About the band Ganifim

Ganifim mainly play cheerful and sad Jewish music, Balkan songs and Eastern European folklore, as they were played 100 years ago at weddings and folk celebrations and as they are still played today, but they also occasionally take musical trips to Irish folk music or Mexican songs. Bandleader and accordionist Dalibor Zíta also provides translations of some songs into Czech.

Info for those interested in performing:

Ganifim is a group of more than fourteen musicians from several different bands, grouped around the bandleader Dalibor Zíta. Thanks to this, it is possible to perform in a different line-up at each concert, the band can play once in a sextet with a dulcimer and a clarinet, the second time only in a trio of violin, bass, accordion. It can adapt to your needs and budget. The basic line-up is, accordion, guitar, bass, and a solo instrument + vocals.

Ganifim often performs at weddings and similar events, but they are also regularly invited to their events by, for example, the Forman Brothers Theatre.

The band is gradually starting to focus on translating songs into Czech and their own original work.

Dalibor Zita

Dalibor is an accordionist, guitarist and lyricist. He has also worked for Czech Radio for over fifteen years, first as an editor and presenter, and now only as an editor of the music station's website. He also makes documentaries. In the past, he was the founder of the civic initiative BuskerVille, which brought the word "busking" to the public and Czech media as a designation for musical and artistic production on the street and in public space. After many demonstrations, lobbying and discussions with politicians, they managed to legalize and decriminalize this phenomenon in the Czech Republic and especially in Prague. You can learn more in the film documentary Prague Street Spring .