21. Nov. 2009
Muzsikás - Woven Hand joint concert at Millenáris Theatrum
Woven Hand visited Budapest for one joint concert with Muzsikás. The concert was at
the Millenaris Theatrum, the venue where Muzsikás recorded Allegro Barbaro DVD.
The program was quite different from the Sziget program, more joint songs were performed.
Thanks-poem of David Eugene Edwards
album (foto: Bálint Pörneczi)
album (foto: Domonkos Hamar)
18. Sept. 2009.
Eger: Muzsikás - Balanescu concert
The friends from years, Muzsikás and Alexander Balanescu made a great open air concert
in Eger, a Northern Hungarian city famous for its red wine.
Alex knew this wine but it was the first time he visited Eger and met the fantastic audience there.
The guest was the excellen dancer, Zoltán Farkas.
foto album (Horváth Dóra)
27. July 2009
Standing ovations for Muzsikas in Amsterdam
The audinence of the Muzsikas concert in the great hall of the
world-famous ConcertGebouw, Amterdam responsed the concert with standing
ovation. This was not the first concert of Muzsikas here, but never before
they achieved such a success. When they come back to the stage for their instruments
realized that the audience sill standing and waiting for an other ancore.
21. July 2009.
Muzsikás with their friends in Croatia
Muzsik'a and theif friends from Transylvania played at the beautiful yard of the
Zagreb City Hall as one of the concerts of the Zagreb Summer Evenings.
The acoustic and the lights were extraordinary, the people of Zagreb are great,
it was a nice evening, Thank for you, our Croatian friends!
10-12 July 2009.
Muzsikás in Borneo Island, in Malaysia
Muzsikás performed a the 12th Rainforest World Music Festival
in Sarawak County, Borneo, Malaysia. Great musicaians from all over the world,
great concerts in the Sarawak Cultural Village, this is the festival. The
event is extremely popular, cowds arrive from the surrounding cities and many from Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Singapore, Jakarta and even from China.
Excellent organizing, the real tropical rainforest clima, the jungle jus behind
the stages and friendly people smiling everywhere. Muzsikas is honoured being invited
here, it was touching to see the thousands of people dancing for the old Transylvanian
music.
foto album: Borneo Rainforest
foto album: Rainforest World Music Festival
3. June 2009.
NPR: The Muzsikas-Takacs concert in Boston
The joint concert of Takacs, Sebestyen and Muzsikas in the fall of 2008 was recorded and broadcasted by the NPR Radio, Boston. Now the shorteded version of the concert can be listen on the web page of the NPR.
Bartok: From The Fields To The Concert Hall
Hear The Takacs Quartet And Muzsikas Play An Homage To Bartok In Concert
29. May 2009.
Lenzburgiade: Music Festival
The Lenzburgiade, a classical and folk music festival was organized in the
beautiful Habsburg castle of Lenzburg, Switzerland.
The concert started with piano music of Liszt and Brahms performed by the two great pianists:
Filippo Gamba (Italy) és Christoph Berner (Austria). Then the
Netnakisum Quartet (Vienna) plaed their arrangements. Muzsikás finished the successful concert with the traditional music of Hungary and Transylvania.
foto album
19. May 2009.
Brussels, Hungarian Cultural Center
Hungary celebrated the 5th anniversary of the EU membership in Brussels, the administrative
capital of the EU. The joint concert of Muzsikás and the Bartók String Quartet was a real great success, full house in the Hungarian Cultural Center.
foto album
6. Febr. 2009.
Muzsikás concert at the A38 ship
The old ex-Russian (sx-Soviet) ship in the Danube, Noth Budapest became a cult venue for
alternative music. Here played the Muzsikas with and the young Hungarian Kerekes Band,
whose latest cd was selected as one of the bests by the Songines Magazine.
foto album
22. Jan. 2009.
Concert in Barlin with the Bartók Quartet
22nd of January is the Day of the Hungarian Culture, remembering the birth of
the Hungarian Anthem. Celebrating this day the Muzsikás, thr Bartók Quartet and
young traditional musicians from Gyimes region (Rumania) gave a joint concert at the
Collegium Hungaricaum, Berlin.
15. Dec. 2008.
New Muzsikás DVD released: Allegro Barbaro
The close relationship between the music of the great Hungarian composer,
Béla Bartók is well-known. Based on one of the most successful concert-program
of Muzsikás,
where some piano-works of Bartók were interpreded by the renown pianist
Jenő Jandó and the folk music of the Carpathian Basin were played
by Muzsikás, the new DVD consists many other exciting archive video pfrom the past
of Muzsikás.
more...
5. Dec. 2008.
Muzsikas was honoured with the Prima Primissima Award
For the lifetime achievement ten personalities or groups from the science-art are
honoured by the very prestigeous awardÉ "The best among the bests": Prima Primissima.
This year Muzsikas was among the 30 candidates and won this award. Muzsikas is very pleased...
Nov. 8-22 2008.
