Muzsikás
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Muzsikás is a Hungarian
musical group playing mainly folk music of Hungary and other countries and peoples of the region. Established in 1973, it has also played works by classical composers, especially Béla Bartók
, who himself collected folk tunes. In 1993 the group recorded Máramaros - The Lost Jewish Music of Transylvania, bring back previously unknown music that had been lost in the Holocaust. The group has recorded many other albums and, since 1978, has toured regularly around the world.
The group's collaboration with the noted singer Márta Sebestyén
has produced a string of highly-regarded recordings.
Three of their songs are famously used in the anime "Only Yesterday" by Studio Ghibli
: "Teremtés" ("Genesis"), "Hajnali Nóta" ("Morning Song"), and "Fuvom Azénekem" ("I Sing My Song"). The name of the group is mentioned by the main protagonists, while the songs play in the background, in a prolonged dialog about the benefits of a natural environment and rural life.
Permanent guests are:
The group also plays regularly with a range of other musicians and groups.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
musical group playing mainly folk music of Hungary and other countries and peoples of the region. Established in 1973, it has also played works by classical composers, especially Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...
, who himself collected folk tunes. In 1993 the group recorded Máramaros - The Lost Jewish Music of Transylvania, bring back previously unknown music that had been lost in the Holocaust. The group has recorded many other albums and, since 1978, has toured regularly around the world.
The group's collaboration with the noted singer Márta Sebestyén
Márta Sebestyén
Márta Sebestyén is a Hungarian folk vocalist, as well as a composer and actress.Sebestyén's mother is a composer, and was a music student of Zoltán Kodály. Her father was an economist and author. When Sebestyén was seven years old, her father, returning from a trip to the U.S...
has produced a string of highly-regarded recordings.
Three of their songs are famously used in the anime "Only Yesterday" by Studio Ghibli
Studio Ghibli
is a Japanese animation and film studio founded in June 1985. The company's logo features the character Totoro from Hayao Miyazaki's film My Neighbor Totoro...
: "Teremtés" ("Genesis"), "Hajnali Nóta" ("Morning Song"), and "Fuvom Azénekem" ("I Sing My Song"). The name of the group is mentioned by the main protagonists, while the songs play in the background, in a prolonged dialog about the benefits of a natural environment and rural life.
Members
The group's core members are:- Mihály Sipos - violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, citera - László Porteleki - violin, koboz, vocal
- Péter Éri - kontra, violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, long flute - Dániel Hamar - contrabassContrabassContrabass refers to a musical instrument of very low pitch; generally those pitched one octave below instruments of the bass register...
, gardon, drum, cymbal
Permanent guests are:
- Márta SebestyénMárta SebestyénMárta Sebestyén is a Hungarian folk vocalist, as well as a composer and actress.Sebestyén's mother is a composer, and was a music student of Zoltán Kodály. Her father was an economist and author. When Sebestyén was seven years old, her father, returning from a trip to the U.S...
- vocal, flute, tilinko - Zoltán Farkas – choreography, dance, percussion
- Ildikó Tóth - choreography, dance
The group also plays regularly with a range of other musicians and groups.
Discography
- Living Hungarian Folk Music I. MUZSIKÁS (Hungaroton Gong)
- Muzsikás Kettő (Munich Records)
- It is not like it used to be (Hungaroton Gong)
- Márta Sebestyén and Muzsikás (Hannibal/RykoRykodiscRykodisc Records is an American record label. It is owned by Warner Music Group, operates as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.-Company history:...
) - The Prisoner's Song (Hannibal/Ryko)
- Blues for Transylvania (Hannibal/Ryko)
- Maramaros, the Lost Jewish Music (Hannibal/Ryko)
- Morning Star (Hannibal/Ryko)
- The Bartók Album (Hannibal/Ryko)
- Live at the Liszt Academy (Muzsikás)