43rd National Táncház Festival & Fair • 5–7 April 2024
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Obituary: Almási István 1934-2021 Transylvanian ethnomusicologist, member of the Hungarian Academy of the Arts. Almási István was born in Kolozsvár/Cluj Napoca, Tranylvania. He was educated in Transylvania and worked until retirement as a scientific researcher at the Institute of Folklore (of the Romanian Academy of Sciences) in Kolozsvár. His work included collection, research and publication on folk music from areas of Transylvania known in Hungarian research as: Érmellék, Szilágyság, Lápos mente, Aranyosszék, Kis-Küküllő – Maros köze, Nyárád mente, Homoród mente, Háromszék. His most recent publications were: A népzene jegyében (2009) and Most jöttem Erdélyből (2019). From announcement by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Musicology.