This programme is recommended mainly for children, since on this occasion performers of their own generation will be getting their feet tapping and pulling them onto the dance floor. The atmosphere will already hit a high point from 3 pm, with a solo performance by Vilmos Gryllus in the Glass Hall. As a musician Gryllus needs no introduction, given that hundreds of thousands of Hungarian kids have grown up on his songs, be they about the seasons, animals or bicycles, or adaptations of folk tunes.

From 4 o'clock the Magonc Ensemble takes the stage in the Müpa Foyer. This group, under the guidance of folk musician and teacher György Lányi, consists of students from the Waldorf School of Óbuda. Comprised of the shepherd's flute, drums, guitar, cobza, ütőgardon and hurdy-gurdy, they also sing while they play, with so much heart and lung power that soon they'll have everyone singing along.

Next, from 4.30 pm is the Tamariska Dance Workshop, formed in the capital's Csepel district some two and a half years ago under the leadership of Sára Farkas Hudák. Since then the workshop functions with four groups of various ages, proving that communities receptive to folk culture can be developed even in an industrial zone of the city. The focus on this occasion will be the traditional dance house for children.

From 5 o'clock, the Óbuda Folk Music School - the longest-running institution for teaching folk music in Hungary - presents the origins of our traditional instruments and how they blossom in playing folk music. As a primary principle, the school's director Tamás Kobzos Kiss adopted Bartók's exhortation that musicians should not treat peasant music as a "museum piece.' This ensures that instrumental and vocal Hungarian folk music has a place in an urban context as well, playing a role in the development of individuals and the community.

The Tamariska Dance Workshop returns from 5.30 pm until the end of the children's programme. This heralds the beginning of the Berka Dance House - naturally not just for those aged over 18. In two sessions, from 6 pm to 7 pm, and from 10.30 pm to midnight, followers of Csángó folk music from Moldavia and Gyimes can shake a leg if they still have the energy. It's unsurprising that the Berka Ensemble, formed in 2008, is considered one of the most energetic representatives of the genre.

3 pm - 4 pm: solo performance by Vilmos Gryllus
4 pm - 4:30 pm: Magonc Ensemble
4:30 pm - 5 pm: Tamariska Dance Workshop - dance house for children, Zagyva Banda
5 pm - 5:30 pm: Óbuda Folk Music School
5:30 pm - 6 pm: Tamariska Dance Workshop - dance house for children, Zagyva Banda
6 pm - 7 pm and 10:30 pm - 24 pm: Berka Dance House

Date and time: 17 January 2015, Saturday 3 pm — 11:45 pm
Venue: Foyer

Admission to the event is free of charge.

Source: Palace of Arts