Bálint Tárkány-Kovács

Balint Tarkany-Kovacs (1980 in Budapest) is one of Hungary’s foremost cimbalom players,[1] who plays traditional Hungarian music and ethnojazz as well.[2] He is the founder of the band Tarkany Muvek.

About

Balint was born in Budapest in 1980, and had started learning the cimbalom at the age of seven. He graduated in Folk Cimbalom (BA) in the Franz Liszt Academy of Music traditional music faculty in 2011. Now he has been studying at the Cimbalom Teacher Faculty (MA), where his maestro is Kalman Balogh.

He is the founder of the band Tarkany Muvek, where he does not only play the cimbalom but composes songs and writes lyrics as well.[2] The band's recordings include the album Introducing Tárkány Müvek.[1][3] He also plays in Fonó Folk Band and Tündök band. He played all around Europe in festivals and tours. Now he lives in Budapest, Hungary.

Studies

Discography

Main performances

References

  1. 1 2 Phillips, Glyn (July 10, 2012). "Tarkany Muvek - "Introducing Tarkany Muvek" (INTRO1222DD)". worldmusic.co.uk.
  2. 1 2 "Monday's mp3: Tárkány Művek (Hungary)". SoundRoots. June 25, 2012.
  3. "Introducing Tárkány Müvek". WRUV. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
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