Margit Bangó

Margit Bangó (born 4 April 1950) is a Hungarian singer and entertainer.

Biography

Bangó was born into a Romani musical family under the name Margit Szabó, her father played the dulcimer and her mother sang. In 1967, at the age of 17, with the encouragement of her mother, she applied to Magyar Rádió's talent search competition, after which the station recorded her. In the 1980s, Horváth had a joint program with Pista on state television. In 1985, Bangó appeared in the film Átok és szerelem, in which she played the role of Punka. At the beginning of the 1990s, she started performing with the Budapest Gypsy Symphony Orchestra. She was once the youngest grandmother in the country.

Discography

CD

Voor Jan Cremer (1990) Kék nefelejcs, el ne felejts – Evergreens Legkedvesebb cigánydalaim Benned láttam életemnek minden boldogságát Kik is a cigányok Mulassatok cigányok Reggelig csak mulatunk... Halk zenével gyógyítom a lelkem Benned láttam életemnek minden boldogságát (2000) Halk zene szól az éjszakában (2001) A szeretet dalai (2002) Felnézek a nagy égre (2004) Két gitár (2007) Mulatok, mert jól érzem magam (2008) 40 év – jubileumi koncert (2009) Minden nap, minden éjszakán (2010) Gipsy Mediterrán (2016)

DVD

Sej, haj cigányélet 40 év – jubileumi koncert (2009)

Awards

In 2006, Bangó was honored with the Kossuth Prize, Hungary's most prestigious arts award.