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Téka Ensemble

'Oskelet - Ancient East'

(TVM117)

Musicians:
Balázs Vizeli - fiddle
Zoltán Porteleki - cimbalom
György Lányi -  bagpipe, viola
Pál Havasréti - double bass, hurdy-gurdy
Beatrix Tárnoki - voice

Guests:
Kalman Balogh - Cimbalom
Dudas Mihaly Dresch - flute, saxophone
Dongo Balazs Szokoly - bagpipe, saxophone
Robert Kerenyi - flute
Eva Fabian - voice
Ferenc Sara - voice
Szusanna Varga - voice
Judit Koczka - voice

32 page booklet with notes in English and Hungarian.

A stunning and diverse release by this accomplished band, ably assisted by a wealth of folk music stars.

Even though they concentrate on the folk music of a particular part of Europe, they succeed admirably in making each and every song unique and interesting.

On this release they pay tribute to four prominent folk music researchers and collectors: Zoltan Kallos, Imre Olsvai, Bela Bartok, and Pal Peter Domokos.


Formed in 1976, they are one of the leading ensembles of the "New wave of folk music". One year after bring formed they gained the title "Young Masters of Folk Art."

Teka Ensemble
plays authentic Hungarian peasant music. Their repertoire emphasizes the traditional style of playing and the original feeling of folk music. They play string instruments (violin, viola, double bass, cello) and other unique folk instruments (bagpipe-bõrduda, hurdy-gurdy-tekerõ, cimbalom, ütõgardon). With these instruments they reproduce a colourful picture of village music from all Hungarian - speaking territories.

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Teka Ensemble

'Oskelet - Ancient East'

(TVM117)

This symbol  indicates an mp3 sound clip for that track. Click on the symbol and wait for the clip to start. For more information click here. Tracks

1. Porzik a Hegyi Boroda (Somogy County, Hungary) (4'59")

2 - 4. Nyisd ki Rozsam Ablakidat (Beta, Also-Fejer County, Rumania) (5'47")

5 Verd meg Isten, Verd meg azt, Kinek Szive nem Igaz... (7'24").

6. Lanyoknak az Agya, Rozmaring a Faja... (5'12")

7 - 9. Magyarok Moldvaban (Hungarians in Moldavia) (9'00")

10 - 14. Arad es Bihar Megyei Roman Nepzene (Rumanian folk music from Arad and Bihar County) (12'34")

15. Szep Pavak Repdesnek (Glodeni, Rumania) (3'22")

16 - 17. Szintezis (6'00")

18 - 21. Keserves, Hejsza, Cigany Csardas, Sebes Csardas (Gyimes) (17'33")

Duration (71'51")

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TÉKA ENSEMBLE IS 25 YEARS OLD

By Kalman Magyar
(Reproduced from the HAL discussion
group by kind permission)


I attended the Téka 25 years anniversary album concert last Friday [18th of May] at a small Budapest theater called the MU Szinhaz. it was a relaxed and fun concert and it appears that the new Téka album will be an interesting one. May be the most important character of the band is that they remained to be truly authentic and they do not want to be a "show band" but give full respect to their collections and sources they learn from.

Vizeli Balázs is a fantastic violinist, probably one of the best in folkmusic in Hungary. Gyorgy Lanyi on the bracsa and Pal Havasreti on the Bass are solid foundations to the band's music. Beatrix Tarnoki is popular with Téka fans and after several year of singing with the band she now is an important member.

However several guest artists made the evening even more interesting and we should pay attention to their name; Kalman Balogh on the cimbalom needs no introduction. Mihaly Dresch Dudas is one of Hungary's most interesting new jazz or progressive jazz saxophone  players, but he is also a great furulya player as we had a chance to see. Szokolai Balazs is a good Tekero and duda player, but the most exciting guest this time proof to be Ronert Kerenyi, an absolutely wonderful furulya player who is also a specialist in Gyimes and Moldva furulya music. I have not seen anything like him before his love and enthusiasm in playing the furulya shows immediately. There was also Ferenc Sara and Zsuzsa Varga who sang, played music and danced to make the evening more interesting.

I could not help but think back about twenty years, when we welcomed the Téka at the 1982 Hungarian folkdance Symposium, as the first "live" [most of the evenings] folk music band in America from Budapest. not much has changes with the Téka since then. They are the same fun loving people as they were then, at least this evening they were.

Kalman Magyar (Reproduced from the HAL discussion group by kind permission)

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