Parno Graszt
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Parno Graszt is a Roma (i.e. "Gypsy") music ensemble from Paszab
, Hungary
founded in 1987. "Parno Graszt" means "white horse" in the Romany language. In the Roma culture white is symbol of purity, and horse is a symbol of freedom.
Their debut album Hit the piano reached Number 7 on the World Music Chart Europe in October 2002. Hungarian Television and the BBC produced in 2004 a music documentary about Parno Graszt.
After their second album, Járom az utam (2004), Parno Graszt was voted in the top 10 for "best artist of year", 2005, by the Swiss music magazine Vibrations.
Paszab
Paszab is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1286 people .-Culture:* Parno Graszt, Roma music ensemble....
, Hungary
Hungary
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founded in 1987. "Parno Graszt" means "white horse" in the Romany language. In the Roma culture white is symbol of purity, and horse is a symbol of freedom.
Their debut album Hit the piano reached Number 7 on the World Music Chart Europe in October 2002. Hungarian Television and the BBC produced in 2004 a music documentary about Parno Graszt.
After their second album, Járom az utam (2004), Parno Graszt was voted in the top 10 for "best artist of year", 2005, by the Swiss music magazine Vibrations.
Members
- József Oláh (vocals, guitar, tambura)
- Géza Balogh (vocals, guitar, dance)
- Viktor Oláh (vocals, guitar, dance)
- Sándor Horváth (vocals, spoons, dance)
- János Jakocska (vocals, guitar)
- Mária Váradi (vocals, dance)
- Mária Balogh (vocals, dance)
- Krisztián Oláh (accordion)
- János Oláh (double bass)
- István Németh (oral bass, churn)
Discography
- Rávágok a zongorára (2002) (Hit the Piano)
- Járom az utam (2004) (...In My World)
- Ez a világ nekem való (2007) (This World Is Made for Me)