Csango Farsang (Carnival) in Eger

Andrea Gerak's next public performance



Time: 14th February 18:00
Place: Vörösrák Restaurant, Eger, Kossuth Lajos street 12.

Program:

At 18:00 mass for Csango Hungarians of Magyarfalu (Gaiceana-Arini (RO) at Ferencesek Church, Kossuth Lajos street 10, celebrated by Rev. Robert Pogar (born in Magyarfalu)

After that, dinner with entertainment. Performers:

Pal Dsupin furulya, Laszlo Cergo Herczeg koboz, Kinga Saarossy actress, Andrea Gerak singer, Laura Iancu poet, Ciprian Pogar singing (Magyarfalu), Ilona Budau singing (Magyarfalu), Students of Farkas Ferenc Music School, Jozsef Budau & his wife dance (Magyarfalu), Budau Antal & his wife dance (Magyarfalu), Antal Csicso tells stories about the Csangos (Klezse).

Táncház (=Hungarian folk dance house), teaching songs

Fee: 3000.-HUF

Tickets:
+36/36/312814 or personally at Vörösrak Restaurant

Media partners:
Csango Tükör, MyMusic, Hirek Oldal, Day.hu, Zenesz.info, Freeblog, Folkradio, Dalok.hu, TV Eger, Zajlik, Blogter, Egri Vegvar, Hirfal, Propeller, Myspace

Csángó Tükör interview

In the latest issue of CsángóTükör (Csango Mirror) you can read the first part of an interview with Andrea Gerak. The editors couldn't have timed it better than just before the Csango Ball in Budapest (the link is from 2005, but they have it in the same place this year as well) and the Csango Farsang (Carnival) in Eger. At the latter, Andrea will also perform as a guest.


"I set down for a tea with Lidia in the autumn at Gödör, and we had a great talk, first of all about my trip to Moldva last summer which has given me so many experiences that the majority of what I have seen and heard are still in my head and computer, waiting for being processed. I enjoyed this conversation a lot; it gave me an opportunity to think over and evaluate tings deeply, also for myself." - Andrea

The interview has been published uncut, without editing and this way the reader can enjoy a real, live conversation, on four pages. (In Hungarian.)

Pictures from Magyarfalu

Another beautiful csango settlement, Magyarfalu (Gaiceana-Arini, Romania).

This visit was one of the nicest experiences of my summer.

On the first few photos, you can see an old cemetery (maybe from 200 years back?); when I stepped out of the door from the beautiful garden with flowers, I saw this hill:



I learned this Hungarian folk song that you can hear in the video, about 20 years ago, from a radio recording with an elderly woman from the village.

Impressions from Pusztina/Pustiana

It was a very nice day on my July trip to csángó villages in Moldva. As a preparation for the local festival in Magyarfalu (Arini, county Bacau in Romania), we drove to Pusztina/Pustiana where I had time to take a few photos.

The Hungarian folk song you can hear is also from that region. (Album: Madárka, madárka)

Csángó Night and Dance House

The Sweden-based Petrás Incze János Csángó Foundation is holding a charity event at the Hungarian House in Stockholm. All the benefit from the concert will go to support social and cultural needs of Csángó Hungarians in Moldva.

Time: 24th May 2008
Place: Magyar Ház - Ungerska Huset (Bromma, Lövåsvägen 12, Stora Mossen subway station, green line towards Hässelby) Map


15:00-17:00 dance house for children (Hungarian folk dances)
17:00-19:00 Csángó Night Concert
19:30- till about Midnight dance house for adults (Hungarian folk dances)

Entrance fee: adulsts 80.-SEK, children 30.-SEK

Excellent Hungarian, Japanese, Indian, Polish, Swedish and Latvian artists will perform at the concert of folk music and classical music:

● Barozda (Csongor Simó violin, Lajos Toró viola, József Simó double bass, hurdy-gurdy, koboz): traditional music from Transylvania and Moldva,

● Barna Both (piano) performs his own compositions ("The Little Prince" and "Nocturne"),
● Andrea Gerák Csángó folk songs from Moldva,

● Japanese students of Sonoko Kase play piano,
● Lakshmikanth (tabla, voice) and Saikira (indiai harmonium): classical Indian music,
● Magnus Smedman Band (Swedish bagpipe and hurdy-gurdy): Swedish folk music,
● Milda Zigure and Ineta Zigure Latvian artists (violin and piano)
● Kinga Práda Sagvik (flute),
● György Stuber (Hungarian bagpipe, Moldva Csángó bagpipe, hurdy-gurdy and flute): folk music from Transylvania and Moldva, first ever Csángó bagpipe stage performance in music history!,
● Zsuzsanna Gaal, Gabriella Dybowski, Thomas Svanfeldt és György Stuber Hungarian folk dances.

Dance house music will be played by Barozda and György Stuber.

Donations can be sent to Foundation Petrás Incze János Csángó Alapítvány (Postgiro: 636 25 57 – 8 Receiver: Csángó Fonden Petrás Incze János)

Thank you in the name of Csángós.

Our event is dedicated to commemorate the late Csángó musicians Gergely Mesterke (-2004), Péter Minuc (-2002), Mihály Dima(-2005, Petru Ghiurca bagpipers and János Zerkula (-2008) fiddler who visited Sweden in 2002

Contact: +46 8 254038
Magyar Ház (Hungarian House) in Stockholm