Turkic-Hungarian folk roots – János Sipos X Guessous Meşi

An expert on the connection between Turkic and Hungarian folk music, János Sipos has collected data, motifs and melodies from Kyrgyzstan to Anatolia in the past 30 years. He charts deep-rooted patterns and parallels across the art of the ashiks of the Caucasus to Hungarian folk songs, uncovering a little-known folk treasury, first explored by Bartók. Meşi Guessous Majda and her band, Dávid Eredics (pipes) Vajk Kobza (oud, koboz) Dávid Gerzson Boros (percussion), Tamás Smuk (percussion) offer up melodies strung together from Turkish and Hungarian heritage to adorn the talk.

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