VONDKU BAND WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THE CENTER OF THE ARTS

• The group is originally from Hungary and is the third time that occur in Mexico.
• Music based on the folklore of central Europe will be heard for free at the Arts Center of San Luis Potosi.

The Arts Center of San Luis Potosi Centennial invites the concert given by the group Vodku Band. The musical evening will offer the group originally from Hungary, will be held on Monday 23 March to 20 hours in the Water Mirror Center for the Arts. Admission is free.

The band was formed Band Vodku ten years ago in Budapest, Hungary. Consists of six professional musicians graduated from the best conservatories in the country and a singer.

The band has dedicated his career performing his own songs based on the folklore of Central and Eastern Europe, combined with elements of modern music, like jazz, rock and other styles. His program is devoted mostly to Jewish music and traditional music from countries such as Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Russia. The instruments that dominate are: violin, basguitarra, acoustic guitar, clarinet, saxophone and percussion. They have performed in various parts of Europe and twice in Mexico.
Fixing the traditional instruments such as darbuka tarogato and as well as modern instruments, guitar, bass, saxophone and drums based on an organic sound, Vodku Band concerts creates a unique atmosphere and records, familiar to music fans, whether modern or traditional.

Vodku The Band's first album, entitled "Kiköto (Port)" includes mainly Jewish Russian songs and multicultural town of Odessa. The second, "more" includes songs selected in Europe. Appearing around Hungary and the rest of the continent (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Austria, Germany and Portugal), as in Mexico in 2001 and 2005, Vodku Band has won the hearts of audiences around the world.

Among the subjects to interpret, they are, "The Train", Jewish song known by the 7:40 train, "Time", Jewish dance, "Dance of Galicia", melodies of Western Europe, "Visotzky" Russian song about the poet and singer Vladimir Visotsky, "Ballad" Hungarian song about the woman who seeks happiness, "Song of Nut" typical Hungarian song about feelings locked up in a nut, "Old Jewish Dance" Jews known motifs played by the violin , "Extraterrestrial Freilach" traditional Jewish dance.

"The Fire", a song typical Hungarian motifs on the mythical fire, "Oseh Shalom" Jewish song of welcome, "The Burgundy" gypsy song about love again "," Romanian Dance ", Balkan issues touched by the" tarogato ", the musical instrument typical of Hungary," Liquor with Ice "on drinks Balkan song," El Gallo "Jewish-Hungarian song Transsylvania," The Gypsy "song about the Gypsy fortune teller," Paploma "song typical Greek.

The musicians that make up the group are: István Bata (guitar, percussion, vocals), Sarolta Bede (lead vocals, percussion), Tomas Dudás (drums), Mihaly Illés (clarinet, saxophone, tarogato), Zsofia Ksitó (saxophone, flute, vocal), Árpád Szabó (violin, vocals), Szabolcs Takács (bass).