Fonó Folk Band

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Active from 1997 Genre World		Record label Fonó Budai Zeneház

Albums Hateha, Vadbarokk, Mixtura Cultivalis Similar Gergely Agócs, Muzsikás, Ágnes Herczku, Kálmán Balogh, Csík zenekar

The Fonó Folk Band is a Hungarian folk band, playing traditional Hungarian music.

History

Fonó Folk Band was founded in 1997 in Budapest. Its members are musicians from around Hungary and its various historical regions such as the Hungarian-minority areas of Slovakia and Ukraine, who have devoted their careers to performing, teaching and researching traditional folk music. Their repertoire consist of Magyar and other Carpathian-Basin peoples' instrumental and vocal music, and authentic arrangements in these traditions. The members of the band themselves collect folk music - an experience they use to boost the band's repertoire.

Members

Andrea Navratil - vocals

Gergely Agócs - vocals, tárogató, bagpipe, fujara, flutes

Tamás Gombai - violin, second violin

István Pál “Szalonna” - violin, second violin

Sándor D. Tóth - viola, hurdy-gurdy, gardon, drum, cobsa, zither

Zsolt Kürtösi – doublebass, cello, accordion

Balint Tarkany-Kovacs - cimbalom

Discography

Sok szép napot éjszakával [A Lot of Beautiful Days and Nights] - Honvéd edition, Budapest 1998

Árgyélus kismadár [The Little Bird] - Hungarian folk music from Southern Slovakia (with singer Gyöngyi Écsi) - Fonó Records, Budapest, 2000

Musique de danse Hongroise - Anthology of Hungarian folk music, Buda Musique, Paris, 2001

Mixtura Cultivalis – Folk music from the Carpathian Basin, Fonó Records, Budapest, 2002

Túlparton / Other side – Art Music of Béla Bartók and it’s Folk Roots, Hungaroton, Budapest, 2004

Hateha! – Evergreens of the Dance House - Hungarian folk music, Fonó edition, Budapest, 2009

Awards

2003 – Choc de l’Année (Le Monde de la Musique, Paris)

2005 – eMeRTon (Magyar Rádió - Hungarian State Broadcasting Company, Budapest)

2006 – Kodály Price (Magyar Művészeti Akadémia - Hungarian Academy of Arts, Budapest)

Songs

KalotaszegiHateha · 2009
MezőségiHateha · 2009
SzékiHateha · 2009

References

Fonó Folk Band Wikipedia

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