Kalman “Öcsi” Magyar is widely regarded as North America’s premier Hungarian folk violinist, recognized with the Hungarian government’s Pro Cultura Hungarica award for his role in promoting Hungarian folk culture in North America. Classically trained at Manhattan School of Music’s Preparatory Division, Kalman is a former soloist with the Duquesne University Tamburitzans and has performed and recorded with most of the top folk musicians in Hungary and Transylvania. A lawyer by trade, he was the creator and host of Tanchaz Talk, the world’s only English-language program focusing primarily on Hungarian folk music, and is a co-founding executive director of the Hungarian Folklife Association. You can read more about him here.