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Fonó Folk Band

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

History

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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 consists 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

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  • 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

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  • 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 its Folk Roots, Hungaroton, Budapest, 2004
  • Hateha! – Evergreens of the Dance House - Hungarian folk music, Fonó edition, Budapest, 2009

Awards

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References

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