The author of the portrait is the Romani artist Jozef Fečo. The portrait is one of the outcomes of the project Roma Theater – Secret Values of the Largest Minority in the Visegrad Region (2020); the project was supported by the International Visegrad Fund. The portrait is painted on canvas, the genre is street art. The measures of the portrait are 100 cm x 120 cm. The picture is in the frame.
CINKA PANNA
She was born in 1711 in Gemer, Hungarian Kingdom. A violin virtuoso, multi instrumentalist, lead violinist of a Romani band, composer, also called “Gypsy Sapfó”. She came from a family of Romani musicians. She was tutored by the local nobleman Láni, who sponsored her study of music in Rožňava. Together with her husband Dányi, a cellist, she founded a band where she was both a lead violinist and a composer. She performed dressed in men’s clothing, which had elements of a kuruc uniform. She wrote her works in the book Hungarian Collection in 1730. She is the author of short compositions – halgato. She died on February 5, 1772 in Gemer, Hungarian Kingdom.
Recorded: November 30, 2020