Publications

Kdo žere psy? / Who eats dogs? – Allstar Refjúdží Band

Author: Allstar Refjúdží Band
Publisher: Divadlo Archa, Prague
Content: 1 CD
Year: 2012

Two years ago, in cooperation with ERSTE Foundation, the Archa Theatre in Prague launched the project Where is My Home, which deals with the topics of xenophobia and migration through a combination of music and theatre. In collaboration with refugees, host communities, students, actors and musicians, a series of new theatre pieces, musical works, performances and workshops is being created. The participating artists come from different countries and live in the Czech Republic. The core group forms the well-known Allstar Refjúdži Band.

Allstar Refjúdží Band is a collective of musicians with various cultural backgrounds, religious beliefs and political opinions. The Prague-based band mixes Kurd folk and pop music, the East-European accordion, Chinese opera and pop music, reggae and rock, Dixieland, Swiss mountain and cabaret songs, jazz and experimental music. Through music and theatre productions, the band addresses topics connected with migration and explores possibilities for solving social issues. Since its foundation in Archa Theatre as its home turf in 2008, the group has appeared at major festivals and concert stages in the Czech Republic and abroad.

The new album, Kdo žere psy? / Who eats dogs?, which is released three years after the band’s successful debut SPAS!, features several new band members, such as Lukáš Mičko (guitar) and Kryštof Verner (trumpet). The song Children’s Dreams features three twelve-year-old Roma boys from Ústí nad Labem – Marek Baláž, Patrik Gorol and Milan Makula – who rap their own poetry. Other special guests on the album include Ondřej Smeykal (didgeridoo), Jaryn Janek (contrabass) and Tiny Beat (beatbox).

This publication is available at ERSTE Foundation Library.

Florian Bauer

Director Social Finance, Sustainability and Innovation
Since 2023, Florian Bauer has been responsible for social finance, sustainability and social innovation at ERSTE Foundation. Prior to this role, Florian worked in the NGO & Social Entrepreneurship sector for more than 13 years. He led the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), an international multilateral NGO that works to accelerate market-based deployment of renewable energy and energy efficient systems in developing countries, and was Managing Director & COO of the Impact Hub Vienna. From 2020-2023, Florian established strategic alliances with key partners and helped to create innovative semantic technology solutions at Semantic Web Company (SWC), a leading IT company in semantic AI solutions.