Ghymes is a band, consisting of

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living in

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, founded at the University of Education in

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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

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(St, Stephen's day, August 20, 2000). Smaragdváros (Emerald City) was produced by

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and came out in

in November 2000. In March 2001, it was #11 on th
World Music Charts Europe
On December 24, 2018, the band performed a Christmas concert, ''Mennyből az angyal ngel from heaven'' which broadcast on national television ( Duna Televizio). The Ghymes band performed together with the Hungarian Radio's children's choir.

Members

* 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''

Discography

* 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''

References

External links

official Ghymes website
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