Béla Bartók: Esa-Pekka Salonen and Yefim Bronfman Meet Muzsikas

Esa-Pekka Salonen and pianist Yefim Bronfman meet Dániel Hamar and László Porteleki from Hungary's leading folk music ensemble, Muzsikás. Muzsikás perform traditional Hungarian pieces and discuss their origins, including the influence that this music had upon the work of Béla Bartók.
Muzsikás performed in London and Basingstoke in 2011 as part of the Philharmonia's Infernal Dance series.
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[@etme1000]

One of my favorite clips on RUclips.

[@filizdener6052]

Wonderful folk music motives!!!Bartok collected some Anatolian folk music, also,he is incredible!!! I love folk music...

[@keybawd4023]

I could listen to them talking all night. Absolutely fascinating.

[@PawelVVysocki]

Muzsikas are a major discovery for me. They're so authentic and yet so knowledgeable that you get the impression that advanced musicology had been part of the folklore for centuries before Bartok was born.

[@wielkaaferanayt]

Music:
0:08 Instruments
0:45
2:19 Piano
2:26
2:37
2:46
3:52 Instruments
5:07 Piano
6:03
6:07
6:23
Music Final:
9:20 Violin

[@PawelVVysocki]

Bartok was no genius, actually. In reality, on one of his many journeys around the Hungarian countryside he came across one of Mr Porteleki's or Hamar's ancestors who told him: "you won't find no jewel in this mud, you need to combine folk melodies with modern harmonies. Have you been thinking of writing a piano concerto?"
I'm sure that's the truth about what Bartok found while doing his ethnographic research.