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Csik Ensemble

'With Heart and Soul, Farewell Concert to the Year 2009'

Musicians:
Zsolt Barcza Jr. – Hungarian cimbalom, accordion, electronic organ, voice
József Bartók – double bass, voice
János Csík – fiddle, voice
Tamás Kunos – viola, voice
Marianna Majorosi – voice
Péter Makó – saxophone, clarinet, taragot
Attila Szabó – fiddle, guitar, first tambur, voice 

Guests:
Mihály Dresch – saxophone, voice
István ‘Szalonna’ Pál – fiddle
Gábor Presser – piano, melodica, voice
Tibor Kiss – voice, guitar, guitalele

Label - Fono Budai Zenehaz, Hungary
Released 2010

Live music CD and DVD of Csik celebrating the turn of the year.

"It has been a nice tradition in the life of our band for some years that we say good-bye to the old year on 30th December within the framework of a concert. First this was held in the town of Kecskemét, then in Fonó Music Hall in Budapest. In 2009, however, it was moved to Millenáris Teátrum because of the growing interest. It was an occasion to celebrate several things along with our audience. It was a successful year for us. We were awarded the Hungarian Heritage Prize, the Kodály Prize of the town of Kecskemét, and we could feel the affection of our fans all the year round. It was a present not only for the audience, but for us as well that in this evening we could play together with musicians like Gábor Presser, Mihály Dresch, and Tibor Kiss.

In the past it was rock music, which was nourished by folk music. In the music of the Csík Band folk music embraces rock music, retaining the values of authentic village music, the fruits of human thoughts and feelings, while sensing the drifting power of pop and rock music, which have a strong effect on many people in our changing world.

This film has preserved not only the touching atmosphere of the concert and the high spirits of the successive dance house, but also the nostalgic concert at midnight, where hits from the sixties were played and the atmosphere resembled new year’s eves. The merrymaking that lasted until dawn was also recorded.
We hope you will enjoy it."
Csík Band

Csík Ensemble was originally formed in Kecskemét, in 1988. Over the years they have been playing Hungarian folk music and have become popular playing at dance-houses and concerts in Hungary and abroad. The admiration of the professional community is proved by the fact that the Csík won the title of "The Young Masters of Folk Arts" in 1991, the Main Prize of the Fourth Folk Music Festival of Bonyhád and also the Special Prize of The Hungarian Radio.

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Csik Ensemble

'With Heart and Soul, Farewell Concert to the Year 2009'