101 result(s) for folk culture in Community & Culture
Budapest Summer Festival 2013, Performances On Városmajor Open-Air Stage
- 23 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
This year’s Budapest Summer Festival starts 14 June and offers exceptional programs and gifts to you, so that artist and guest can celebrate together.
Invitation: Balanescu Quartet: “25 Years”, Festival Theatre Budapest, 17 April
- 11 Apr 2013 9:30 AM
- community & culture
Formed in London in 1987, the Balanescu Quartet ranks as one of the world’s leading string quartets. The intention of its founder, Romanian-born Alexander Balanescu, was to rise above generic limitations and create a new musical universe in which contemporary classical music, pop, jazz, folk traditions and electronic music might strike a common chord.
Invitation: Annual Charity Gala By Lions Club Budapest
- 31 Jan 2013 11:00 AM
- community & culture
The All Nations Lions Club Budapest presents its XI. Annual Charity Gala Concert on 13 March: "come and let blind pianist Tamás Érdi share the magic of music with you, tickets are available now!", say the expat organisers. The proceeds of the concert will support the talent development of children in state care here, and also the local "Music for the Blind" Programme. Drinks and finger food will ...
Now On: 'Research On Sacred Song', Museum Of Ethnography In Budapest
- 25 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In Hungarian, songs sung by a religious congregation either in church, or on other liturgical occasions, are known as "népénekek," translated for the purposes of this exhibition as "vernacular sacred songs". These include not only church songs, but also songs associated with various religious folk customs, songs of greeting, and songs sung at wakes. Most vernacular sacred songs were not folk ...
Xpat Opinion: Great Classical Concert Series At CEU Budapest
- 13 Dec 2012 10:55 AM
- community & culture
Central European University's Center for Arts and Culture wound up an excellent autumn concert season last week. It featured an all-Beethoven chamber music program from artists-in-residence the Classicus Ensemble - András Németh and Zoltán Fejérvári on piano, Oszkár Varga violin and Tamás Zétényi cello. No dour intimidating sturm-und-drangfest this. Instead, we had both pianists in Beethoven's ...
Hungary The Guest Of Honour At The 31st Sofia International Book Fair
- 5 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The 31st Sofia International Book Fair has opened, with Hungary as the guest of honour. Tibor Navracsics, Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Justice, opened Bulgaria’s most prestigious review of the publishing and bookselling industry.
Now On: 'What Is Hungarian? Contemporary Answers', Műcsarnok Budapest
- 23 Aug 2012 12:45 PM
- community & culture
National identity has been one of the most prominent topics of Hungarian public discussions for more than two centuries now. Questions appear in numerous works of art, particularly after the birth of Historicism, the last great consistent stylistic trend of Romanticism. In the first part of the 19th century, in the so-called Reform Era, in the wake of German treatises on the character of nations, ...
Family Programmes On The Danube Banks In Budapest, 20 August
- 16 Aug 2012 12:50 PM
- community & culture
Parents and children may enjoy the national holiday festivities on the the banks of the Danube, where there will be pop and classical music concerts, dance shows, and puppet theatre performances from 10 a.m. onwards. Read on for a full program of events for families.
International Bartók Seminar & Festival In Szombathely, Hungary
- 13 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- community & culture
The International Bartók Seminar and Festival opens on 13 July in Szombathely. The programme of the opening concert, as the festival itself, begins with The Miraculous Mandarin suite, followed by La Giro, a composition by Louis Andriessen, featuring Monica Germino violin solo artist. The opening concert will also include a premiere. "I Got Riff", a work by Balázs Horváth will be performed for the ...
Budapest Summer Festival 2013, Performances On Városmajor Open-Air Stage
- 23 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
This year’s Budapest Summer Festival starts 14 June and offers exceptional programs and gifts to you, so that artist and guest can celebrate together.
Invitation: Balanescu Quartet: “25 Years”, Festival Theatre Budapest, 17 April
- 11 Apr 2013 9:30 AM
- community & culture
Formed in London in 1987, the Balanescu Quartet ranks as one of the world’s leading string quartets. The intention of its founder, Romanian-born Alexander Balanescu, was to rise above generic limitations and create a new musical universe in which contemporary classical music, pop, jazz, folk traditions and electronic music might strike a common chord.
Invitation: Annual Charity Gala By Lions Club Budapest
- 31 Jan 2013 11:00 AM
- community & culture
The All Nations Lions Club Budapest presents its XI. Annual Charity Gala Concert on 13 March: "come and let blind pianist Tamás Érdi share the magic of music with you, tickets are available now!", say the expat organisers. The proceeds of the concert will support the talent development of children in state care here, and also the local "Music for the Blind" Programme. Drinks and finger food will ...
Now On: 'Research On Sacred Song', Museum Of Ethnography In Budapest
- 25 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In Hungarian, songs sung by a religious congregation either in church, or on other liturgical occasions, are known as "népénekek," translated for the purposes of this exhibition as "vernacular sacred songs". These include not only church songs, but also songs associated with various religious folk customs, songs of greeting, and songs sung at wakes. Most vernacular sacred songs were not folk ...
Xpat Opinion: Great Classical Concert Series At CEU Budapest
- 13 Dec 2012 10:55 AM
- community & culture
Central European University's Center for Arts and Culture wound up an excellent autumn concert season last week. It featured an all-Beethoven chamber music program from artists-in-residence the Classicus Ensemble - András Németh and Zoltán Fejérvári on piano, Oszkár Varga violin and Tamás Zétényi cello. No dour intimidating sturm-und-drangfest this. Instead, we had both pianists in Beethoven's ...
Hungary The Guest Of Honour At The 31st Sofia International Book Fair
- 5 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The 31st Sofia International Book Fair has opened, with Hungary as the guest of honour. Tibor Navracsics, Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Justice, opened Bulgaria’s most prestigious review of the publishing and bookselling industry.
Now On: 'What Is Hungarian? Contemporary Answers', Műcsarnok Budapest
- 23 Aug 2012 12:45 PM
- community & culture
National identity has been one of the most prominent topics of Hungarian public discussions for more than two centuries now. Questions appear in numerous works of art, particularly after the birth of Historicism, the last great consistent stylistic trend of Romanticism. In the first part of the 19th century, in the so-called Reform Era, in the wake of German treatises on the character of nations, ...
Family Programmes On The Danube Banks In Budapest, 20 August
- 16 Aug 2012 12:50 PM
- community & culture
Parents and children may enjoy the national holiday festivities on the the banks of the Danube, where there will be pop and classical music concerts, dance shows, and puppet theatre performances from 10 a.m. onwards. Read on for a full program of events for families.
International Bartók Seminar & Festival In Szombathely, Hungary
- 13 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- community & culture
The International Bartók Seminar and Festival opens on 13 July in Szombathely. The programme of the opening concert, as the festival itself, begins with The Miraculous Mandarin suite, followed by La Giro, a composition by Louis Andriessen, featuring Monica Germino violin solo artist. The opening concert will also include a premiere. "I Got Riff", a work by Balázs Horváth will be performed for the ...