Nōra Hortobāgyi / Nono Saraswati
(harpsichord, harmonium, voice & tanpura)
e-mail: sismarlo@freemail.hu

She was born in March, 1988, as the beloved only daughter of her parents. she began her initial training into classical european and indian music under guidance of her father lāszlō Hortobāgyi. one of the first recordings of her early activity was published on the op. transreplica Meccano Cd under title “nono-bol”. This recording was made at the Gāyan Uttejak Studio, Budapest, 1990, with a few renowned musician friends.
she took her early training on piano-harpsichord at Budapest from different teachers but she was really a disciple of her own. later she played her first tentative strokes on the surbahār-sitār at the age of nine, as a pupil of her Binkar father, so eventually became one of the ablest exponents of the “Budapest Gharana”. She gives very polished and neat expositions of difficult rāgas and has in addition a cultivated voice with an amazing colour. the flexibility of her techniques enables her to take “taans” or movements from note to note at a lightning speed and she utilizes her voice and instrumental technique skillfully to the best advantage in weaving very subtle, intricate and yet pleasing patterns. she has two secret missions: nursing and loving horses and dogs. As a member of the Gāyan Uttejak Orchestra she plays electronic keyboards, harpsichord and tanpura.

 

Nono in concert

Nono in concert

Nono plays harpsichord

Nono and Sziszi