ABC Trio

ABC Trio - Hungria (1)

Apresento-vos o ABC Trio, que conheci pessoalmente em 1969, no Campeonato Mundial de Harmónica realizado em Winterthur, Suíça. As razões porque resolvi trazer até aqui este grupo húngaro ? Primeira, porque eram extremamente simpáticos. Segunda, recordam-me um período áureo da minha vida ( o Trio Harmonia alcançou o primeiro lugar neste certame, com Voo do Moscardo de Rimsky Korsakov e Dança das Horas de Ponchielli ). Terceira, serve para dar a conhecer  mais uma boa interpretação em Harmonetta, com uma das peças que levaram ao certame - Pacsirta  de Dinicu.

The ABC Harmonica Trio was formed in 1964 from members of former harmonica bands. The trio - Sándor Farkas, Ferenc Jassó and Árpád Martinek - gained their first recognition when they submitted a tape cassette to 1967 Hohner World Championship and earned ninth place. At that time it was different to travel abroad because of the political situation. Indeed, it would be years after a promotional film was made by the Hohner Harmonica company that the band discovered they featured in it. But two years after their 1967 success, the trio was able to travel to the World Championship in Winterthur, Switzerland and win fifth place. They went on to win second place at 1971 World Harmonica Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands with their performance of the Csardas by Monti and the Caravan by Duke Ellington. The last performance of the ABC Harmonica Trio was in 1990.