Bartók and the Folk Music: USA tour
One of the most successful tour were organized for two weeks with the renowned Takacs Quartet
and the Muzsikas. The special guest in these concerts was Marta Sebestyén, the best known Hungarian
folk singer. Almost all the concert during the tour were reviewed by the most important classical music experts.
reviews....(Washington Post, Boston Globe, IROM, Concerto.net, etc.)
Nov. 2. 2008
Sevilla: WOMEX Award Ceremony and concert
Muzsikas received the Womex Award in a colourful ceremony in Sevilla during
the World Music Expo. At the second half of the ceremony Muzsikas performed
a concert with Maria Petra singer and a couple of dancers: Ildiko Toth and Zoltan Farkas.
The concert ended with a standing ovation by the audience.
Joe Boyd: The WOMEX Award 08 to Muzsikás
Oct. 4. 2008.
Eindhoven: Wovenhand-Muzsikás-Zapp Qoartet concert
In Eindhoven, Holland at the great hall of the Muzikcentrum a unic concert was
organized. Thee different type of music collaborated resulting a great evening:
Th Zapp string quarte, Muzsikás and the Colorado-based American Woven Hand
with the front-personality David Eugene Edwards. The idea was David's who
earlier, as the singer/composer of the 16-Horsepower arranged a Muzsikas song:
The Outlaw's Song. Hopefully a new cooperation strted.
album
11. Aug. 2008.
Muzsikás win the 10th annual WOMEX Award for World Music
WOMEX announced this week the winner of 10th Annual WOMEX Award for World Music.
The award goes to Muzsikás. As the international jury declared, "Muzsikas is the group of artists
who put Hungarian folk music on the international map. They have been the foremost ambassadors for
music from Hungary, with a special emphasis on music from Transylvania."
Muzsikas is deeply touched...
read more....
Joe Boyd: The WOMEX Award 08 to Muzsikás
20. July 2008.
Muzsikás in London at the Royal Albert Hall
Muzsikas appeared in the most important music festial os the World, the BBC Proms.
First time after 114 years the folk music got a chancce in the classical music program, the 20th of July was the Folk Day. Muzsikás were among the musicians performed the Proms 4 concert in the Royal Albert Hall for more than 4000 people. Muzsikas played traditional music from Transylvania, Transdanubia, Bekas and Moldva. They performed a medley of Bartók's Rumanian Folk Dances together with the London Sinfonietta. The succesful concert can be heard in the web site of the BBC.
I listen...(from the BBC web-site)
The Independent: BBC PROMS Top-Ten
The Guardian: Folk Day - review
Telegraph: review
musicOMH.com: review
11. Aug. 2007.
At a shockingly beautiful hall: in the castle of Wartburg
At the Castle of Wartburg in Thüringia, Germany where St. Elisabeth, the Hungarian-born princess were the queen, the MDR Broadcasting company organizes the Musiksommer Festival.
Muzsikas were invited here for a concert with Maria Petras. Again an unforgottable evening.
Thüringer Allgemeine: Der Musiksommer blickt nach Ungarn... (in German)
foto album...(foto: Maria Schenderlein)
9. Aug. 2007.
Bartók and the folk music: an unforgottable concert again
The two quartets, the classical Takács Quartet and the Muzsikás
met again to refresh thir memeorie of the great concerts of the last year at several European venues. Their joint concert together with Marta Sebestyen was a great experience but not only for the audience but for the musicians, as well. We meet again in January 2008 at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
foto album...
8. Aug. 2007.
Great success in the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
The festival is very popular in the region, the concerts are in the middle of the nowhere, sometimes to reach the strange buildings takes a time. Nevertheless this concert ig Grossenaspe where Muzsikas and Marta Sebestyen performed together, was sold out in advance and ended with a great success
foto album ....
30. Jun. 2007.
Muzsikás with their friends: From Kalotaszeg to Bartók
Muzsikas gave a concert with their friends at the most prestigeous concert hll of Hungary, The National Concerthall of the Palace of Arts. The concert ended with standing ovation which is not usual in Budapest at all.
foto album...(foto: Fehér Sándor)
11. May 2007
Vienna, Austria: Wiener Konzerthaus, Mozartsaal
Vienna is one of the main center of the European music, it is always a big honour to play there.
Muzsikás played at the beautiful Mozartsaal in 33. International Music Festival, where really great stars were invites as the New York Philharmonic Orchestra or Jan Garbarek.
The grat success of Muzsikas with the outstanding singer Maria Petras showed that the Hungarian folk music can touch the sophysticated vienna concert-audience, too.
ORF Radio: Muzsikás - Weltstars in Wien
2-6 May 2007.
Muzsikas in Japan at the Tokyo International Forum
Muzsikas played in the Festival "La Folle Journée Japon"
at the most prestigeous cultural center of Japan, the
Tokyo International Forum. Last year 700 thousand people
visited ths festival , this year it was even bigger.
Muzsikas played seven concerts, three of the was the joint
concert with the great cellist, Roel Dieltiens.
Muzsikás played as the only ensemble at the Opening Ceremony
and it is a special great honour as the festival is a classical
music festival.
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