Parno Graszt

Parno Graszt
Parno Graszt (2014)
Background information
Origin	Paszab, Hungary
Genres	Roma
Years active	1987 (1987)–present
Website	www.parnograszt.com

Parno Graszt is a Roma music ensemble from Paszab, Hungary founded in 1987. "Parno Grast" means "white horse" in the Romani language,^[1] with "graszt" using the Hungarian orthography 'sz' for 's'. In the Roma culture white is a symbol of purity and horses are a symbol of freedom. Their debut album Hit the piano reached Number 7 on the World Music Chart Europe in October 2002.^[2] In 2004 Hungarian Television and the BBC produced a music documentary about Parno Graszt.^[3] After their second album, Járom az utam (2004), Parno Graszt was voted in the top 10 for "best artist of the year", 2005, by the Swiss music magazine Vibrations.^[4] In 2016, they competed in A Dal, the national final selection for Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Már nem szédülök, and reached the final.

• József Oláh (vocals, guitar, tambura)
• Géza Balogh (vocals, guitar, dance)
• Viktor Oláh (vocals, guitar, dance)
• Sándor Horváth (vocals, spoons, dance)
• Heléna Oláh (vocals)
• János Jakocska (vocals, guitar)
• Mária Váradi (vocals, dance)
• Mária Balogh (vocals, dance)
• Krisztián Oláh (accordion)
• János Oláh (double bass)[deceased]
• István Németh (oral bass, churn)

• Rávágok a zongorára (2002) (Hit the Piano)
• Járom az utam (2004) (I'm On My Way)
• Ez a világ nekem való (2007) (This World Is Made for Me)
• Reggelig mulatok (2011) (I Revel Till the Break of Dawn)^[5]

• Official site
• MySpace Site
• Traditional Gypsy music from Hungary
• Tom & Jerry- Parno Graszt original by youtube