Considered one of the great composers of the 20th century, the deeply expressive Béla Bartók synthesised elements of folk music of Hungarian and related cultures into classical forms ...

Béla Bartók (1881–1945) was a Hungarian composer who was particularly interested in the folk music of his country. Hungarian Pictures was originally composed for the piano between 1908-1911 ...

Over the past century, the Kodály concept of safeguarding traditional folk music has helped to promote, transmit and document practices in Hungary and assist countries abroad for similar purposes.

By Vivek Panchal, AUT Journalism Student Have you ever heard about the cimbalom instrument? For music enthusiasts, the ...

Highlights of the program include Bela Bartok’s Folk Songs, Dohnanyi’s virtuosic Ruralia Hungarica for violin and piano, Liszt’s brilliant Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 and much more. Johannes ...

The Sino-Hungary friendship concert featured Hungarian violin maestro, Roby Lakatos, joining in with the Chinese folk music. The guest musician revealed to us that his pre-performance ritual ...

Béla Bartók’s six string quartets, composed between 1908 and 1940, are among the milestones of the genre in the 20th century. This slipcase contains the works in six handy, first-class pocket scores.

There is also a Welsh-Hungarian concert and folk-dance event which takes place ... border with Romania The village of 2,500 people heard songs including the little-known Tua Bethlem Dref, while ...