Folk Music - Budapest

Subject: Folk Music - Budapest
From: GUEST,Flatpick
Date: 12 Oct 07 - 12:42 PM

I'll be in Budapest for about a week starting Sunday night. Any 'Catters know of a good music venue in the Buda part of town?

Subject: RE: Folk Music - Budapest
From: Mrrzy
Date: 12 Oct 07 - 12:55 PM

Man, just find any borozo (if you like wine) or sorozo (if you like beer) - there will be music.

Now I'll try with the accents: borozó söautröautzöaut, but that last is a "long" umlaut, in contrast to the "short" ones on the first 2 vowels, but no other language has 2 different umlauts so there is no code for it

Look for "csardas" in local papers - that's the fancy dancing. Really spelled csárdás... if the accents work...

Subject: RE: Folk Music - Budapest
From: Mrrzy
Date: 12 Oct 07 - 12:56 PM

söautröautzöaut is not right; sörözö ?

Subject: RE: Folk Music - Budapest
From: Mrrzy
Date: 12 Oct 07 - 12:57 PM

Also, I know the words to TONS of Hungarian folk songs! Let me know what you hear! OR if you want some good drinking songs!

Subject: RE: Folk Music - Budapest
From: Mrrzy
Date: 12 Oct 07 - 01:01 PM

Ooh, lookie what I found just googling: Secret Budapest

Subject: RE: Folk Music - Budapest
From: Jack Campin
Date: 12 Oct 07 - 02:12 PM

Follow links from here:
http://www.tanchaz.hu/start.html

Subject: RE: Folk Music - Budapest
From: Stewart
Date: 12 Oct 07 - 03:00 PM

Stay away from the touristy restaurants where you will encounter some of the worst schmaltzy violin players. At one place the violinist came up to our table and asked us where we were from. When we said, the States, he then proceeded to play Danny Boy (???). You are expected to put some folding money under their violin fingerboard. I was trying to figure out how much to give him so he would stop playing.

Then on a nice afternoon as we were walking around the Castle, we heard some fantastic classical violin playing - a Bach unaccompanied concerto. We talked to the musician - he was a very fine player, but didn't have much money and was busking there. So that was a very nice experience. That was about 6 years ago.

Cheers, S. in Seattle

Subject: RE: Folk Music - Budapest
From: Folkiedave
Date: 12 Oct 07 - 03:26 PM

We were there in 2000 and 2004 at international dance festivals, the first at Gygongos and then all over Hungary.

Great place. Some great music but we had a local guide.

Sorry no idea where we went!!

Subject: RE: Folk Music - Budapest
From: Mrrzy
Date: 13 Oct 07 - 01:48 PM

Never meet the violin player's eyes in a restaurant. They take that as instant invitation.

Subject: RE: Folk Music - Budapest
From: Mrrzy
Date: 16 Oct 07 - 04:15 PM

Hogy volt? (How was it?)