68 result(s) for balkan in Entertainment
Goran Bregovic @ Sziget Budapest, 15 August 9.15 pm
- 13 Aug 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Roots in the Balkans where he stems from, head in the 21st Century which he fully inhabits, Goran Bregovic's music marries sounds of a gypsy brass band with traditional Bulgarian polyphonies, those of an electric guitar and traditional percussion with a curious rock accent…. all against a background of a bedevilled string orchestra and deep sonorities of a male choir, creating music that our soul ...
Xpat Guide: Top Sounds @ Sziget 2015
- 13 Aug 2015 3:55 AM
- entertainment
Sziget o'clock has arrived, and as your (p)leisure time is valuable we've reviewed the whole line-up and come up with a short-list of the top names playing live this year. We've been picky, and kept it all focused on the most famous names in the music biz. It goes without saying that tastes vary, so we're just aiming to remind you of the top headliners, plus one or two special picks from the vast ...
Kaláka Festival, Eger, Hungary, 26 – 28 June
- 26 Jun 2015 9:08 AM
- entertainment
Although it is the 36th Kaláka Festival 2015 is only the fourth year the nationally renowned folk festival has been held in Eger. The highly acclaimed event has captured the imagination of a wide audience with its mixture of music, concerts, arts and crafts exhibitions and children's programs. This year the Festival takes as its theme ‘The Preservation of the Arts’ and boasts an eclectic line up ...
Boban & Marko Marković Orkestar, National Concert Hall Budapest, 4 January
- 31 Dec 2014 8:04 AM
- entertainment
Boban and Marko Marković have achieved everything that an orchestra in this part of the world can achieve: with record sales in the hundreds of thousands and hundreds of club and festival concerts under their belts, their performances are welcomed all over Europe by droves of enthusiastic fans.
Folk Music - Can Hungarian Music Be The Next New Wave?
- 5 Dec 2014 7:00 AM
- entertainment
Fonó recently made it into 12th place among the world's top publishers of world music. So, maybe it's a bit too early qualify the recording market as DOA. There's a good chance that Hungarian folk music, dressed up just a bit differently, might become as hot on the world market as Africa or the Balkans were a few years ago.
International Meeting Point Budapest: Balkan Beats Special, 26 November
- 24 Nov 2014 8:02 AM
- entertainment
"Hi International people.
As usual this IMP will be free, informal and everybody's welcome for this biggest Budapest expat/Erasmus/CSs/locals meet-up event. See this wednesday 26th @ Ankert.
Balkan Fanatik, Margaret Island Budapest, 14 August 8pm
- 12 Aug 2014 9:04 AM
- entertainment
Balkan Fanatik is an award-winning Greek-Hungarian electro-ethno band. It started in 2002 by Georgios Tzortzoglou (Yorgos) and Gábor Lepés (Lepe). Their goal is to help preserve the musical heritage of Eastern-Europe and the Balkans, to pass this on to young audiences with progressive electronic music. Balkan Fanatik injects synth-pop, hip hop, and contemporary electronic dance music into ...
Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra, Margaret Island Budapest, 10 August
- 7 Aug 2014 12:45 PM
- entertainment
To claim that perhaps Europe’s most popular brass band will give a concert on Margaret Island, would be no exaggeration. Boban and his son Marko have achieved everything that an orchestra can achieve in this corner of the world; hundreds of thousands of records sold and hundreds of club-and festival performances. No matter what country in Europe they jam in, tens of thousands of fans follow their ...
Makám: 30, National Concert Hall Budapest, 2 May
- 1 May 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Makám is a band whose history is as branded by continuity as it by constant renewal. As this history began 30 years ago, we can add without a moment's reflection that this is an institution, perhaps even a "godfather", of Hungarian music.
Goran Bregovic @ Sziget Budapest, 15 August 9.15 pm
- 13 Aug 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Roots in the Balkans where he stems from, head in the 21st Century which he fully inhabits, Goran Bregovic's music marries sounds of a gypsy brass band with traditional Bulgarian polyphonies, those of an electric guitar and traditional percussion with a curious rock accent…. all against a background of a bedevilled string orchestra and deep sonorities of a male choir, creating music that our soul ...
Xpat Guide: Top Sounds @ Sziget 2015
- 13 Aug 2015 3:55 AM
- entertainment
Sziget o'clock has arrived, and as your (p)leisure time is valuable we've reviewed the whole line-up and come up with a short-list of the top names playing live this year. We've been picky, and kept it all focused on the most famous names in the music biz. It goes without saying that tastes vary, so we're just aiming to remind you of the top headliners, plus one or two special picks from the vast ...
Kaláka Festival, Eger, Hungary, 26 – 28 June
- 26 Jun 2015 9:08 AM
- entertainment
Although it is the 36th Kaláka Festival 2015 is only the fourth year the nationally renowned folk festival has been held in Eger. The highly acclaimed event has captured the imagination of a wide audience with its mixture of music, concerts, arts and crafts exhibitions and children's programs. This year the Festival takes as its theme ‘The Preservation of the Arts’ and boasts an eclectic line up ...
Boban & Marko Marković Orkestar, National Concert Hall Budapest, 4 January
- 31 Dec 2014 8:04 AM
- entertainment
Boban and Marko Marković have achieved everything that an orchestra in this part of the world can achieve: with record sales in the hundreds of thousands and hundreds of club and festival concerts under their belts, their performances are welcomed all over Europe by droves of enthusiastic fans.
Folk Music - Can Hungarian Music Be The Next New Wave?
- 5 Dec 2014 7:00 AM
- entertainment
Fonó recently made it into 12th place among the world's top publishers of world music. So, maybe it's a bit too early qualify the recording market as DOA. There's a good chance that Hungarian folk music, dressed up just a bit differently, might become as hot on the world market as Africa or the Balkans were a few years ago.
International Meeting Point Budapest: Balkan Beats Special, 26 November
- 24 Nov 2014 8:02 AM
- entertainment
"Hi International people.
As usual this IMP will be free, informal and everybody's welcome for this biggest Budapest expat/Erasmus/CSs/locals meet-up event. See this wednesday 26th @ Ankert.
Balkan Fanatik, Margaret Island Budapest, 14 August 8pm
- 12 Aug 2014 9:04 AM
- entertainment
Balkan Fanatik is an award-winning Greek-Hungarian electro-ethno band. It started in 2002 by Georgios Tzortzoglou (Yorgos) and Gábor Lepés (Lepe). Their goal is to help preserve the musical heritage of Eastern-Europe and the Balkans, to pass this on to young audiences with progressive electronic music. Balkan Fanatik injects synth-pop, hip hop, and contemporary electronic dance music into ...
Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra, Margaret Island Budapest, 10 August
- 7 Aug 2014 12:45 PM
- entertainment
To claim that perhaps Europe’s most popular brass band will give a concert on Margaret Island, would be no exaggeration. Boban and his son Marko have achieved everything that an orchestra can achieve in this corner of the world; hundreds of thousands of records sold and hundreds of club-and festival performances. No matter what country in Europe they jam in, tens of thousands of fans follow their ...
Makám: 30, National Concert Hall Budapest, 2 May
- 1 May 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Makám is a band whose history is as branded by continuity as it by constant renewal. As this history began 30 years ago, we can add without a moment's reflection that this is an institution, perhaps even a "godfather", of Hungarian music.