3 May 2025, 19.30-22.00

Grand Hall

Acoustic, Authentic

Folk Dance House Day

Dance tunes from Méhkerék
Featuring: Zoltán Rácz, Zoltán Patyi (violin), János Kovács (violin kontra), Csobán Gergő Szabó (double bass)
Old gypsy dance and quadruple dance from Magyarszovát
Featuring: Afrodité Radis (vocals), Virág Pirbus, Bence Biszak (violin), Barnabás Erőss (viola), Ádám Bernáth (double bass)
Bagpipe music from Highlands
Featuring: Balázs Istvánfi, Miklós Félegyházi (bagpipe)
Azt gondoltam míg a világ…
Featuring: Mihaéla Veres (vocals), Zoltán Gárgyán (recorder), Virág Pirbus (violin), Radna Lászlófi (cobza), Borbála Töreky (zither, cobza)
Szapora, verbunk, korcsos and gypsy dance from Magyaró
Featuring: Bence Biszak (violin), Barnabás Erőss (viola), Ádám Bernáth (double bass)
Bagpipe and hurdy-gurdy duo from Lower Tisza Region
Featuring: Miklós Félegyházi (bagpipe), Marcell Horváth (hurdy-gurdy)
Greek urban folk music from Asia Minor
Featuring: Afrodité Radis (vocals), Dávid Eredics (clarinet), Szlobodán Wertetics (accordion), Zoltán Bordás (percussion)
Malo kolo from the melodies of Joca Mimika Mlinko
Featuring: Virág Pirbus (violin), Bálint Máté Horváth (brač tamboura), Attila Buzás (bas)
Wedding melodies from the Danube in Bačka
Featuring: Kamilla Almási, Izabella Czeilinger, Kamilla Pausch, Mihaela Veres (vocals), Attila Csernák (prim tamboura), Bálint Máté Horváth (brač tamboura), Ádám Bernáth (double bass)

Featuring students and professors of the Folk Music Department of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music

Folk Dance House Day is traditionally celebrated across Hungary on the anniversary of the first Hungarian táncház, or folk dance gathering. That first experimental event took place in an urban setting in Budapest more than fifty years ago, sparking a movement that would later become internationally known as the folk dance house movement. In 2011, UNESCO included the táncház method in its Register of Good Safeguarding Practices.

This folk music concert is part of a nationwide series of events jointly organized by the Liszt Academy and the Hungarian Heritage House since 2022. The concept for this year’s program is realized through a new approach: students and instructors from the Folk Music Department submitted their ideas via an open call, and the best of these will be brought to life on stage. The creative projects of 2025 are framed by the 150th anniversary of the Liszt Academy’s founding and its close professional partnership with the Hungarian Heritage House.

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