Dežo Ursiny

Faculty of Theatre at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (film and television dramaturgy)

Leader of the big beat group The Beatmen (Dežo Ursiny – vocals, lead guitar; Miroslav Bedrik – vocals, rhythm guitar; Marián Bednár – vocals, bass guitar; Peter Petro – drums, vocals), strongly influenced by The Beatles; performed in Prague, Munich; opened for Manfred Mann at a concert in Bratislava (1966)

Leader of the trio The Soulmen (Dežo Ursiny – guitar, vocals; Fedor Frešo – bass guitar, vocals; Vladimír Mallý – drums, vocals), strongly influenced by Cream

Performance and victory of The Soulmen at the 1st Czechoslovak Beat Festival in Prague, tour in Hungary

Leader of the group The New Soulmen (Dežo Ursiny – guitar, vocals; Ján Lehotský – keyboards, vocals; Fedor Letňan – bass guitar; Peter Mráz – drums)

Met keyboardist Jaroslav Filip and formed the group Provisorium, initially influenced by art rock

Dramaturgist for short films at the Slovak Film Studio in Koliba, Bratislava – director and screenwriter of documentary films: Pieseň pre teba (A Song for You, 1980), Sanitrárovci (1980), Gajdoš Antalík (Bagpiper Antalík, 1982), Spievanie na zore (Singing at Dawn, 1982), Vôňa života (The Scent of Life, 1986), O rakovine a nádeji (About Cancer and Hope, 1991), Dom Matky Terezy (Mother Teresa’s House, 1992), Obrázky z výletu za plot blázinca (Pictures from a Trip Beyond the Asylum Fence, 1994), Času je málo a voda stúpa (There’s Little Time and the Water Is Rising, 1997)

Began collaboration with poet Ivan Štrpka and focused exclusively on Slovak lyrics

Collaborated with the group Burčiak (Dežo Ursiny – vocals, guitar; Pavel Daněk – bass guitar; Jaroslav Filip – keyboards; Ctibor Hlinenský – drums)

Composer for the TV musical Neberte nám princeznú (Don't Take Our Princess, lyrics by Ján Štrasser)

Collaborated with the group Prognóza (Dežo Ursiny – guitar, vocals; Martin Karvaš – keyboards; Vladimír Kaššay – bass guitar; Ľubomír Stankovský – drums)

Revival of the group Provisorium