People speak of the 'Roma' to be polite, but when it comes to music, the old word 'Gypsy' is much more widely used, and many Roma today are proud of their Gypsy music traditions. But how much of ...

Monika Lakatos, a celebrated singer of "Olah Gypsy" music from Hungary, has become the first Romani artist to receive the prestigious World Music Expo (WOMEX) lifetime achievement award. Soft ...

There's a famous 100-member Gypsy orchestra in Budapest, and bands of Hungarian Gypsies still play the ballrooms of luxury cruise liners - and roam the decks, looking nostalgically homewards to ...

In 2014, the orchestra, also known as the Hundred Gypsy Violins, was designated a "hungaricum," a national treasure recognized by the Hungarian Parliament.

The Hungarian Dance No.5 transforms the intimate drama of the Gypsy band into a big orchestral party – with wild string melodies and brassy foot-stomping rhythms.

In his Hungarian Dances, he adds romantic elements to popular Gypsy tunes. The Budapest Festival Orchestra plays the orchestral versions of Brahms' Hungarian Dances, Nos. 9 and 12.

In fact, Hungarian gypsy music, characterised by extremes of sweetness and melancholy, is always in danger of tipping over into melodrama. But Roby Lakatos's music successfully combines raw emotion ...

BERLIN - The director of a Hungarian film which focuses on the lives of a family of Roma as their community faces a series of deadly attacks says he hopes it will help tackle discrimination.

To finish our hour of Hungarian music, Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3. Liszt was imitating the sound of Hungarian gypsy musicians. This spring, the Budapest Festival Orchestra played the ...