Túfaranka

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Túfaranka
General information
Genre (s) Brass music
founding 1978
Current occupation
Eb clarinet
Karel Flasar
Bb clarinet
Jan Gazpárek
Flugelhorn
Michal Damborský
Flugelhorn
Ondra Jurceka
Flugelhorn
Mirek Brúcek
Flugelhorn or vocals
Vladimír Melichar
Kapellmeister and tenor horn
Jan Bílek
baritone
Jaroslav Polomini
trombone
Josef Vozdecký
Trumpet
Ondra Kameník
Trumpet
Zdenek Svoboda
Drums
Pavel Cafourek
tuba
Lubos Machán
singing
Kamila Svobodová
singing
Hanka Bílková
singing
Mirek Mordych
technology
Jan Svoboda

Túfaranka is a Czech brass band.

history

Túfaranka was founded in 1978 as a youth band in Šakvice by Josef Šural. In 1993 the band won the World Festival of Brass Bands in Kerkrade . Bohumir Kameník is the artistic director and Jan Bílek is the conductor.

The band mainly plays variations of folk songs and compositions by J. Slabák, B. Kamenßik, A. Zvacek, Adam Hudec , M. Irsa.

successes

  • Winner of the Golden Flugelhorn competition in 1996 in Hodonín
  • Winner at Wereld Muziek Concours Kerkrade 1998 (professional category)
  • Second place at the 6th European Championships of Bohemian-Moravian Brass Music from May 6th to May 8th 2005 in Sonthofen / Allgäu, (professional category)

Discography

  • Chlapci ze Šakvic
  • Return from France
  • Podruhé Vám nepovím
  • Funny brothers
  • Affectionate words
  • The spirited Katka
  • 2002
  • The tenth time
  • concert
  • Měla jsem milého
  • Muzikanti z Moravy

Individual evidence

  1. List of the winners of the Golden Flugelhorn on dechovky.eu. Retrieved July 27, 2008 .
  2. List of results on the Oberallgäu district website. Retrieved July 27, 2008 .

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