Tükrös Ensemble: Tunes from Hungary
Authentic Village Music and Dance from Hungary and Transylvania.
One of the best Hungarian folk ensemble interpreting traditional values.
The TÜKRÖS Folk Music Ensemble was founded in 1986 and today is one of Hungary's most respected revival folk bands, which specializes in collecting authentic folk music from remote villages of Hungary and Transylvania, and from archival recordings, preserving and presenting this music in its most authentic form in an entertaining style suitable for all audiences. Their performance is a voyage back to a time when traditional folk music was an integral and crucial part of the village community's daily life. TÜKRÖS CDs have been very popular, especially their disc of folk music collection from Szatmár County (North Eastern Hungary), which became a landmark release. In addition to performing, the band members are dedicated to teaching folk music in schools and organizing an annual folk music camp in Hungary.
TÜKRÖS members are professional musicians with decades of experience in performing. The band has toured throughout Europe, twice in Australia and once in North America. Members include: Attila Halmos, violin – became attracted to folk music at an early age through the activities of his father who was an ethnomusicologist; Gergely Koncz, violin - one of Hungary's youngest and most talented folk violinists; Péter Árendás, viola – a key figure in the collection of folk music for FONÓ Records and the musical director of the BUDAPEST Folk Ensemble; Endre Liber, viola and cimbalom – a prominent musician in the Budapest folk music scene with many years of experience; András Lelkes, double bass – a multifaceted musician with experience in folk music as well as jazz. Norbert Busai and Zsuzsanna Busai, two much loved folk-dancers and teachers will complete the list of performers, to make the performance an unforgettable experience.
Admission is free!
Please RSVP to jkozenkow@mfa.gov.hu until Wednesday, June 26, 2013.
Date and time: June 27, 2013 7:00PM
Venue: American University Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016
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