Parno Graszt Explained
| Parno Graszt |
| Landscape: | yes |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Origin: | Paszab, Hungary |
| Genre: | Roma |
| Years Active: | –present |
Parno Graszt is a Roma music ensemble from Paszab, Hungary founded in 1987. "Parno Grast" means "white horse" in the Romani language,[1] with "graszt" using the Hungarian orthography 'sz' for 's'. In the Roma culture white is a symbol of purity and horses are a symbol of freedom. Their debut album Hit the piano reached Number 7 on the World Music Chart Europe in October 2002.[2] In 2004 Hungarian Television and the BBC produced a music documentary about Parno Graszt.[3] After their second album, Járom az utam (2004), Parno Graszt was voted in the top 10 for "best artist of the year", 2005, by the Swiss music magazine Vibrations.[4] In 2016, they competed in A Dal, the national final selection for Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Már nem szédülök, and reached the final.
Members
- József Oláh (vocals, guitar, tambura)
- Géza Balogh (vocals, guitar, dance)
- Viktor Oláh (vocals, guitar, dance)
- Sándor Horváth (vocals, spoons, dance)
- Heléna Oláh (vocals)
- János Jakocska (vocals, guitar)
- Mária Váradi (vocals, dance)
- Mária Balogh (vocals, dance)
- Krisztián Oláh (accordion)
- János Oláh (double bass)[deceased]
- István Németh (oral bass, churn)
Discography
- Rávágok a zongorára (2002) (Hit the Piano)
- Járom az utam (2004) (I'm On My Way)
- Ez a világ nekem való (2007) (This World Is Made for Me)
- Reggelig mulatok (2011) (I Revel Till the Break of Dawn)[5]
External links
Notes and References
- https://books.google.com/books?id=AmRIAAAAYAAJ&dq=parno+grast+gypsy&pg=PA244 Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, Volume 2
- http://www.passiondiscs.co.uk/e_pages/gypsy_e/fa-215-2.htm Parno Graszt
- http://www.port.hu/parno_graszt:unnepek_es_hetkoznapok_parno_grast:_holidays_and_week-days/pls/fi/films.film_page?i_film_id=66537&i_city_id=3372&i_county_id=-1&i_where=2&i_topic_id=2 Parno Graszt:Ünnepek és Hétköznapok
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110721105113/http://www.hangveto.hu/eloado_item_en.php?eid=160 Parno Graszt
- http://kultura.hu/main.php?folderID=1234&ctag=articlelist&iid=1&articleID=312384 Parno Graszt: új lemez, bemutató koncert
