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Szigony-zene – interjú Kerényi Róberttel (II. rész)
- Issue: 2022/6
- Starting page: 3
- Genre: Interjú
- Author: Grozdits Károly
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Interview with folk musician Kerényi Róbert "Szigony"– Part Two. Kerényi Róbert is a dynamic musician and personality who plays Moldavian and Gyimes (Transylvanian) wooden shepherd’s flutes. Róbert gives his description of ’old style’ traditional music. He tells about playing for dance teaching (dances from Gyimes) the first time when his mentor Berán István invited him to join him for this at the Méta dance house (Budapest 8th disctrict) in the late 1980s. He describes forming Tatros Band and how the Gyimes/Moldavian dance houses began in 1988 at Budapest’s Marcibányi Square Cultural Center. He talks about the musicians that played with Tatros Band over the years and about bringing busloads of traditional musicians and dancers from villages in Moldavia or Gyimes to Hungary for balls or summer camps in the 1990s. He goes on to describe Szigony Band and a tour to Asia (Kazakhstan, China, Tibet) with a project called ’Mediawave Karavan’. He lists the kind of equipment he has used over the years to make field recordings. He also talks about performing in ’commedia dell'arte’ style street theatre groups and his participation as musician in ’alternative’ or ’independent’ theatre productions. The interview ends with his thoughts on improvisation, teaching and what makes music interesting or not so interesting. Interview by Grozdits Károly.