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Márta Sebestyén

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Márta Sebestyén (born August 19, 1957, Budapest) is a Hungarian folk vocalist, as well as a composer and actress.

Sebestyén's mother is a composer, and was a music student of Zoltán Kodály. Her father was an economist and author. When Sebestyén was seven years old, her father, returning from a trip to the U.S. as a visiting professor (under a grant from the Ford Foundation), brought home a large collection of ethnic music recordings from the Smithsonian Institution.

Sebestyén was educated at Miklós Radnóti Grammar School, Budapest. She has sung regularly and recorded with the Hungarian folk group Muzsikás. She is known for adaptations of Somogy and Erdély folk songs, some of which appear in Deep Forest's Boheme album, which received the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album in 1996. She has also adapted Hindi, Yiddish, Bulgarian, Slovak etc. folk songs to traditional Hungarian style.

Sebestyén sang in the movie "The English Patient" (Szerelem, szerelem). Three songs recorded together with Muzsikás appeared in the Japanese animated movie "Only Yesterday". She also sang in and contributed material to the album Kaddish by Towering Inferno (Richard Wolfson and Andy Saunders, 1993).

On 1 June 2010 she was awarded the UNESCO Artist for Peace title.[1]

Discography

Albums

  • 1987 - Muzsikás
  • 1992 - Transylvanian Portraits
  • 1995 - Kismet
  • 2000 - Dudoltam
  • 2000 - High Days: Hungarian Christmas Folk Songs
  • 2009 - I Can See the Gates of Heaven...

Compilations

  • 1992 - Apocrypha
  • 1997 - The Best of Márta Sebestyén
  • 2000 - World Star of World Music

Appears On

Other appearances

  • She sang the part of Réka in the Hungarian rock opera, István, a király ("Stephen, the King"), first staged in Hungary in 1983.
  • She sang the part of Réka in the film version of István, a király, directed by Gábor Koltay in 1984.
  • She played the part of a singer in the movie, Music Box, directed by Costa-Gavras in 1990.
  • She played the part of Népdalénekesnõ in the movie, Caligula, directed by Sándor Cs. Nagy in 1996.
  • She was a guest with Muzsikás on the radio program A Prairie Home Companion on October 25, 1997.
  • She composed the song, Gold Silver Or Love, in the movie, Territorio Comanche, directed by Gerardo Herrero in 1997.
  • She appeared in the documentary film, Hej, Kisandrás, directed by György Szomjas in 1997.
  • She composed the music for the movie, Pannon töredék, directed by András Sólyom in 1998.
  • She performed a song on the TV series, Wide Angle, in the episode, Gold Futures, in 2007.

References

  1. ^ "Hungarian folk singer Sebestyen UNESCO Artist for Peace". culture.hu. Hungarian Ministry of National Resources. 2 June 2010.
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