Fodor Sándor „Netti” emlékére

A Hundred Years - In memory of Sándor Fodor „Netti”

Háromszék Ensemble and Heveder band

When I first heard Heveder's album Eresszed, hogy menjen, I instantly liked the “Hitlerist” couple. It was credible, dynamic, and it also had a bit of Kalotaszeg. And when Háromszék called me to make a new performance in which the band would play an important role, I immediately thought of Kalotaszeg. Heveder is the best band in Transyilvania right now, their music is characterizied by honesty and a clear style, and over the years, they have matured into “ripe” performers. So, all we had to do is relate Szabolcs Molnár and Levente Fazakas's play with the great leading violinists of the last 100 years in Kalotaszeg. In this work, my collaborator was by younger brother Csongor, whose field of study is the gypsy musician dynasties of Kalotaszeg. 
Kalotaszeg is a kind of concentrated Transylvania. I found here everything that Transylvania has to offer: a rich treasury of songs that are great for singing-along. A virtuoso and sophisticated instrumental music that is old-timey, but still in tone with the new influences. A dance that bears a sophisticated elegance, and one of the hardest and most impressive men's dances around. In György Martin's words:  “Kalotaszeg excels in developing the old Middle-Transylvanian dance culture to perfection, and integrating old music and dance styles into the new ones. No other dance dialects in Transylvania combine the two so smoothly. Also, the  Middle-Transylvanian type of men's dances has reached its peak here.”
We “bury” the last century hoping – in lead violinist Sándor Fodor Netti's immortal words – that it will live on for at least another hundred years.
Árpád  Könczei
composer, choreographer