Budapest Jewish Summer Festival With Focus On Holocaust 70th Anniversary

  • 4 Sep 2014 4:40 AM
Budapest Jewish Summer Festival With Focus On Holocaust 70th Anniversary
This year’s Jewish Summer Festival held until Sept. 7 features music, literature, theatre, film and fine art, with a focus on the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust. Some 30 productions with more than 500 contributors at more than ten venues are featured in the week-long festival. In addition to Budapest, events are held in Gyöngyös, Pécs and Veszprém.

Marking the Holocaust memorial year, a dance performance entitled My Daughter Anne Frank features, and art, photography and poster exhibitions are linked to the commemorations.

The list of performers includes the Jerusalem Academy Chamber Choir, Giora Feidman and the Gitanes Blondes, the Miklós Lukács Trio, Zorán with guests Péter Gerendás and János Kulka, János Bródy, Róbert Alföldi with the Experts orchestra, Pál Mácsai, Andrea Fullajtár, László Dés, Lajos Nagy Parti and Krisztián Grecsó.

For further details visit zsidonyarifesztival.hu

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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