KALOTASZEG TRIO

Tcha Limberger’s Kalotaszeg Trio

“if I like passionately the music of this region, it certainly is because of the beauty of it’s landscapes, the pure air and the warm hearted people, things I can hear in the music”

TCHA LIMBERGER – Violin, Voice
TONI RUDI – Brac
VILMOS CSIKOS – Double Bass

This is powerful music full of energy and pathos - SONGLINES (UK)

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sometimes sounds like a large string orchestra - DJANGOSTATION (FR)

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Tcha Limberger’s voice reaches heart breaking qualities - SEBASTIEN LEGE (FR)

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he has absorbed the style fantastically - SONGLINES (UK)

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This is powerful music full of energy and pathos - SONGLINES (UK) • sometimes sounds like a large string orchestra - DJANGOSTATION (FR) • Tcha Limberger’s voice reaches heart breaking qualities - SEBASTIEN LEGE (FR) • he has absorbed the style fantastically - SONGLINES (UK) •

Front cover of A Hajnali csillag ragyog by the Kalotaszeg trio

Debut Album 2023

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At The Shrewsbury Coffee House part of the UK tour of the Kalotaszeg Trio in 2013

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  • if I like passionately the music of this region, it certainly is because of the beauty of it’s landscapes, the pure air and the warm hearted people, things I can hear in the music

  • TCHA LIMBERGER – Violin, Voice
    TONI RUDI – Brac
    VILMOS CSIKOS – Double Bass

  • A Hajnali Csillag Ragyog 2011 - Lejazzetal Records

  • The polymath virtuoso Tcha Limberger is the king of gypsy music
    SUNDAY TIMES UK

    music as natural as breathing
    LONDONJAZZNEWS.COM

    Tcha Limberger seems to be made entirely out of music
    THE OBSERVER UK

    music straight from the soul
    LONDON EVENING STANDARD UK

    full of energy and pathos
    SONGLINES UK

    Tcha Limberger’s voice reaches heart breaking qualities
    DJANGOSTATION FRANCE

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The Trio

Laments, Czardas’ and Szaporas from the Transylvanian region of Kalotaszeg

A world travelled trio showcasing specifically the folk music played by Gypsies in a small region of Transylvania with a universally respected cultural heritage. The three main repertoires played are Hungarian, Romanian, and Gypsy (a mixture of both). Limberger was introduced to this style through local music camps, learning dances with music workshops on the three core instruments of the style, violin, bass, and brac. He was taken under the wing of celebrated violinist Neti Sandor, the biggest name of his generation who taught Tcha the repertoire.
The trio features a highly regarded rhythm section, Toni Rudi Jnr on Brac and Vilmos Csikos on bass.
This music is little known and I will play it as it is meant to be played. It follows the lives of many from baptism to the grave. It celebrates their communal existence and brings people together in the community of Kalotaszeg.