This evening takes us on a unique musical adventure in which folk, jazz, world and classical music will be heard on the Hungarian cimbalom. In addition to our own brilliant cimbalom masters, the concert will feature an added attraction in the form of two special Greek guest artists playing two of the cimbalom’s forerunners from Asia Minor, the kanun and the santur. Through the programme of music played here, we present the amazing history of the Hungarian pedal cimbalom, while also paying homage to some wonderful individuals who did so much to develop and popularise the instrument, and whose anniversaries we also celebrate this year. The instrument maker Vencel József Schunda, originator of the Hungarian pedal cimbalom and the modern tárogató, passed away 90 years ago, while exactly a century has elapsed since the death of the composer Géza Allaga, the father of cimbalom instruction and the first head of the cimbalom department at the one-time National School of Music. In addition, the composer and folk music researcher László Lajtha passed away 50 years ago, while Aladár Rácz, the world-renowned cimbalom virtuoso who elevated the instrument to the classical concert stage, left us some 55 years ago. The year 2013 thus represents a fourfold anniversary. Presented by: Palace of Arts
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