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Európa Kiadó
Európa Kiadó is a Hungarian underground rock band formed in 1981 in Budapest from the members of the then freshly disbanded URH: László Kiss, András Salamon and lyricist-composer-guitarist-singer Jenő Menyhárt, joined by József Dénes and András Gerő. Soon keyboardist Gerő and drummer Salamon parted, and got replaced by János Másik and Péter Magyar. Európa Kiadó was, and is on the verge of breaking up all through its lifetime with many pauses and farewell concerts, the first being in 1983, two years after its foundation. On releasing their first studio album, ''Popzene'' in 1987 (which was preceded by many other recordings and concert programs that were published as albums much later, with irregular delays), Másik left the band for a while, Dönci, for religious reasons, for ever, to only return as cameo in later concerts; and on their 1989 album, ''Szavazz rám'', Sziámi's János Gasner played the lead guitar. In 1990, not long before two of the foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a city and county, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786; it is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orsolya Varga (musician)
Orsolya is a Hungarian variant of Ursula meaning "little bear" or "bear cub", derived from a diminutive form of the Latin word ''ursa'' "she-bear". Saint Ursula was a legendary virgin princess of the 4th century who was martyred by the Huns while returning from a pilgrimage. Today the story of Saint Ursula is overwhelmingly considered to be fiction. In England the saint was popular during the Middle Ages, and the name came into general use at that time. Famous Hungarian females who share the same given name: *Orsolya Dersffy (1583–1619), Hungarian noblewoman * Orsolya Drozdik (born 1946), Hungarian feminist visual artist *Orsolya Herr (born 1984), Hungarian handball player *Orsolya Karalyos (born 1991), Hungarian handball player *Orsolya Kasó (born 1988), Hungarian female water polo goalkeeper * Orsolya Kocsis (born 1984), Hungarian fashion, glamour model *Orsolya Nagy (born 1977), Hungarian fencer *Orsolya Szegedi (born 1989), Hungarian handball player *Orsolya Takács (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihály Víg
Mihály Víg (born 1957, Budapest) is a Hungarian composer, poet, songwriter, guitarist, singer and actor. Career Born into a family of musicians. He is the co-founder of bands Trabant (1980–1986) and Balaton (1979–present). Although the bands' songs were not officially released in the 1980s, they became underground hits. He composed film scores for the films of János Xantus, András Szirtes, Ildikó Szabó, Péter Müller Sziámi and Béla Tarr. He also plays the lead role - Irimiás - in the film ''Sátántangó''. His score for the film '' The Turin Horse'' was nominated for ''the European Film Prize for Best Composer in 2011''. He also appears in the cast of Gábor Fabricius' film Eltörölni Frankot. Personal life In 1986, at the invitation of Tamás Pajor, he and his wife became members of the Faith Church. After a short time he left the religious community in disappointment, but the memory of this bitter encounter stayed with him for the rest of his life, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ágnes Bárdos Deák
Agnes is a female given name derived from the Greek , meaning 'pure' or 'holy'. The name passed to Italian as Agnese, to French as Agnès, to Portuguese as Inês, and to Spanish as Inés. It is also written as Agness. The name is descended from the Proto-Indo-European '' *h₁yaǵ-'', meaning 'to sacrifice; to worship,' from which is also the Vedic term ''yajña''. It is mostly used in Greece and countries that speak Germanic languages. It was the name of a popular Christian saint, Agnes of Rome, which encouraged its wide use. Agnes was the third most popular name for women in the English speaking world for more than 400 years. Its medieval pronunciation was ''Annis'', and its usage and many of its forms coincided with the equally popular name Anna, related in medieval and Elizabethan times to ''Agnes'', though Anne/Ann/Anna are derived from the Hebrew Hannah ('God favored me') rather than the Greek. It remained a widely used name throughout the 1960s in the United States. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ágnes Kamondy
