http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eta47gQHR-c

http://www.cimbaliband.hu/CimbaliBand.html

The legendary African Orchestra Baobab is one of the world’s most renowned and unusual ensembles. The Senegalese group formed in 1970 revolutionised its country’s music life, giving rise to a sparkling big city music scene also in the capital, Dakar. Baobab notched up more hits in its first ten years than many other groups achieve in a lifetime.
Sidelined for a while in their own country by the impetus they had generated, the group split up in 1985 but later bowed to the pressure of their international fans and 2001 saw the triumphant rebirth of Baobab. The group is once again on the top of the charts.
“When I arrived in Senegal in 1968, all I could hear everywhere was Cuban music,” recalls Barthélemy Attisso, Baobab’s guitarist from Togo. “Back home we had been listening to Nigerian highlife and guitar music from Congo, but in Dakar Cuban music was played in all the clubs … Moreover it wasn’t played by Cubans, they were all Senegalese!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldLO4LwNLHY

An exhilarating circus performance under the direction of a meddling ringmaster who, as a daring instrument tamer, tames five brass instruments and then entertains the public with the most amazing tricks: he transforms the trumpets into horses, makes the trombone fly in the air, and he even dares to put his head into the “mouth” of the fearsome tuba. The famous Hungarian mime artist, Csaba Méhes and Hungary’s best brass quintet, Brass in the Five have created what is perhaps today the most original musical theatre production for children, combining the noblest circus tradition with exceptional musical quality. It is not by chance that the Brass Circus won the professional prize at the 2008 Budapest Fringe Festival and the special prize of the Children’s Jury. Although the performance is intended for the youngest age group, experience shows that the parents and grandparents enjoy it at least as much as the children – perhaps even more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JibTh4QlR3A

After Crying, one of the most exciting groups on the Hungarian music scene, was formed in 1986. 22 years later, after 10 albums and 1 concert DVD there can be no doubt that the autonomous world and unique sound of After Crying has won the place it deserves in international music life.
Right from the start the members of the ensemble have consciously built their values, looking to the great figures of European culture as their principal examples. They have been influenced in classical music by Bach, Beethoven and Bartók, and in “light” music mainly by the work of Emerson, Lake and Palmer and King Crimson. In literature their outlook has been shaped above all by Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, János Arany, Frigyes Karinthy, Attila József and Sándor Weöres, and in philosophy by Aristotle, Saint Thomas Aquinas and G. K. Chesterton.

The artistic aim of the classically trained members of After Crying is to create works that make use of elements of contemporary musical vernacular and so can be understood by many, but which are at the same time capable of conveying serious content on serious themes on a high artistic standard. This is a kind of “modern classical music” that wishes to speak both to the audience of its own age and to eternity. The instruments used for concert performances range from classical instruments (cello, trumpet, piano) through the main instruments of rock music to modern electronic devices. In addition to much international recognition, After Crying won the eMeRTon Prize in 2004.