Ghymes band - consisting of Hungarians

Hungarians in Slovakia

Hungarians in Slovakia are the largest ethnic minority of the country, numbering 520,528 people or 9.7% of population . They are concentrated mostly in the southern part of the country, near the border with Hungary...

 living in Slovakia

Slovakia

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 - was founded at the University of Education in Nitra

Nitra

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 in 1984, by musicians with different preliminary musical experiences from classical through rock and Renaissance music. Folk elements have gradually clung together with their own individual musical ideas.

 In the year of 2000 Ghymes had the opportunity to attend two remarkable events: The World Expo 2000 in Hanover (Day of Hungary) and the official celebrations of the New Millennium in Hungary

Hungary

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 (St, Stephen's day, August 20, 2000).

Smaragdváros (Emerald City) was produced by EMI Records

EMI Records

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 and came out in Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

in November 2000. In March 2001, it was #11 on the World Music Charts Europe.

Members

• Gyula Szarka - lead vocal, contrabass, guitar, kalabash zither, fretless bass, lute, vocals
• Tamás Szarka - lead vocal, violin, koboz (Hungarian lute), guitar, contrabass, fretless bass, percussion, bass drum, kalabash zither, vocals

• Csaba Kún - synthesizer, vocals
• Péter Jelasity - alto and soprano saxophone, flute
• András Jász - alto saxophone
• Szabolcs Nagy - synthesizer, bass drum, vocals
• Tamás Széll - percussion, drums
• János Lau - percussion, drums
• Imre Molnár - contrabass, vocals
• Bori Varga - alto and soprano saxophone, Turkish pipe, recorder, bassoon, vocals

Discography

• 1988: Az ifjúság sólyommadár (Youth as Falcon)
• 1991: Ghýmes
• 1993: Üzenet (Message)
• 1995: Bennünk van a kutyavér (Dog's Blood's Inside Us)
• 1996: Tűzugrás (Firejump)
• 1998: Rege (Legend)
• 2000: Smaragdváros (Emerald City)
• 2001: Üzenet (Message - latest release)
• 2002: Héjavarázs (Hawkspell)
• 2003: Ghymes koncert (Ghymes Concert)
• 2004: éGHYMESe (Sky Thale)
• 2005: Csak a világ végire... (Only to the Edge of the World)
• 2006: Messzerepülő (Farflyer)
• 2007: Mendika
• 2008: Álombálom (My Dream Ball)
• 2010: Szikraszemű (Spark-eyed)

Other releases

• 2001: A nagy mesealbum (The Big Album of Fairy Tales - various artists)
• 2002: Bakaballada (Soldier's Ballad - with Hobo)
• 2003: A nagy mesealbum II. (The Big Album of Fairy Tales II)
• 2006: Üvegtigris 2 (Glass Tiger 2)

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Members releases

Gyula Szarka

• 2004: Alku (Deal)
• 2007: Bor és a lányka (Wine and the Girl)

Tamás Szarka

• 2004: Anonymus