Róbert Kerényi 'Szigony' & friends Presented by Liszt Academy

Róbert Kerényi is an emblematic figure of the second wave of the dance house movement. During this time, in the mid-1980s, public attention shied away from Transylvanian string music and towards the music traditions of Hungarians from the Gyimes and Moldavia. Szigony’s ascetic lifestyle, his folk music collecting trips, on-stage performances, the incredibly meticulous processing of musical material, and the bacon and onions always held in reserve in his backpack are (rightly so) the stuff of legend. For this recital, he takes the stage with artist friends and musicians famed in the genre. The concert is not edited in the traditional sense but is composed of rather lengthy and improvized musical processes performed with a high degree of freedom. As well as Moldavian and Gyimes dances, we can hear interesting melodic parallels from Rajasthan.