Ágnes Herczku is a young folk singer sensation and upcoming star on the Budapest folk revival scene. Her beautiful voice and authentic presentation of Central European folk singing tradition is exciting.
She is also a professional dancer and a member of the well-known Honvéd Ensemble of Budapest. As a singer, she collaborated in numerous projects with well known and respected World and Folk music artists which resulted in several published recordings.
Ágnes Herczku has become a monumental figure in Hungarian folk and world music. She is also active as a folk music collector.
In 2015 she performed at the world music expo WOMEX in Budapest with her band.
Discography:
Bartok: Hungarian Folksongs For Voice And Piano
Guarding Fire (Hangveto)
From Mouth to Mouth, with Agi Szaloki and Szilvia Bognar
Arany És Kék Szavakkal (Fonó Records, 2002)
Megéred Még, with Nikola Parov (Tom-Tom Records, 2009)
Bandazom (Hangveto, 2015)
Live At WOMEX Budapest (Fonó Budai Zeneház, 2016)
Kamara (Fonó, 2019)
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.