Arpád Farkaš, musician, pianist, graduate of the Secondary Art School in Košice, currently a music teacher at the Elementary Art School in Rožňava and the Dezider Kardoš Private Conservatory in Prešov. Arpád Farkaš is an active musician, plays the piano in several musical groups, including the Arpád Farkaš Quartet. He specializes in jazz and performs at jazz festivals, clubs and receptions. His repertoire consists of his own compositions as well as the following jazz standards: Wayne Shorter: Footprints (1967); Miles Davis: So What (1959); George Gershwin: Summertime (1934); Jerome Kern: All The Things You Are (1944); Miles Davis: Solar (1954); Duke Ellington: Solitude (1934), etc.
The video offers Arpád Farkaš talking about the jazz scene in Slovakia, about the music family he comes from and Roma music in Slovakia. The record was created on 11.7.2013.
Recorded: July 11, 2013