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ARBAT was founded by the guitarist of Russian origin, Pascal de Loutchek, and Roma singer Lilia Roos Dalskaya. The music and dance group bears the name of the famous Bohemian Moscow quarter – a meeting place of artists and musicians.

The passion of the Roma heart and the tenderness of the Roma soul, energetic czardas, and plaintive, sad songs – that’s what you can enjoy at the concert of the Manuša (People) Roma band. „I wish we could enrich ourselves by the talents of others, and share our own talents, “ says Júlia Kozáková, talented singer with velvet voice, who is the face of the band.

The legendary Romanian Roma Cozmeşti Marching Band is another band to perform at this year’s Khamoro. Cozmeşti Marching Band was established almost 120 years ago. It is the longest performing traditional band in Romania following up on deep, strong roots of the Roma traditional music and culture. The Cozmesti Marching Band holds many significant festival awards. Its main asset is the authentic sound. Its members play folk music like their forerunners more than a hundred years ago.

One of the highlights of this year’s Khamoro Festival will be the appearance of popular Serbian singer Jelena Markovic accompanied by the legendary Balkan brass band The Elvis Ajdinovic Orkestar. Jelena comes from the family of Serbian Roma musicians; her uncle is the famous trumpeter, Boban Markovič. She started her singing career at the age of seven, and she participated in various competitions and festivals. During her career she performed with the ikons of the Balkan Roma music, Sanja Ilić and Goran Bregović.

This year’s Kamoro festival will also feature representatives of fiery flamenco. This time it will be the music and dance formation Flamenco Ballet Lucia Guarnido Studio, whose members are recruited from former and current students of the unique dancer, pedagogue, and choreographer, Lucia Guarnido.

The Czech Roma music will be represented by Le Čhavendar (Chlapci) band of Rokycany. The band is inspired by the tradition of top Roma musicians of Rokycany. However, the band is trying to enrich this tradition with modern music elements. The result is an interesting mixture of Roma folklore with jazz, samba, salsa, or funk.

ARBAT was founded by the guitarist of Russian origin, Pascal de Loutchek, and Roma singer Lilia Roos Dalskaya. The music and dance group bears the name of the famous Bohemian Moscow quarter – a meeting place of artists and musicians.

A traditional, inseparable part of the festival is an afternoon dedicated to children. There will be a plethora of music and dance workshops, performances of Roma children folklore ensembles, street dancers, and Roma music bands. A unique wood-carved merry-go-round made by Matěj Holub will again be one of the main attractions for children.

During this year of Khamoro you can look forward to see one of the biggest stars of instrumental Balkan traditional Romani music - Bako Jovanović! Explore the magic of tamboura, a four-string instrument with Indian origin, which is engraved in Balkan music for centuries. Played by Bako and five members of his band, it will be sure to charm you.