prešov region

Prešov region

ART

Andy Warhol

was american painter, filmmaker and leader of visual art movement – pop art.

was born in Pittsburgh in 1928, but his parents were born in Miková (near Medzilaborce).

studied commercial art at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh.

painted famous Campbell's Soup Can, logo of Coca Cola, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley.

has museum in Pittsburgh (there are more than 4 000 of his arts) and Medzilaborce.

Komajota

is a music band formed in Prešov. became popular with a song Ráno v novinách

from their first album Časopriestor. published another 2 albums – Bludisko and

Kolobeh. Song Mesto v nás was made because of the

project European capital city of culture and its music video shows how the Prešov looks like.

Komajota

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhwxO3-sCgY

IMT Smile

is famous music band from Prešov formed in 1992.

The name of this band is made from the capital letters of the main members, two brothers – Ivan and Miro Táslerovci.

published 9 albums.Since 2007 they organise Dobrý festival,

which is very popular among people from Prešov region.

IMT Smile

Katarína Knechtová

is young pop-singer, pianist, guitarist, composer and also songwriter born in Prešov.

By the year 1997 she was a vocalist in the IMT Smile, but now people associate her with a band called Peha.

published 7 albums and one of them (Zodiak) she produced on her own.

Katarína Knechtová

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Veronika DologhováII.B