Musical Conservatoire he became a member of the State Philharmonic Orchestra of Brno. At the same time he was involved with many other orchestras, starting with "small brass band", the Dance and Jazz Orchestra of Mirko Foret and Gustav Brom, the Symphonic Orchestra of Bratislava Radio. He also endeavoured in the remote studies of Janáček Academy of Musical Arts. He beca

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