Rozsdamaró Zenekar

Similar artists via Last.fm

Szászcsávás Band Boglya együttes Míves zenekar

About Rozsdamaró Zenekar

Rozsdamaró play Hungarian folk music. Which we could as well call traditional music, dance music folklore, peasant music, or village Gypsy music. Also, we could alternatively define its place of origin as the Carpathian Basin, East Central Europe, Hungary and Romania (and Transylvania), or all this rather strange post-Austro-Hungarian space. The plethora of terms displayed above is not to suggest an uncertainty about what we are trying to do. Much rather, it is to suggest that there is a lack of consensus, even in the common knowledge of the Hungarians, about what we call "Hungarian folk music," especially when instrumental music is concerned. It is familiar yet alien at the same time. From one viewpoint we may appreciate it, with Bartók, as a "clear fountain" of our national culture. From another, it may seem neither Hungarian enough, nor ancient enough. (Not to speak of those who reject it outright as ridiculously old-fashioned.) For this musical tradition is varied in origin and style alike, but that exactly might be one reason why some of us find it so interesting. In its traditional setting - village musicians preserving the heritage of their fathers - its days are numbered. Yet, with more and more "fans" worldwide, it is definitely not outdated. This is due to the movement from the 1970s onwards, whereby some city-dwellers started to indulge in this musical style, consciously acquiring an unknown tradition, and thus preserving and reviving the art of our old masters. Indeed, the penetrating force and elegant charm that we feel in the music of the best village bands is also due to a subtle interplay between a slowly moving tradition and individual innovation/improvisation. In addition, these musicians are always aware of the function of their music: accompanying the dance, and very attentively serving the amusement of a particular community. This is what we find especially important about folk music. We believe this attitude is a way to sound, authentic, and pleasing - thus, valuable - music, which we are trying to attain. The band was formed by three Szeged students in 2000. With fiddler Lipták Dániel, viola player Nagy Gábor (who also plays the bagpipes and the shepherd flute), and bass player Horváth Ádám, we represent the classic trio characteristic for Hungarian and Transylvanian village bands. In Szeged, we have been playing chiefly at folk dancing parties, known as táncház, at various student clubs and pubs. A lively university town, Szeged always attracts a lot of folk musicians and young people fond of folk dancing, so we have found our little circle, and we could not do without the inspiration we get from these friends at each party. Besides parties, we also do concerts, and we provide musical accompaniment for dance groups performing on stage. On several occasions we won first prize in the annual music competition of the University of Szeged, and we got an award at the 2004 Folk Music Meeting in Bonyhád. From 2002 onwards we have contributed several records to the yearly volumes of the CD anthologies Táncház - Népzene and Új élő népzene. The first album entirely by Rozsdamaró came out in December 2004. Our main field of interest is Transylvanian (both Hungarian and Romanian) music, including the rich heritage of regions like Mezőség, Kalotaszeg, or the area of the river Maros (which roughly correspond to the districts of Cluj and Mureş of Romania). We also play some music from Gyimes and Moldavia (districts Harghita and Bacău), and from today's Hungary and Slovakia. The music of the Romanian inhabitants of Elek and Méhkerék in the southeast of Hungary is particularly close to our hearts. What we play is, by definition, a form of chamber music, i.e. fit for small ensembles. However, the trio sound is often extended with singing or other instruments. We have been happy to play with singers Polgár Lilla, Ivánovics Tünde, and János Hajnalka; koboz player Fábri Géza; viola players Mészáros János and Papp Endre; cimbalom player Pribojszki Ferenc; accordeon players Barcza Zsolt and Lunka Aladár; and another band called Békés Banda - just to mention a few friends. http://www.rozsdamaroband.hu/

Taken from Last.fm

95 listeners · 695 plays via Last.fm