”astonishing from the very first note /…/ Inspired by Estonian and Swedish folk music, this quartet makes their own statement /…/ This band´s vocal harmonies are little short of amazing” – Piteå-Tidningen 27/11/2016

”Any kind of nordic folk music festival would be proud to host FRÄNDER. They convey their music with a tremendous joy of playing, a powerful energy and, of course, enviable instrumental skills. They captivate their audience.” – Ando Kiviberg, founder of Viljandi Folk Festival and governor of Viljandi county. Tallinn TV 08/02/2016

Composer/arranger, choir singer, piano player. Expect everything from chiptune to orchestral pieces. "Buy" links are always pay what you want!

Avatar credit: https://twitter.com/VolcanicFires 
Old backup (includes deleted tracks): http://cmaid.tumblr.com

Contact: hajos.eszter.kre@gmail.com

Folk songs - list of languages you can find here (24):
* Hungarian (26): Ó, bút, Megy, siet; Nagy hegyi (2x); Hegyen s; Lovam; Kimentem; Fonjunk; Szép pávák; Túl a hegyen (2x); Nem szánt-vet; Márkod; Anyám, édesanyám; Téli-nyári; Zörög a; Én víg; Országúton, Kertbe'; Áldott; Cserreg (2 variants); Este; Édesanyám; Szeretőm; Gyakran; Mé't sírsz
* Chuvash (1): Esir pire...
* Turkish (1): Ela komoxti... /2nd part/
* Kazakh (2): Жалған-ай; Бәрінен.,,
* Georgian (12): ეჰლოჯან
- Kartli: ჰერიო; ორმოში
- Guria: მზე შინა
- Khevi: მოხეური იავნანე (3 v.)
- Ach'ara: ნანაი, ნანაი; ნარდანინა
- Pshavi: ნანა (2 v.)
- Khevsureti: ხევსურული ნანა
* Laz (3): Ela komoxti /1st part/; ელე მელე...; ჰა ნანი
* Svan (1): ნანა (Svaneti)
* Ts'ova-Tush/Bats (1): ნანა (Tusheti)
* Ossetian (1): Алай
* Armenian (5): Թալիշի...; Րուրի...; Սարի...; Լուսնյակ...; Mogats...(2x)
* Greek (1): Νανούρισμα
* Swedish (2): Jag vill...; Lille Lasse
* Norwegian (6): Solbønn; Miriams...; Ekorn... (4,5x); Kor...(2,5x); Ro ro...; Lille Lisa
* Izhorian (2): Maarojani; Iloidaaks
* South Estonian (1): Väikene...
* Livonian (1): Īdõnõ...
* Lithuanian (1): Leliumoj...
* Serbian (2): Шетнала...; Вишњића...
* Bulgarian (2): Яна...; Замъчи...
* Macedonian (1): Севделино...
* Ukrainian (1): Ой, лісу...
* Old Church Slavonic (1): Хрїстось...
* Welsh (1): Dacw...
* Japanese (1): 江戸子守唄

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* Buryat (1): Сэлгээхэн Сэлэнгэ
* Icelandic (1): Móðir mín í kví, kví 

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Ones I had the pleasure to sing and play with (from the folk songs):
* Orsolya Szeverényi (3): Nagy hegyi...; Lille Lisa; Kimentem...
* Gabriella Anna Hajós (10): Вишњића..., Dacw...; Թալիշի...; Kor ska...; Ekorn...; Замъчи...; Яна...; Ой, лісу...; Mogats...; Leliumoj...
* Zsófia Kovács (5): Хрїстось...; Вишњића..., Dacw...; Թալիշի...; ეჰლოჯან
* Réka Panna Szegedi (2): მზე შინა (Guria), Ela komoxti...
* István Somogyi Karak (1): Áldott...
* Hanna Köteles (2): ჰერიო; Ekorn
* Bálint Vadas (2): ჰერიო, Iloidaaks
* Imre Kilián (1)

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Special thanks to:
* Júlia Orosz (teaching, singing together, lyrics and translations, recommendations - got the inspiration to learn Cyrillic and other alphabets): [Esir pire...]; Ó, bút...; Megy, siet...; Хрїстось...; Nagy hegyi...; Hegyen s...; Lovam...; Fonjunk; [Замъчи...]; [Szép pávák...]
* Eszter Tóth (Hungarian folk song teaching): Túl a hegyen...; Nem szánt-vet...
* Nino Naneishvili (Zoom workshops on Georgian and related folk songs 2020 summer, autumn, 2021 winter, spring)
* Tinatin Mikeladze (Georgian lullaby recordings)
* Nana Mzhavanadze (Georgian lyrics and translations)
* Aurelia Shrenker for her site ts'utisopeli.com (recordings, lyrics and translations in Georgian and related, also local and endangered languages like Udi)
* Lily Storm for her site songbat.com (lyrics and translations of folk songs in many languages)
* Kitka for making songbooks as Cradlesongs and Wintersongs.
* Tamar Buadze for making Songbook Georgia.
* Mzetamze and alazani.ge (Georgian and related)
* ybc.ge SoundCloud page (Georgian folk songs)
* Linguaphile from forum.unilang.org (essential help in Livonian, Izhorian, Estonian lyrics and translation, detailed footnotes)
* László Vikár (archive recordings, lyrics, translations, notes in many books of Chuvash, Cheremis, Tatar, Kazakh folk songs)
* Folklór Adatbázis; Zenetudományi Intézet Hangarchívum; Kallós Zoltán gyűjtései (archive recordings of Hungarian folk songs)
* Szabi Cseke (got the inspiration to learn lullabies)
* Karak (got the inspiration to learn more Hungarian folk songs)
* Sajti (got the inspiration to create polyphonic recordings, poems to the songs)
* birds, waters, winds, noises that inspire me to sing with ;)

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"the earth and the sky of my dreams were painted black by some-one for some reason"

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