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MUZSIKÁS is the most popular and most renowed ensemble
in Hungary and worldwide playing the traditional Hungarian folk music.
Their performance is an exciting musical experience, the audience are transferred
back to the remote Hungarian village atmosphere where the traditions survived the centuries.
On the other hand this music considered to be very modern generating
emotions for the people of today.
MUZSIKÁS
is the name given to musicians playing traditional folk music in
Hungary in villages. The formation of the MUZSIKÁS
Ensemble coincided with the European revivalist movement of the
seventies whereby interest lied not only in the traditions, but
also the roots of culture.
The members
of the group play and improvise in the style of old traditional Hungarian folk
bands in which the solo violin and the song typically were
accompanied with the three-stringed viola and contrabass. The
musicians also play other instruments which enables them to
produce an extensive range of exciting and unusual colour tones.
The music of MUZSIKÁS can be characterized as the
traditional arrangements of authentic Hungarian folk music
featuring a playing style typical of the best village musicians.
It has nothing in common stylistically with the Gypsy-Hungarian
style, but is rather the true folk music of Hungary, the most
beautiful melodies of which were considered by Béla Bartók
to be equal with the greatest works of music.
As an
indicator of MUZSIKÁS' success they have toured all over
the world including nearly every European country, in addition to
Northern America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand,
Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan,
appearing in
the greatest festivals and biggest concert halls as the
Barbican Center or the Royal
Festival Hall in London, the
Cité de la Music or the
Théater de la Ville in Paris,
the Town Hall or the
Carnegie Hall in New York.
Muzsikás is the first Hungarian Folk ensemble accepted by
the classical music world. With their special music program they
combined the traditional music with the classical compositions of
Bartók, Kodály, Kurtág, Ligeti. Renowed
classical solists (Alexander Balanescu, Roel Dieltiens, Jenô
Jandó) string quartets (Takács Quartet, Keller Quartet,
Bartók Quartet) choirs (Pro Musica Girls' Choir, Tomkins
Vocal Ensemble), and symphonic orchestras
(Danubia Orchestra, BBC-SSO, Orchestra of Radio France)
are partners in these collaborations.
Their long-lasting musical partner and soloist is the fabulous singer
Márta Sebestyén.
Their music
appears in the film of the Oscar winner director Costa Gavras',
"Music Box," having received the first prize in the
Berlin film festival in 1989. They have provided the music for a
contemporary dance piece entitled "Dancing Room," which
was performed in several theaters in England and filmed by BBC in
1994. Their famous song Szerelem szerelem (Love, love), performed
by Marta Sebestyen, can be heard in the Academy Award film The
English Patient.
They are awarded the most respected Hungarian State award
for artists, the Kossuth Prize.
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Click here to read the detailed biograph of Muzsikás
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Released records:
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Living
Hungarian Folk Music I. MUZSIKÁS
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Hungaroton Gong
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Muzsikás Kettô
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Munich Records
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It is not like it used to be
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Hungaroton Gong
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Márta
Sebestyén and Muzsikás
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Hannibal/Ryko
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The
Prisoners' Song
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Hannibal/Ryko
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Blues
for Transylvania
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Hannibal/Ryko
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Maramaros,
the lost Jewish music
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Hannibal/Ryko
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Morning Star
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Hannibal/Ryko
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The Bartók Album
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Hannibal/Ryko
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Live at Liszt Academy
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Muzsikas
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The
musicians:

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Members:
Mihály
Sipos - violin, citera László Porteleki -
violin, koboz, vocal Péter Éri - kontra,
viola, mandolin, flute, long flute Dániel Hamar
- contrabass, gardon, drum, cymbal
Permanent
guests:
Márta Sebestyén -
vocal, flute, tilinko Zoltán Farkas –
choreograph, dance, percussion Ildikó Tóth
- choreographs, dance
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Occasional guests,
partners:
Alexander
Balanescu - violin
Árpád Toni - cimbalom
(tsimbal) Jenô Jandó -
piano Roel Dieltiens - cello
The Balanescu Quartet - quartet
Takács
Quartet – quartet
Mária Petrás - traditional singer
Danubia Symphonic Orchestra conductor: Domonkos Héja
Other partner musicians,
ensembles:
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BBC Scottish Symphonic Orchestra, conductor: Ilan Volkov
Bartók String Quartet
Tomkins Chamber Choir, conductor: János Dobra
Pro Musica Girls'
Choir, conductor: Dénes Szabó Keller String
Quartet
The Balanescu String Quartet
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Click
here to contact our agents for booking
Artist
contact: Dániel Hamar Kerékgyártó
u. 7/b Budapest, Hungary, H-1147 Tel: +361.363.6742 Fax:
+361.372.2927 mobile: +36.30.933.7674
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