Gázsa & Üsztürü A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

“Forked stake used for drying hay and grain, which is stuck into the earth in meadows, and on which hay and grain are piled to air and dry.” This is how the Ethnographical Encyclopaedia defines ‘üsztürü’, which of course in the early 21st century requires reformulation because for many the word refers to a folk orchestra, and more specifically the Transylvanian ensemble established in 1992, which set itself the following goal: “to seek and to experience that entirety characteristic of regional communities by the gliding with every stroke of horse hair on copper strings”. On this evening the group that is so important in the Transylvania dance house movement share the stage with Gázsa, whose first violinist, István Gázsa Papp, set the Transylvania dance house movement on its way with others in 1977. “I am the grandson of Sándor Gázsa,” is how István Papp introduced himself several times on his song-collecting tours, because his grandfather was called gázsa (gádzsó – the Gypsy word for non-gypsies) by the Magyarszovát Gypsies when they ribbed each other. The name Gázsa is now inextricably linked to István Papp and his ensemble formed in Budapest in 1993. Magically voiced singer Erika Demeter is the two ensembles’ guest for the evening.