March 10, 2008

 

Hungarian Operetta and Folk Song Concert by Opera Singer Piroska Pándy and the Gypsy Band of Ferenc Sánta, Jr.

 

 

Opera Singer Piroska Pándy and the Gypsy Band of Ferenc Sánta, Jr.

Ms. Piroska Pándy, private singer of the Hungarian National Opera and Kossuth prize winning violinist Ferenc Sánta, Jr. and his Gypsy band gave a sold-out concert of Hungarian dances by Johannes Brahms and Ferenc Liszt, Hungarian Operettas by Imre Kálmán and Ferenc Lehár, and traditional Hungarian folk songs on Tuesday, March 3, 7pm at the Embassy of Hungary.

 

Zsolt Bóni (Viola), Károly Vadász (Cymbal), Opera Singer Piroska Pándy, Ferenc Sánta, Jr. (First Violin), Sándor Kuti (Double Bass), and Cultural Attaché Béla Gedeon

 

Ms. Pándy and the four-men-band are currently touring the United States and the Canada: they had given concerts in Toronto, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston and Florida before arriving at Washington, DC, continuing in New Brunswick, Boston and Ottawa.

 

Ms. Piroska Pándy excelled in world famous Hungarian operetta pieces to much delight of the audience
 

The Ferenc Sánta, Jr. Gypsy Band played traditional Hungarian folk songs with high authenticity and professional ease