The Elvis Ajdinovic Orkestar are a Roma brass band from Surdulica, a small town in southeast Serbia. Band leader is trumpeter Elvis Ajdinovic, one of the most famous Roma musicians in Serbia.
Esma Redžepova was a Roma singer from Skopje in Macedonia. She was one of the most famous representatives of Balkan music and bears the name “Queen of the Gypsies”.
Fanfare Ciocarlia is the name of a Roma brass band from the village Zece Prajini in Romania. Originally, the group was just a traditional village band, but since their discovery by Berlin sound engineer and music manager Henry Ernst in 1996, they have released numerous CDs and have evolved into one of the most successful Balkan brass bands ever.
Gogol Bordello are a Gypsy punk band from New York. They were founded in 1999 by Ukrainian immigrant Eugene Hütz with other musicians from Eastern Europe, Israel and the United States. The band mix traditional Eastern European gypsy music with punk and ska.
Harri Stojka is a guitarist, singer, composer and arranger from Vienna. He is a Roma and is one of the key contemporary jazz musicians in Austria. Read here more about Harri Stojka.
Hüsnü Şenlendirici is a Turkish clarinet player from Bergama in the province of Izmir. He is a Roma and one of the most famous and influential musicians in Turkey, coming from a long-standing family of musicians.