As a child, he danced with Zola Prauda in Kaba (Hungary, near Debrecen) and played the zither in the Vasvirág zither orchestra in Kaba. In 2004, as a freshman, he got his first six-hole “sü’ltyü” flute. He later studied at the Óbuda School of Folk Music with Sándor Balogh and Zoltán Juhász. He is also…

Farkas Gyulai – violinist, singer, dancer, also plays the koboz, gardon, flutes and, most importantly, is able to teach all this in a very natural and gentle way. Co-founder of the band Szépszerével (2012), founder of the band Szőrénszálán (2023), with whom he often visits Poland. Sympathy for Poland and Poles has also translated into…

Andrzej Skupniewicz – a music teacher from Chelmno – has decided to revive the heritage of Chelmno Land (Kujawsko-Pomorskie Province). The task he set for himself is all the more difficult because this region is a white spot on the ethnomusicological map of Poland. Having no recordings, no informants, he used a unique source –…

I was born in Budapest in 1973, in a family of musicians. I have been playing the violin since I was six years old. In 1991 I graduated from the Győr Conservatory of Music in violin and in 1998 from the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in bass viola (name of folk instrument “brácsa”). My…

1961, Csíkkarcfalva, ROI worked in Balanbánya (romanian Bălan, a town in Transilvania) until 1990. Many Moldovans worked in Balanbánya, many of them were Csángós, and I noticed their unique speech and archaic features. We became friends with several of them, they were more courageous in using their own language in front of us, they invited…

Júlia Skopp – movement and music teacher (BA at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna). She has been playing flutes and dancing since she was a child; she fell in love with chango dances in 2012, although she frequented the Csángó Festival in Jászberény as a child. Since then, she has participated…