Author: Horváth Sára Nina

The multi-instrumentalist Török Tilla and her band are frequent guest performers at folk and world music festivals overseas and also in Asia. They form an unique musical unity that interfuses Hungarian folk elements and the music of ancient steppe people.

CONTACT: toroktillaofficial@gmail.com / +36 70 320 0976

The long-lost cousins – the zither, the tambourine and the kobza – meet in the music of Pengetős (Plunking) Trio and they have a lot to discuss. The Trio’s repertoire is absolutely unique thanks to the previously unknown consonance of these three instruments. The band reconstructs and remakes folk music heritage to its own image with an open mind, creativity and humility at the same time.

CONTACT: berta.alexandra@gmail.com / +36 20 491 6837 

The Magos Folk Band from Budapest is a band playing authentic Hungarian folk music, first of all tunes from Transylvania (Kalotaszeg, Mezőség, Székelyföld) and present day Hungary (Szatmár, Dunántúl). It was founded in March 2008, the recent line-up, however, was formed in the summer of 2017.

The members of the band are:
ENYEDI Ágnes, Young Master of Folk Arts, Junior Prima Award – voice
SOÓS Csaba, Young Master of Folk Arts – violin
KOVÁCS Márton, Junior Prima Award – violin
ÉRI Márton – violas
ENYEDI Tamás – cimbalom/Hungarian dulcimer
PRIHODA István – double bass, cello
SALAMON Soma, Young Master of Folk Arts, Junior Prima Award – accordion, flutes

Our aim is to study and convey the traditions of folk music while preserving the original tone. Some of us work as teachers at several music schools.
Authentically performed folk music compilations can be heard at our performances, where the influence of the musicians and singers living in the actual region/village can also be observed.
We often take part in field work in Transylvania, and aim at including the acquired musical experiences in our music, then acquaint the listeners with the traditions of the given region.
Apart from accompanying dance ensembles we regularly organize concerts and dance house events both inland and abroad.
In 2011 we won FolkBEATS – an authentic folk-and world music talent show. Thanks to this success we participated in a 5-week 26-concert North-American tour in 2012, where we held concerts and dance houses for Hungarian communities in the US and Canada. In 2014 we got into the semifinals of the famous talent show ’Felszállott a Páva’, where we had the opportunity to perform in television programmes. In 2017 we managed to obtain the ’Halmos Béla’ grant, which enabled us to make our CD titled ’Forgatós’(Authentic Hungarian Folk Music from the river Sajó area to Székelyföld).
Our compilation ’Magosan….’ was awarded the ’Nagy Páva’ label in a competition launched by the Hungarian Heritage House in 2018.
We consider Csiszár Aladár, the lead violinist from Magyarpéterlaka to be one of our greatest masters, thus no wonder that there is no Magos concert without music from Péterlaka.

About the ‘Forgatós’

During the recent years we have devoted our attention to understanding, acquisition and
stylistically appropriate interpretation of music related to diverse regions of Székelyföld, as well as the villages along the rivers Sajó and Maros. We have compiled several line-ups that present the unique beauty of folk music belonging to these rural areas.
We  take our audience on a journey starting from the river Sajó area through Székely-Mezőség and Felső-Maros area to Udvarhelyszék and the area of the river Nyárád hoping that by the end of this ’roaming’ everybody will feel like dancing a ’Forgatós’.

CONTACT: enyeditom@gmail.com / +36 30 437 7540

The band was formed in January 2017. The first task they faced was releasing their debut album called ’Dúzs 2017’. As we listen to the result we can see that they succeeded and they even went against usual standards. They prioritize the rawness, the movement, the strong dynamics and the freedom of music.

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CONTACT: kalaszm@gmail.com // +36 30 410 0780 

The common musical language of Dalinda is based on the traditions of authentic Hungarian folk-songs. The members of Dalinda studied at the folk-song branch of Franz Liszt Academy of Music and began to work together on a lot of authentic and world music productions. In the recent years, they shaped their program with collective efforts to show the polyphonic modern sound beside the authentic, harmonic folk songs.

CONTACT: dalindamusic@gmail.com / +36 30 246 2838

Csángálló formed with Sára Csobán and Tamás Bősze Jean-Pierre in the lead. They have since become familiar faces on the Hungarian folk music and world music scene; regular performers at dancehouses, clubs, theatres and summer festivals, and regularly tour abroad. They visit Transylvania, the Gyimes valley and Moldavia their favourite destinations, to draw inspiration for their music from its original source. They are recurring artist of Music de l’Europe Festival showcasing various roots bands. They have worked with internationally renowned musicians such as Tcha Limberger or Lajkó Félix. They share with latter artist the memorable opening of O.Z.O.R.A. festival, where they played for more than 20,000 people. Their first album was released the same year by Fonó Records, titled “Fel az úton…” (Up the road). The release made it to the top ten of world music albums of Lángoló Gitárok magazine. Their latest album Naplopók (Layabouts) features the song Eleven Taktus (Lively Beat) featured on the world music CD compiled by Béla Halmos Programme for WOMEX.

CONTACT: csangallo@gmail.com / +36 20 332 6272