Leslie Mandoki had to leave her homeland for fifty years

– Indeed, it will soon be fifty years since the Komcs have been out of our homeland Leslie Mandoki, who told the Blikk, recalled what had happened if she couldn’t leave the country through a tunnel in 1975. – With one of my musicians, László Szűcs and Gábor Csalló, we escaped from Yugoslavia, which connected today Slovenia with Austria, on an eight -kilometer railway tunnel, and they were even fired during the escape. Cynically, I would say that I owe it to the then communist cultural policy with a later gratitude, that this is what my destiny eventually developed. Peter Erdős, the then -powerful lord of Hungarian pop music, told me that « no one will be and will never receive a passport ». Fortunately, this was not the case. I am proud of what happened to me, and as a musician, the 72 gold plates are also a joy.

According to Leslie Mandoki, musicians have a duty to pay attention to « social policy hygiene », purity and sincerity.

– In 1989, a paradise condition in the spirit of peace. It would have been good to go on this road, but now we are in the maze of the crisis and the compass was lost. All I can do is write the songs to find the right direction again. Even during the communist dictatorship, we were able to argue with each other without hating the other one if he had a different opinion The musician explained.

A few weeks ago the Theater of Cleveland Rock & Roll Celebrities Hall She was honored with a magical evening Not only intellectually but also emotionally before the Mandoki Soulmates’s more than 30 years of music career and the current album of the formationthe Memory of Our Future was set at the center of the ceremony.

– It was a great honor, a wonderful recognition of the past thirty years – said Mandoki, who previously worked as a producer with iconic artists like Phil Collins, Chaka Khan and Lionel Richie. – We also talked about the lyrics, and many expected to call Bob Dylan a role model, but I mentioned Bródy, Sörényi and Demje, because I think their genius is inimitable. I’m sorry that few people speak our language in the world. There is a valuable culture in Hungary, we are a wonderful people, we just love each other!

The 72-year-old Kossuth Prize-winning musician, who is waiting for music on August 21 this year at his usual festive concert, is scheduled to have a close relationship with all three children.

– My daughters and my son were born in Germany, but they speak Hungarian as if they were living here. They also write SMS in their mother tongue, and they also read Hungarian literature and are informed about what happened here. My son Gábor plays well, my smaller daughter, Julia is also a brilliant musicianthe older, and Lara is a well -known actress in Germany. Now it would be hard to decide who is more famous, father or daughter… Mandoki thought.