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Ensemble Táltos |
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Ensemble Táltos |
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Our group has been working as an active participant
of the reborn folk music life in Hungary, since 1984.
Our principal aim is to introduce traditional folk music from the Hungarian
speech area - from the Carpathian basin - and also to save its values, to show
authentically its special, old sounds. There are numerous folk instruments and
instrumental groups played during our presentations, showing their characteristic
sounds and harmony. Furthermore, we also intend to form a special harmony of
our play and our transcriptions, while stressing interesting sound of one or
another instrument.
Basic instruments in our play are the well-known strings: violin, viola and
the double-bass. These instruments are accompanied by other, less usual folk
instruments as: hurdy-gurdy, koboz, zither and numerous wind -and strum instruments.
On our programs we are often making known these instruments and their handling
in the folk-music practice. We play on concerts, in dance-houses within our
country and also ab
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The ensemble's members: |
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| Katalin Bennő - hurdy-gurdy, flute, zither |
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| József Boldizsár - violin, viola |
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| Attila Kostyák - violin, viola |
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Balázs
Nagy (hurdy-gurdy maker) - hurdy-gurdy, koboz, viola, tambura |
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| István Tóth - doublebass |
| Downloadable Tunes: |
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"Bodor Katalina" ballade | |||
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"Szerelem, szerelem" lirical song from Moldavia | |||
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Romanian Dance from Bukovina | |||
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"Csárdás" and "Friss" from Bogyiszló | |||