Agnes is a female given name derived from the Greek , meaning 'pure' or 'holy'. The name passed to Italian as Agnese, to French as Agnès, to Portuguese as Inês, and to Spanish as Inés. It is also written as Agness. The name is descended from the Proto-Indo-European '' *h₁yaǵ-'', meaning 'to sacrifice; to worship,' from which is also the Vedic term ''yajña''. It is mostly used in Greece and countries that speak Germanic languages. It was the name of a popular Christian saint, Agnes of Rome, which encouraged its wide use. Agnes was the third most popular name for women in the English speaking world for more than 400 years. Its medieval pronunciation was ''Annis'', and its usage and many of its forms coincided with the equally popular name Anna, related in medieval and Elizabethan times to ''Agnes'', though Anne/Ann/Anna are derived from the Hebrew Hannah ('God favored me') rather than the Greek. It remained a widely used name throughout the 1960s in the United States. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ákos Dióssy
Ákos is a Hungarian name. Today, it is mainly a masculine given name. It may refer to: Middle Ages * Ákos (clan), a medieval Hungarian clan ** Ákos (chronicler) (d. after 1273) ** Ernye Ákos (d. after 1275) Given name * Ákos Buzsáky, Hungarian footballer * Ákos Császár, Hungarian mathematician * Ákos Elek, Hungarian footballer * Ákos Kovács (radiologist), Hungarian radiologist * Ákos Kovács (singer), Hungarian singer * Ákos Ráthonyi, film director and screenwriter * Ákos Vereckei, sprint canoe racer See also * ''Ákos'', the Hungarian name for Acâș, a commune in Satu Mare County, Romania * ''Ákosfalva'', the Hungarian name for Acățari Acățari ( hu, Ákosfalva, ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania composed of nine villages: *Acățari / Ákosfalva *Corbești / Székelycsóka *Găiești / Göcs *Gruișor / Kisgörgény *Murgești / Nyárádszentbenedek *Roten ..., a commune in Mureș County, Romania {{DEFAULTSORT:Ak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
László Kiss (bass Guitarist) (born 1972), Hungarian astronomer and di ...
László Kiss may refer to: Sports * László Kiss (footballer) (born 1956), Hungarian coach and former footballer, played in the 1982 World Cup * László Kiss (football manager) (born 1949), Hungarian football manager * László Kiss (politician) (born 1979), Hungarian politician, mayor of the 3rd district of Budapest * László Kiss (rower) (born 1951), Hungarian Olympic rower * László Kiss (swimmer), Hungarian swimming coach Others * László Kiss-Rigó, Bishop since 2006 of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Szeged–Csanád * László Kiss, member of the Hungarian underground rock band Európa Kiadó * László Kiss, Mayor of the Hungarian village Lúč na Ostrove * László L. Kiss This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). , the discovery of 612,011 nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandleader
A bandleader is the leader of a music group such as a rock or pop band or jazz quartet. The term is most commonly used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music.''Club Date Musicians: Playing the New York Party Circuit''. Bruce A. MacLeod. University of Illinois Press. (1993) Most bandleaders are also performers with their own band, either as singers or as instrumentalists, playing an instrument such as electric guitar, piano, or other instruments. Roles The bandleader must have a variety of musical skills. A bandleader needs to be a music director who chooses the "setlist" (the list of songs that will be played in a show), sets the tempo for each song and starts each song (often by "counting in"), leads the start of new sections of songs (e.g., signalling for the start of a guitar solo or drum solo) and leads the endings of each song. The bandleader is also onstage with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zichy Family
The House of Zichy (of Zich and Vásonykő) is the name of a Hungarian people, Magyar family of the Hungarian nobility, conspicuous in History of Hungary, Hungarian history from the latter part of the 13th century onwards. Brief history of the Zichy The first authentic ancestor of the Zichy bore the name of Gal (Gál) Zayk, and Zayk was the surname of the family until it came into possession of Zich in the 14th century. They first came into great prominence in the 17th century, being given countly rank in 1679 in the person of the imperial general Stefan Zichy (d. 1693). His descendants divided, first into two branches: those of Zichy-Palota and Zichy-Karlburg. The Palota line, divided again into three: that of Nagy-Lang, that of Adony and Szent-Miklos, and that of Palota, which died out in the male line in 1874. The line of Zichy-Karlburg (since 1811 Zichy-Ferraris) split into four branches: that of Vedrod, that of Vezsony, and those of Daruvar and Csics, now extinct. Prominent Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
