Articles by Initial Letters
Barozda mindörökké
- Issue: 2010/6
- Starting page: 3
- Author: K. Tóth László
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Transylvania’s Barozda Ensemble founding member Pávai István recalls the mid-1970s in Transylvania when Barozda was formed in the town of Csíkszereda (Miercurea Ciuc) by young Transylvanian musicians and music students. They played Transylvanian village music and held some of the first dance houses of the Transylvanian village music and dance revival movement. In the meantime the band also played 17th century music. For a time they had support from Romanian TV and radio. By the 1980s however the band members were beginning to be harassed by the Romanian authorities because of their concerts of that included religious music and contacts with Hungary and Radio Free Europe. As a consequence most of the band members left Transylvania and went to live in Sweden. Now more than 35 years later the band gets together from time to time to play concerts in Transylvania; the most recent of which were two concerts during a music festival held in Csíkszereda earlier this year. As told to K. Tóth László.