JUEGOS DE MI CORAZÓN

 

FLAMENCO EN LA FRONTERA
The Hungarian Embassy in Spain has collaborated with Suma Flamenca, facilitating the presence of the incredible voice of Márta Sebestyén on the ocasión of the end of the Hungarian presidency of the European Union. This will be a double concert, with the magnificent guitarist Niño Josele presenting his new CD in the first half and Márta Sebestyén in the second, and both will unite their art on the stage to close the evening.

Just as happened in June last year with the Europa en Vivo 2010 show, Márta Sebestyén, one of the great figures of traditional Hungarian singing and one of the most gifted representatives of the diverse traditions and musical expressions from central and southern Europe, will participate in the present edition of Suma Flamenca on the occasion of the end of Hungary’s European presidency. On that occasion Márta had the opportunity to share the stage with Estrella Morente, Philip Catherine and Niño Josele. She will appear again with the latter on the stage of the Teatros del Canal on 11th June.

The CD I can see the gates of Heaven... from the trio formed by Márta Sebestyén, Márta–Bolya–Dongó, has just received an extraordinary review from the BBC magazine in England. Especially created for Suma Flamenca, Márta Sebestyén will arrive in Madrid with that trio, complemented by Tamás Gombai, Pál Havasréti and Zoltán Farkas to present Juegos de mi corazón.

The group will play Hungarian folk music with parallelisms to world music and at times to religious music. After its presentation, Márta Sebestyén and Niño Josele will join together to seek the common ground between the voice of the flamenco guitar and that of Hungarian folk songs.

In her role as Unesco Artist for Peace, Márta Sebestyén has taken part in celebrations for the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures (2010) stressing the value of cultural links between countries in general, and more specifically between the nations of central and southern Europe. Márta shows the strength of art in the construction of social cohesion, participating in activities that demonstrate the role played by artistic expressions as instruments of dialogue.

She does this through her charismatic voice which is an essential reference in Hungarian traditional music, the knowledge of which her mother transmitted to her from her earliest days. Márta and her group Muzsikás (musicians of the people), have been travelling the world for over 25 years with their music, enriched by the traditions of other peoples: Russians, Greeks, Bulgarians, Rumanians, Indians, Basques, Celts...

Apart from dominating musical technique, Márta has an uncommon interpretative ability. For that reason her collaborations with other musicians are balanced, coherent. Márta is cazable of recognizing herself in an Indian raga, a Celtic broadside ballad or in a Basque ezpata-dantza without any great effort.