Family Y4
Oláh (Rinaldo)
Rinaldo Oláh — “Slovak Paganini”
Slovak Roma — Zvolenská Slatina
Style: Slovak and Czech traditional song
Slovak concertmaster primás. Co-founder of SĽUK. Same professional world as the Hungarian café book, in a different state ensemble and a different country. A different musician from Oláh Ernő of a Budapest café night.
Portal SVK: Rinaldo Oláh, born 13 January 1929 in Zvolenská Slatina, died 1 June 2006 in Bratislava. Nickname: the Slovak Paganini. Co-founder of the Slovak Folk Art Collective (SĽUK) in 1949; concertmaster there for 32 years, until 1981. No conservatory diploma — a basic schooling, then a stipend stay of some months at the Prague Conservatory. Award of the Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic, 2000. A lead-violinist competition is held in his honour in Zvolenská Slatina.
The Rómska Encyklopédia (Slovakia) adds the childhood line: violin at four; a concert at ten on the stage of the National House in Banská Bystrica. He also played guitar, cello and double bass. This archive files the SĽUK concertmaster. A Budapest restaurant Oláh of the same surname is a different musician.
Lineage
Birth and death on a vertical line — generation by generation. Places are listed where we could find them.
Generation 1
Rinaldo Oláh
Violin, concertmaster SĽUK · 1929–2006
Born Zvolenská Slatina. Died Bratislava. Co-founder SĽUK 1949.
Orchestra years
When the band was founded, when it split, when a new generation took the stand.
1949
New orchestra
Co-founder, then concertmaster
SĽUK
Slovak Folk Art Collective, 1949. Concertmaster for 32 years, until 1981. Not a Budapest restaurant chair.
Neighbours
Same country or city, but a different way of playing.
- Bílá / Kale — Czech / Slovak Roma