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Fado
-Carlos Leităo
-Carlos do Carmo
-Cristina Branco
-Helder Moutinho
-Mafalda Arnauth
Fusion / World Jazz
-Carmen Souza
-Solis String Quartet
Instrumental music
-Custódio Castelo
-Danças Ocultas
-Fernando Deghi
-Pedro Caldeira Cabral
Samba
-Siba e a Fuloresta
Samba - Choro
-Edu Miranda
-Moderna Tradiçăo
-Ná Ozzetti
-Rogério Bicudo
Samba / Musica Popular Brasileira
-Ceumar
Traditional Columbian and Jazz
-Lucia Pulido
Traditional music
-Amélia Muge
-Márta Sebestyén
-Nancy Vieira
-Spaccapaese
Amélia Muge
Traditional music vocal Benelux Booking
Carlos do Carmo
Fado zang, Portugese gitaar, akoestische gitaar, akoestische basgitaar Benelux Booking
Carlos Leităo
Fado Carlos Leităo (zang) Benelux Booking
Carmen Souza
Fusion / World Jazz voice, acoustic guitar, Wurlitzer, acoustic bass, double bass, percussion, acoustic piano Worldwide booking
Ceumar
Samba / Musica Popular Brasileira Vocal Worldwide booking
Cristina Branco
Fado Portuguese guitar, acoustic guitar, bassguitar, vocal, piano Benelux Booking
Custódio Castelo
Instrumental music Portuguese guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic bassguitar Worldwide booking
Danças Ocultas
Instrumental music accordeon quartet Benelux Booking
Edu Miranda
Samba - Choro bandolin, guitar, drums Worldwide booking
Fernando Deghi
Instrumental music solo met verschillende gitaren uit Sertăo Benelux Booking
Helder Moutinho
Fado vocal, Portugese guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic bassguitar Benelux Booking
Lucia Pulido
Traditional Columbian and Jazz Quintet/Trio Worldwide booking
Mafalda Arnauth
Fado Portugese gitaar, klassieke gitaar, basgitaar Benelux Booking
Márta Sebestyén
Traditional music vocal, brass, strings Benelux Booking
Moderna Tradiçăo
Samba - Choro piano, bandolim, 7 chords guitar, saxophone, percussion Worldwide booking
Ná Ozzetti
Samba - Choro Braziliaans Benelux Booking
Nancy Vieira
Traditional music vocal Benelux Booking
Pedro Caldeira Cabral
Instrumental music guitarra Portuguesa Benelux Booking
Rogério Bicudo
Samba - Choro zang, Violăo, drums, bas, piano Worldwide booking
Siba e a Fuloresta
Samba blazers, percussie Benelux Booking
Solis String Quartet
Fusion / World Jazz Violino,Viola,Cello Worldwide booking
Spaccapaese
Traditional music zang, percussie, gitaar, toetsen Worldwide booking

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Márta Sebestyén
José Melo Music Productions & Management handles Benelux Booking for Márta Sebestyén
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Country Genre Cast/Lineup
Hungary Traditional music vocal, brass, strings Márta Sebestyén: vocal
Szokolay Dongó Balázs: fúvóshangszerek / brass instruments
Bolya Mátyás: pengetős hangzerek /strings
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Márta Sebestyén: Biography
Pure voice and pure harmony
Márta Sebestyén has long been known in her native land as the greatest interpreter of Hungarian folk music and it is decades since Márta Sebestyén has been introducing the wealth of Hungarian culture to the world. There is no other artist who could represent better the authenticity of the Hungarian folk music.

Born in Budapest in 1957, Márta grew up surrounded with music. Her mother, a music teacher studied with the great composer, scholar and ethomusicologist Zoltan Kodaly. At 12 years age, she already knew that her life would be bound to music.

Most popular in the West as the lead singer for the Hungarian group Muzsikas, Hungary's best-known folk music ensemble, since the early 1980s. Márta Sebestyén is one of Hungary's most celebrated music stars, gained a wider international audience when two of her songs were used on the soundtrack of The English Patient, the 1996 Academy Award-winning film.

She considers herself "a translator," she told Tim Lloyd, a writer for the Advertiser of Adelaide, Australia, "Because people who have never heard folk music in the city at the end of the 20th century need a translator. We are so used to video clips and so on that sometimes we no longer understand the power of the pure voice and pure harmony."

She has toured all over the world with Hungarian bands and recorded many albums. Márta Sebestyén has slowly but surely made her way to the very top as an international folk performer - a position she has achieved even before her exposure in the film "The English Patient", awarded with 9 Oscars (also for the music!) in 1997.

Her collaboration with the French group Deep Forest "resulted" a Grammy Award in 1996 'Boheme', she recorded with Peter Gabriel 'Big Blue Ball' and has been discovered by other genres as well such as the film. She also sang for H.M. Queen Elisabeth II., the Japanese Emperor, the Spanish Royal Family upon diplomatic events.

She is one of today's world favorite traditional singers.
Márta Sebestyén: Images
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HIRES AVAILABLE 1641×1101 Márta Sebestyén portrait Béla Kása 2008