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Ando Drom (On the Road) Gypsy folklore group was founded in Budapest in 1984.
Since the members come from different segments of the Hungarian Gypsy
population, the group presents a wide range of styles and variations within
gypsy music and culture. They perform on a high artistic level and present the
traditional music and dances of the Gypsy people in an authentic, at the same
time modern way. They also make arrangements and new compositions in order to
introduce the feelings and life of today's Gypsies, representing therefore a
living and original folklore. The songs are sung in Gypsy language, accompanied
by guitar, mandolin and tambura: for percussion they use spoons, jugs, wooden
through and oral bass.
The group generally performs with 6 members, but for their concerts they also
often invite young talented Gypsy musicians as special guests. Between 1987 and
2005 they visited many European countries and participated at many international
festivals.
At the beginning of 1996 they participated at the opening ceremony honoring
Copenhagen (in 1998 in London) as that Year's "Cultural Capital of Europe". In
1998 Radio France broadcasted the one-hour long concert of Ando Drom. Still
in this year the Italian chanell-Tv1 and the BBC made and broadcast a program
about the group. It is the second year that Ando Drom has had a successful
concert series at the Worldfestival in Edinburgh.
In addition to their concert tours abroad, they often perform in Hungary,
where
Ando Drom is considered to be one of the most renowned Gypsy folklore groups.
They were honored two times with "N?v? d?j", a high Hungarian musical award,
beside with the Prize of the Hungarian Professional K?r. They won first and
second prizes at several international festivals (Germany, Sweden).
In 1992, Planett (France( published the first cassette and CD ChantsTziganes de
Hongrie that represents a unique sounding and musical tendency
both in Hungary and Europe. One song from the CD written by the leader Jeno
Zsig? can be heard in the movie
Latcho Drom and on its CD as well. In 1994 they
participated at the recording of a CD of the group Chicoo and the Gypsies as
special guests.
In 1995. ANDO DROM published a second CD entitled
Kai Phirel O Del which was
selected, "best Hungarian CD in world music of the year 1995" by a popular
Hungarian weekly magazin. Since the beginning of 1997 this CD is published and
distributed also in the US by North Pacific Music under the title
Gypsy Life On the Road.
The same year Network (Germany) published another CD by Ando Drom titled
Phari Mamo, with guest musicians from the French group Bratsch. The CD has topped
the 35. place in Worldmusik. In 1998 Ando Drom participated at the successful CD
of Bratsch. Songs from the Cd Phari Mamo can be heard on the CD
Gypsy Caravan released by Putumayo, on the
Gypsy Road by Alula Records and the gypsy collection called
Road of the Gypsies by Network.
The group released Live ?99 in 2000 then took part at
a two-month long tour in Japan. In the same year a biographical film was made about
the group.
The individual gypsy musical sound of Ando Drom, the successful arrangements
and the independent compositions that became famous , he redrafting of gypsy
music are connected with Jeno Zsig?. As the leader of Ando Drom his work has
always been tending to give opportunity to the development of talented gypsy
musicians the beginning on in an always widening circle from. Along more than 15
years prepared many dancers and singers for acting on the stage and let them set
off alone to proclaim, deserve and renew the heritage of the gypsy music. From
the school of Ando Drom was set in emotion the careers of Mitsou, the members of
Romano Drom, Romano Glaso, Lindri , Rom Som, and The Szilv?si Gypsy Folk
Band, etc.
Ando Drom founded and leaded By Jeno Zsig? is a musical-pedagogical workshop,
where the singing and dancing is not only stunning but a continuous creation and
the solution of artistic and human development. That is why it has got
penetrative strong. The new sound of the group with 3 voiced singing and the
extraordinary rhythm is the boldest and the most deepened musical sound in the
history of Ando Drom.
In November 2005 Ando Drom published the fifth CD, titled Muro Nav. Official Web Site: www.andodrom.hu |
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