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Ghymes

'Koncert'

(595984-2)

Musicians:
Andor Buják - viola, flutes, clarinet, saxophone, bass, voice
Krisztián Buják - bagpipe, clarinet, flute, voice
Gyula Szarka -voice, bass, guitar
Tamás Szarka -voice, violin, guitar, drum, koboz

Guests:
László Hobó Földes - voice
László Béhr - cimbalom, voice
Péter Farnbauer - keyboards
Bernadett Kiss - voice
Honvéd Muvészegyüttes tánckara - chorus

Ghymes live in concert at the Budapest Kongresszusi Központban. Recorded in December 2002.

'Mainly ... we play "Ghymes music" because unfortunately no other group plays this kind of music... It is true that from Tűzugráz we have used more electrical instruments and more drums, but this began already on the previous album, Üzenet [Message]. We will not change drastically, but every time we release a CD we feel we must add something and make it different from earlier albums. I hope we will be able to add something to every album. If not, we will stop playing.'
Andor Buják

Ghymes Ensemble was formed in 1984 at Nitra University of Pedagogy in Slovakia. Initially they played Hungarian folk music but are now extending their repertoire to include music originating in other parts of Eastern and Southern Europe.

They have their own unique style which is continually developing. In addition to the traditional instruments played (violin, viola, dulcimer, bagpipes, contrabass, lute, kalabash zither, Turkish pipe), they also incorporate the saxophone, drums and synthesizer.

They say their objective in the music is to find a commonality between different people, races and religions of the world, and this is why they explore and develop the folk music of different countries. As their band member Andor Buják stated 'If the musicians open up their hearts on the stage, the audience can feel it. That's real magic for us.'

Along with its leading member Michel Montanaro, (a musician from Provence, France), Ghymes and the Vujicsics ensembles are joint members of the group VENTS D´EST (Eastern Wind). Under this name they have also recorded several CDs.

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Visit the homepage of Ghymes at:
http://www.ghymes.hu

Read an interview with Ghymes at the Central Europe Review
http://www.ce-review.org

Ghymes

'Koncert'

(595984-2)

This symbol  indicates an mp3 sound clip for that track. Click on the symbol and wait for the clip to start. For more information click here. Tracks

1. Január (Szarka Gyula - Szarka Tamás) (4'55") 2. Kis, karácsonyi ének (Szarka Tamás - Ady Endre) (4'31") 3. Kétszaxis (Szarka Tamás) (6'55") 4. Alhambra (Szarka Tamás - Szarka Tamás) (3'44") 5. Vágyalku (Szarka Tamás - Szarka Tamás) (6'56") 6. Tüzet viszek (Szarka Gyula - Szarka Tamás) (6'11") 7. Ária (Szarka Tamás) Roráte (Fekete István) (12'01") 8. Héjavarázs (Szarka Tamás - Szarka Tamás) (9'01") 9. Új esztendo (Szarka Gyula, Nagy Szabolcs) (9'10")

Duration (63'24")

mp3 sound samples can be found at the Ghymes web site at: www.ghymes.hu

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