Soma Salamon

08/09/20 • 70 min

Tanchaz Talk Interviews

Soma Salamon is an ethnomusicologist, university lecturer, and folk musician in Hungary. Interview highlights:

how the town of Tordas became the Hollywood of the Tanchaz movement;

coming up as the son of Village Intelligencia and confronting the Balkan Family Model;

teaching ethnomusicology and folk music at the Liszt Academy, Kodaly Institute, and beyond; and

how North America is living the Golden Age of the folk revival movement.

Released on August 9, 2020.

Tanchaz Talk is the world’s only English-language program focusing primarily on Hungarian folk music.

“Tanchaz Talk Interviews” features long-form interviews with a wide range of guests appearing on the program.

More (non-interview) episodes of Tanchaz Talk, featuring a mix of music and stories, are available on www.tanchaz.com and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/kalmanmagyar.

Host Kalman Magyar (Öcsi) is one of North America’s leading Hungarian folk musicians and personalities. Read more at www.kalmanmagyar.com.

Soma Salamon is an ethnomusicologist, university lecturer, and folk musician in Hungary. Interview highlights:

how the town of Tordas became the Hollywood of the Tanchaz movement;

coming up as the son of Village Intelligencia and confronting the Balkan Family Model;

teaching ethnomusicology and folk music at the Liszt Academy, Kodaly Institute, and beyond; and

how North America is living the Golden Age of the folk revival movement.

Released on August 9, 2020.

Tanchaz Talk is the world’s only English-language program focusing primarily on Hungarian folk music.

“Tanchaz Talk Interviews” features long-form interviews with a wide range of guests appearing on the program.

More (non-interview) episodes of Tanchaz Talk, featuring a mix of music and stories, are available on www.tanchaz.com and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/kalmanmagyar.

Host Kalman Magyar (Öcsi) is one of North America’s leading Hungarian folk musicians and personalities. Read more at www.kalmanmagyar.com.

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Kalman Dreisziger

Kalman Dreisziger is a leading Hungarian folk dance expert, author, and organizer, as well as a now-retired creative director in the advertising industries of Toronto and Montreal. Interview highlights:

the earth-shattering experience of witnessing his first Tanchaz;

his involvement in the evolution of presenting folk dance on stage;

brief overview of Hungarian folk dance history; and

the advertising, commercialization, and future of folk music and dance.

Released on August 6, 2020.

Tanchaz Talk is the world’s only English-language program focusing primarily on Hungarian folk music.

“Tanchaz Talk Interviews” features long-form interviews with a wide range of guests appearing on the program.

More (non-interview) episodes of Tanchaz Talk, featuring a mix of music and stories, are available on www.tanchaz.com and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/kalmanmagyar.

Host Kalman Magyar (Öcsi) is one of North America’s leading Hungarian folk musicians and personalities. Read more at www.kalmanmagyar.com.

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Steve Kotansky

Steve Kotansky has been a prolific folk dance teacher, performer and researcher for five decades, and has probably taught more Hungarian dancing to non-Hungarians in the U.S. than anyone else. Interview highlights: - what makes Hungarian dancing so special; - insights from the masters; - teaching from the ground-up rather than from the head-down; - fortuitous missed train connections; and - an inspirational pep-talk for all dancers. Released on August 14, 2020. Tanchaz Talk is the world’s only English-language program focusing primarily on Hungarian folk music. “Tanchaz Talk Interviews” features long-form interviews with a wide range of guests appearing on the program. More (non-interview) episodes of Tanchaz Talk, featuring a mix of music and stories, are available on www.tanchaz.com and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/kalmanmagyar. Host Kalman Magyar (Öcsi) is one of North America’s leading Hungarian folk musicians and personalities. Read more at www.kalmanmagyar.com.