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Sándor Veress (born February 1, 1907 in Kolozsvár, died March 4, 1992 in Bern) was a Hungarian composer and a lynchpin figure in Hungarian musical culture between the generations of Bartók and Ligeti. He studied composition with Kodály, carried out ethno-musicological fieldwork of the Csángó-Magyars in Romanian Moldavia, and worked as Bartók's assistant at the Hungarian Academy of Science in Budapest. He would go on to teach the likes of Kurtág, Ligeti, and Heinz Holliger. In 1949, Veress would leave Hungary for Switzerland, becoming Professor of Musical Ethnology and Music of the 20th Century at the University of Bern. The...

Roland Sandor, a fresh newcomer to the electronic dance music scene, was born in Romania, but spent his early childhood in Austria. At the age of 11, he moved to Hungary where he is living now. “After all these changes in my life, I have such a different definition of home. I found home in those people who I love and who are always around me. That means really home for me. No matter where you’re living right now or where you were born…” The story began in Austria. As a kid, he was watching artists on music channels who...

Sándor Déki Lakatos is the leader of the band. As a Lakatos, he is the sixth generation of Gypsy violinists. At the age of 14 he already played second fiddle in his father's - Sándor Lakatos's - band. Thirty years ago he formed his own and has since travelled the world, making music in elegant night spots and eateries, concert halls and radio and television studios. He and his band have recorded a great deal, both at home and abroad. Sándor Déki Lakatos stands for the kind of Gypsy music which Bartók Béla had in mind when he wrote in...