Ciganos d’Ouro

“ A great show full of joy and colour of a unique culture" ____________________________________________________________ __
BIOGRAFYCiganos d’Ouro was formed in 1994, by the brothers José Pato and Sérgio Silva. The band originally performed only at cultural events of the Portuguese Roma community. Since 1995, the formation of the band was enlarged, due to the cooperation of the guitarist Pedro Jóia, who assumed the musical direction of the band. . In 1996, the album “La Casa” is released and after that, their work was divulgated in Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands and other countries, with their participation in international gipsy music festivals and simultaneously adquiring new public outside this community. . Fruit of the new connection with the guitarist Francisco Montoya, borns the not less important “Libertad”. The band don’t stops and the results of that energy appear in 2001, with more one album named “Maktoub”, an arabian word that means destiny and describes the erradio way of the gipsy people. . In 2007, Ciganos d’Ouro enriched the newcolors catalogue joining their style to the editions of “Mornas de Sempre”, “Coladeras de Sempre”, “Kuduro” and “Bahia do Brasil”. “Sal” is the opening theme and gives name to the CD, that joins 9 songs and an instrumental theme from the authory of the guitarist Francisco Montoya. ____________________________________________________________ __
PRESSWorld Roma Festival KHAMORO 2002 Dear organizers of the Khamoro Festival, We would like to thank you for organizing a terrific series of concerts. We just saw the “ Na plny pecky” show on TV, which reminded us of the amazing atmosphere at the concerts. Our visiting of the first concert of the festival, the Ciganos D’Ouro, was not planned, but we were so intrigued by it, that we attended all the other concerts during the festival. We are still filled with great memories and would like to thank you again. If possible, we would like to put in a good word for another invitation of the “Golden Gypsies” from Portugal for future festivals. Tereza, Honza, Jirka ____________________________________________The Khamoro, or world gypsy festival, has brought some of the finest gypsy performers in the world here, from the violin pyrotechnics of the Russian band Gypsy Lorka, to the flamenco-on-speed guitars of the Portuguese Ciganos d’Ouro. Independent, The ( London ), May 22, 2002 by Justin Huggler in Prague ____________________________________________________________ __
DISCOGRAFYCD – “La Casa” – Movieplay 1996 CD – “Libertad” – Movieplay 1999 CD – “Maktoub” – Farol 2001 CD – “Sal” – New Colours 2007 ____________________________________________________________ __