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The tradition of brass music in Drietom dates back to 1866, when the first brass band was founded in this border village near Trenčín. In 2016, Drietomanka will celebrate 150 years of its existence, which ranks it among the oldest brass orchestras in Slovakia.
A significant period in the modern history of the Drietom brass band was the 1950s, when Mr. Pavol Stopka began teaching young musicians in Drietom and thus another brass band was established in Drietom. Pavol Stopka was an important music educator, collector and arranger of folk songs, a close collaborator of Karol Pádivý. With Drietomanka, whom he led artistic
The tradition of brass music in Drietom dates back to 1866, when the first brass band was founded in this border village near Trenčín. In 2016, Drietomanka will celebrate 150 years of its existence, which ranks it among the oldest brass orchestras in Slovakia.
A significant period in the modern history of the Drietom brass band was the 1950s, when Mr. Pavol Stopka began teaching young musicians in Drietom and thus another brass band was established in Drietom. Pavol Stopka was an important music educator, collector and arranger of folk songs, a close collaborator of Karol Pádivý. With Drietomanka, whom he led artistically, he started a new era of brass music in Slovakia. The conductor of Drietomanka was Ivan Husár. Under his direction and under the baton of Pavel Stopka, Drietomanka recorded 4 LP records in the years 1970-73 together with a singing group, the most famous of which is called "Ten drietomský hájik". Other conductors of Drietomanka were Štefan Bretschneider and Jaroslav Múdry senior, who led Drietomanka for 20 years. Drietomanka performed mainly in the Trenčín region, throughout Slovakia, but also in Moravia. In 1974, she performed in the Hungarian television program "Golden Peacock" and also performed at the Earth Breadwinner exhibition in České Budejovice. In 1986, she performed live on Austrian radio and television ORF, in the program "Sitting with Neighbors".
Another important period was the years 1991 - 93 when the band got younger. In 1994, Jaroslav Múdry Jr. became the conductor. The new line-up of Drietomanka built on the successes of previous generations and won fans with their melodies not only throughout Slovakia, but also in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland and Holland. Among the band's most significant achievements is an award at the international wind music competition Zlatá křídlovka in Hodonín, Czech Republic, where Drietomanka won the Mayor of Hodonín's prize as the best foreign orchestra. In 1996, Drietomanka took home the winning trophies from the Wind Music Festival in Dolna Súča, from the regional competition of small brass music in Pezinok and the third place from the all-Slovak competition in Lednické Rovnie. Jaroslav Kala, who worked with the band in 1995-1997, helped Drietomanke to achieve these successes. Under his baton, the band recorded a tape called "Greetings from Drietoma", which was released in September 1996. In the years 1998-2000, Mr. Ludvík Soukup collaborated with the band on the artistic side. Under his leadership, Drietomanka won the silver band at the 13th annual Zlata krydlovka in Hodonín in May 1998 and recorded two audio tracks "V tej Drietome" and "Veselosť je medecína".
Since 1999, Drietomanka, in cooperation with the municipality of Drietoma, has been organizing the annual Drietoma Wind Festival.
In 2002, Drietomanka recorded the fourth record in a row called "Zábudliví šuhaj".
In 2003, the band took part in the international DH festival in Prague - Hraj kapelo hraj. She performed in the TV shows STV and Markíza Senzi senzus, Anderov rebrinák, Drišlakovany and Zahrajte mi takútú.
In 2004, the band took part in the 5th European Brass Championship in Bojnice, where they took 3rd place in their category.
In 2005, Drietomanka recorded her fifth CD called "Orchestral".
In 2007, Drietomanka recorded her sixth record called "Orchestral 2".
In 2008, Drietomanka recorded the seventh record in a row called "Práva láska".
In 2009, together with Drietomanka, Ján Múdry recorded his first solo CD called "Premiere".
In 2012, Drietomanka recorded the eighth CD called "Rodičom".
In 2013, Drietomanka recorded the ninth CD in a row called "Immer flink und fröhlich", this year also managed to record the first DVD called "kapela veselá".
In 2014, Drietomanka recorded the tenth record in a row called "Brass Duel", on which the brothers Jaro Múdry and Ján Múdry present themselves as soloists.
In 2016, Drietomanka recorded the eleventh record in a row called "Drietomský musicians win ... 150 years", which was released on the occasion of the 150th anniversary. A DVD with the same name was also released on this occasion.
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