Birthday concert of Szőke Szabolcs, one of the most famous hungarian etno and world musicians.

László Dés - sax
Mihály Dresch - sax
Kornél Fekete-Kovács - trumpet
Gábor Juhász - guitar
Zoltán Lantos - violin
Dániel Váczi - sax

Bladder Circus Company
Ektar
Tin-Tin Quintet

„The gadulka is a solitudeinstrument. Our record tells mostly about this solitudeinstrument. We are inseparable of each other. My instrument originates from a Bulgarian town, called Nesebar. This is a headland. Partly Europe, partly Asia. The man, I have bought it from, thirthy years ago, is Hriszto Ivanov, Bulgarian gadulka player. I dedicate this record for him and for my wife, Margit, with whom I was there on honeymoon. And for my daughter, Sára, whose marriage will be soon. But, of course, for everyone, who is listening this music – really a musical diary (Agenda) – with open heart and ears. It raises a monument to the memory of a Bulgarian gadulka musician, of our young days, of my wandering in the world, Budapest – Nesebar – Paris – Caracas – Florence – Venice – Bovegno di Magno – imaginary eastern towns, the sounds of solitude and being together. These are the sound of the beggar and of the rich, in the litterally and the figurally sense of the word as well.” – Szabolcs Szőke

Szabolcs Szőke – gadulka, sarangi
Evelin Tóth - voice

Szőke is a well known artist from Tin-Tin, Makám and Kolinda. Besides playing on oriental instruments he is also known for directing theatre pieces. This is the first time, that these three works: Omáar Khayyám, The Arabian Nights and Jayadeva are blended into one single unit. There verses are set to music mainly for original instruments. Their melodic and rhythmic structure is built on Indian, Persian, North African, Balkan and East-Central-European elements.

Bea Palya - vocal, mouth organ, kalimba, anklung, bells, rhythmic speech, clapping
András Monori - kaval, sithar, bamboo flute, double recorder, trumpet, mouth organ, kalimba, guitar, bells
Péter Szalai - tabla, kalimba, ocean drum, rain stick, bells, rhythmic speech
Szabolcs Szőke - gadulka, sarangi, gusla, kalimba, bamboo zither, bells
Lajos Spilák - tapan, gongs, bells, prose
Éva Enyedi - anklung, mouth organ, mbira, rhythmic speech, clapping
Katalin Homonnai - anklung, mouth organ, mbira, rhythmic speech, clapping
Domokos Szabó - anklung, bamboo sansa