At 12 years age, she already knew that her life would be bound to music. Having a wonderful voice, she is one of the most authentic interpreters of the hungharian traditional folk music - is a real world star. She gave and is still giving concerts all over the world both as a solo artist and also as a guest perormer with several hungarian and international folk groups. Marta sang for H.M. Queen Elisabeth II., the japanese Emperor or the spanish Royal Family upon diplomatic events. Her collaboration with the french group Deep Forest "resulted" a Grammy Award in 1996, she recorded with Peter Gabriel and has been discovered by other genres as well such as the film. She was the voice of the "English Patient" awarded with 9 Oscars (- Oscar for music -) in 1997.
Márta Sebestyén - voice, flute, tamburine
Balázs Szokolay Dongó - bagpipe, flutes, saxophone
Mátyás Bolya - Moldavian lute, zither
As long as I'm here and living
Inside me resounds the Spirit!
Spirit sings, resounds the word,
Love-door's loud chanting is heard...
Kostis Avyssinos
Kostis Avyssinos born and raised in Skalani of Iraklion, Crete and made his first musical steps next to his father, Master of Cretan music and skilled violinist George Avyssinos. They traveled together for years both in Greece and abroad conveying the magic of Cretan musical tradition throughout global Hellenic diasporas.
Kostis Avyssinos has collaborated with George Avyssino playing lute, mandolin, boulgari, and mandolin and as a singer. In 1996 in collaboration with the famous Turkish dab of violin Senich Antegker and Dimitris Apostolakis, Kostis Avyssinos makes his first solo album with the title "Libyan Sea". At the same time he works on stage with many leading musicians in both traditional and Rebetika genres.
In 1997 he collaborated with Chainides band. Arising from this collaboration is an album titled "The Big Voyage".
Kostis Avyssinos is carrying the origins of Cretan tradition and assimilating many musical traditions (Smyrnaiiko, Island, Rebetiko).
He has taken part in international folk music festivals in France, Italy, America, Belgium, Germany, Canada, Turkey, etc.
He has presented his work in many cities and villages of Crete and the rest of Greece (Athens, Thessalonica, Patras, Volos, Ioannina and the Aegean Islands. He has also performed in the magnificent Athens Concert Hall.
