Ghymes

Ghymes is a band consisting of musicians of the Hungarian minority from Slovakia, founded at the University of Education in Nitra in 1984, by musicians with different preliminary musical experiences from classical through rock and Renaissance music. Folk elements have gradually clung together with their own individual musical ideas. In the year of 2000, Ghymes had the opportunity to attend two events: the World Expo 2000 in Hanover (Day of Hungary) and the official celebrations of the New Millennium in Hungary (St. Stephen's day, August 20, 2000). Smaragdváros (Emerald City) was produced by EMI Records and came out in Hungary in November 2000. In March 2001, it was #11 on the World Music Charts Europe. On December 24, 2018, the band performed a Christmas concert, Mennyből az angyal [Angel from heaven], which broadcast on national television (Duna Televizio). The Ghymes band performed together with the Hungarian Radio's children's choir. Gyula Szarka - lead vocal, contrabass, guitar, calabash zither, fretless bass, lute, vocals Tamás Szarka - lead vocal, violin, koboz (Hungarian lute), guitar, contrabass, fretless bass, percussion, bass drum, calabash zither, vocals Csaba Kún - synthesizer, vocals Péter Jelasity - alto and soprano saxophone, flute András Jász - alto saxophone Szabolcs Nagy - synthesizer, bass drum, vocals Tamás Széll - percussion, drums János Lau - percussion, drums Imre Molnár - contrabass, vocals Bori Varga - alto and soprano saxophone, Turkish pipe, recorder, bassoon, vocals 1988: Az ifjúság sólyommadár (Youth as Falcon) 1991: Ghýmes 1993: Üzenet (Message) 1995: Bennünk van a kutyavér (Dog's Blood's Inside Us) 1996: Tűzugrás (Firejump) 1998: Rege (Legend) 2000: Smaragdváros (Emerald City) 2001: Üzenet (Message - latest release) 2002: Héjavarázs (Hawkspell) 2003: Ghymes koncert (Ghymes Concert) 2004: éGHYMESe (Sky Thale) 2005: Csak a világ végire... (Only to the Edge of the World) 2006: Messzerepülő (Farflyer) 2007: Mendika 2008: Álombálom (My Dream Ball) 2010: Szikraszemű (Spark-eyed) 2016: Mennyből az angyal Other releases 2001: A nagy mesealbum (The Big Album of Fairy Tales - various artists) 2002: Bakaballada (Soldier's Ballad - with Hobo) 2003: A nagy mesealbum II. (The Big Album of Fairy Tales II) 2006: Üvegtigris 2 (Glass Tiger 2) Members releases Gyula Szarka 2004: Alku (Deal) 2007: Bor és a lányka (Wine and the Girl) Tamás Szarka 2004: Anonymus "Mennyből az angyal – Szarka Tamás és a Ghymes együttes karácsonyi műsora". Felvidék.ma (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-04-08. official Ghymes website Archived 2010-08-24 at the Wayback Machine