Vujicsics

Foto: Balázs Deim Formed in 1974 during the early days of the Hungarian folk dance revival movement, the band’s repertoire is based not only on prominent researcher’s materials, but on their own folk music collections in the field. They are heavily influenced by Southern Slav folk music of Hungary, but…

Zoord

Foto: Mihály Bakó With the Jew’s harp as the focal point, Zoord plays high energy, shamanic dance music inspired by traditional Transylvanian motifs, ethno and organic trance, with a trace of electronic, and accompanied by heavy drums and emotive violin. They’ve appeared on many a world music stage at major…

István Pál “Szalonna” and his Band

Foto: lumidance – Levente Váradi Szalonna and his fellow musicians play folk music from all territories with a deep knowledge, ease and authenticity . Alongside the violins, the cimbalom and wind instruments also play leading roles accompanied by a robust bass section. Their lively, virtuoso performances have earned them a…

Söndörgő

Foto: The Orbital Strangers Project This band of brothers use their signature instruments, Hungarian-Serbian tamburas, to brilliantly combine sparkling virtuosity, a respect for tradition and enthusiastic innovation to create a sound that is energetic and upbeat, but delicate at the same time. management@sondorgo.hu

Borbély-Dresch Quartet

“This joint project featuring Hungary’s top ethno jazz reed players has created a new standard that’s hard to fit into the usual box of definitions. The quartet creates a musical experience characterised by unbound melodic flavours and rich emotion with elements taken from jazz as well as the Carpathian basin’s…

Cimbalomduo

Foto: Ingrid Andrási Cimbalomduo is a meeting of two master cimbalom players Kálmán Balogh and Miklós Lukács who, over the past few decades in their separate careers, have elevated the global profile of this emblematic Hungarian instrument. Together they create a whole new level of virtuosity by combining their cross-genre…

Dresch String Quartet

The name Mihály Dresch is legendary. He creates a unique musical world by blending jazz and Hungarian folk music. In this newest formation, however, the other members are young, virtuoso folk musicians instead of jazz musicians. Their music is unconfined and goes beyond the boundaries of musical genres. horvath@fono.hu //+3630…

Félix Lajkó

Foto: Gábor Erdélyi The unique music of this violin virtuoso and composer from Voivodina is captivating whether he’s solo, in a band, or collaborating, for example, with VOLOSI. He has composed music for film and ballet, has led world music charts, as well as Songlines magazine’s ‘Top of the World’…