43rd National Táncház Festival & Fair • 5–7 April 2024
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Conversation with fiddler from Köln, Germany Herbert Schneider “Kaktusz”. Born in Transylvania in 1954, educated in Bucharest, Kaktusz emigrated to Germany in 1970. In 1976 he, Kása Béla and others founded Cinege Band. The band was instrumental in establishing and playing for regular Hungarian dance houses in Germany and was active until 1989. Over the years Kaktusz also played with the Rácz family in Strasburg and in Switzerland and Brussels. In 2011 he played with a band they called BKF during a series of events organized by European Parliament. Interview by Karakas Zoltán.