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Balazs Unger es baratai

'Second Round'

Musicians:
Balázs Unger - cimbalom, small cimbalom, voice

...and his friends:
Gergely Agocs - voice
Csaba Blasko - violin
Istvan 'Szalonna' Pal - violin, voice
Zoltan Ronai - violin, guitar
Peter Mako - saxophone
Endre Bohak - viola
Gyula Karacs - viola, 3-stringed viola, voice
Zolt Barcza - accordion, voice
Lajos Pal - accordion
Albert Mohacsy - double bass
Andras Pachert - double bass, cello

...from Parno Grazst:
Jozsef Olah - voice, guitar
Sandor Horvath - voice

...from Zurgo Ensemble:
Andrea Navratil - voice
Lídia  Draskóczy - fiddle
Csaba Sófalvi Kiss - flute, kaval
Bercel Nagy - flute, kaval
László Demeter - koboz (lute)
Félix Benke Ágoston - drum

Label - Fonó Budai Zeneház, Hungary
Released 2005

Cimbalom music from Hungary and the Balkan countries.

From the artyist:
"Balázs Unger started to play music at 1987 as violist in Fix-Stimm orchestra. He met the cimbalom for the first time in the early nineties. Beatrix Szollos and Kalman Balogh were his instructors. Later on he became the cimbalist of the Galga Folk Group. The cimbalist of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble from 1997 to 2003. Member of the Dresch Quartet, where he played ethno-jazz music from 1999 to 2001. He played Romanian and Moldavian csango music in Kárpátia and Zurgo orchestras. Permanent guest musician of the Fonó music group. In 2001, he has been awarded with the title and state award of ’Young master of folk arts’. From 2005, he is a membor of Szalonna and his friends folk group. From 2006, he is a folk music teacher in Tura – his residence – and in Jaszfenyszaru. He has been awarded with Vankone Dudas Julo rate in 2007. In 2008 he has been awarded with the Medallion of Tura City."

From label:
"In human’s heart generations of passion follow each other. If one disappears, another occupies its place. In Balázs Unger’s life this reappearing and this way steady change is present in the form of passionate love for music. It is rooted in his childhood when he got engaged with folk music playing in the band Fix-Stimm. Further steps of his musical development were taking part in bands playing Hungarian folk music (Galga), jazz (Dresch Quartet) and Hungarian and Romanian csango music of Moldva (Zurgó). He got acquainted with the variegation of the Carpathian Basin’s folk music in Fonó Band and he played six years in Hungarian State Ensemble. The latter contributed to his becoming a professional musician.

The way from his first album ’Round’ to the present one: ’Second Round’ was long and filled with learning experience. His masters were some of the best Hungarian musicians, e.g. Kálmán Balogh, Árpád Toni, Gergely Agócs, Lajos Rónai, Csaba Blaskó, Beatrix Szőlős.

The care of his masters urged him to pass over his consolidated knowledge with as much love as he was taught. Beside his daily teaching work he founded a folk music group called ’Zagyva’ Band, which was formed by his pupils. In his birthplace he has been doing thorough collection of folk art traditions, for which he was rewarded with the title of ’Young Master of Folk Art’.
What is to be brought by next rounds? I do hope his keen work as a musician and teacher will make lots of people intake the endless love for music that determined his whole life.

Please accept ’Second Round’ with as much love as Balázs Unger and his friends provide it – to You."

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Balazs Unger es baratai

'Second Round'

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1. Titkon nyílik... - Secret unfold (Szekely land) (6'46") 2. Lassú magyar és friss - Slow and fresh (Transdanubium) (4'19") 3. Bulgáros - Bulgarian 4. Cigány keserves és mulató - Gypsy sad and jolly songs (South Romania) (5'52") 5. Invirtita, Barbunc és magyar - Invirtita (Transylvanian Heath) (4'04") 6. Kimenék ez útra... - I Went Out To This Road (Moldva) (7'01") 7. Gabalygós - Enmeshing (Szekely land) (5'46") 8. A fentieknek (Oláh Dezső emlékére) - To The Ones In Heaven (in memoriam Oláh Dezső) (East Hungary) (6'41") 9. Ezekkel a zenészekkel baj van... - Something Wrong With These Musicians (County Kolozs) (6'08")

Duration (54'15")

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