Muzsikás

Muzsikás is a Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , in English officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU, V4 and is a Schengen state...

 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, considered to be one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, and regarded, along with Liszt, as his country'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.Sebestyén was educated at Miklós Radnóti Grammar School, Budapest. She has sung regularly and recorded with the Hungarian folk group Muzsikás...

 has produced a string of highly-regarded recordings.

Members

The group's core members are:

• Mihály Sipos - violin
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  , citera
• László Porteleki - violin, koboz, vocal
• Péter Éri - kontra, viola
  Viola
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  , mandolin
  Mandolin
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  , flute
  Flute
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  , long flute
• Dániel Hamar - contrabass
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  , gardon, drum, cymbal

Permanent guests are:

• Márta Sebestyén
  Márta Sebestyén
  Márta Sebestyén is a Hungarian folk vocalist.Sebestyén was educated at Miklós Radnóti Grammar School, Budapest. She has sung regularly and recorded with the Hungarian folk group Muzsikás...
  
  - 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/Ryko
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• 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)