47 result(s) for chinese year in Community & Culture
The Fairy Queen - Opera Noir At The Hungarian State Opera
- 26 May 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
Fans of early music can hardly wait for the end of the Opera’s season each year. Little wonder, either, for true to our tradition of the last three years, we are again closing it out with a Baroque opera. The final premiere in the Shakespeare Season of the Hungarian State Opera is Henry Purcell’s semi-opera, The Fairy Queen turned into opera noir by director András Almási-Tóth.
London Globe, Monte Carlo Ballet Highlights Of Budapest Summer Festival
- 19 May 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Acts by the London Globe Theatre and the Monte Carlo Ballet will be the highlights at this year’s Budapest Summer Festival held between June 10 and August 30, the festival’s director said. Marking the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, the Globe will present the Two Gentlemen of Verona on July 1 and the Monte Carlo Ballet the classical piece Romeo and Juliet to the music of ...
Grand Chinese New Year Concert, Mupa Budapest, 4 February
- 4 Feb 2016 8:04 AM
- community & culture
The 2016 programme for Müpa Budapest's now customary and increasingly popular Chinese New Year concerts provides an introduction to different regions of the enormous country, and the traditional music of their various ethnic groups played on traditional instruments that are still used to this day, while also illustrating the ever closer points of contact between Chinese and Western music.
Richard III At Shakespeare Festival In Gyula, Hungary
- 2 Jul 2015 12:30 PM
- community & culture
Richard III performed in traditional Chinese costume will head the eleventh Shakespeare Festival in Gyula, in south-eastern Hungary. The National Theatre of China’s performance with traditional Chinese music is imbued with the concept of yin-yang, representing the dual personality of the main character, József Gedeon, director of the Gyula Castle Theatre, said.
Buddha Statue Removed From Hungarian Museum
- 23 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A Buddha statue found to contain the 900-year-old mummified remains of a monk has been withdrawn by its owner from an exhibit in the Hungarian National History Museum, the museum’s spokeswoman said. Mónika Kiss-Stefán confirmed that the owner had the statue removed, without explanation, on Friday.
Grand Chinese New Year Concert In Budapest, 26 January
- 26 Jan 2015 8:02 AM
- community & culture
After last year's Chinese New Year Concert, the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall is once again sprinkled with the exciting, scintillating musical spices of Asia. What we should not expect, however, is a musically alien Chinese production that is hard for Western ears to grasp: instead, the audience will be transported on a Far Eastern adventure full of grace and melody that is far more redolent ...
Confucius Institute Planned For Hungarian City Pécs
- 5 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A Confucius Institute will open in Pécs next spring to study and develop traditional Chinese medicine, the University of Pécs announced in a statement on Tuesday.
Hungarian Cellist Wins 3rd Prize In Eurovision Contest
- 3 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Fifteen-year-old Hungarian cellist Gergely Devich has won third prize in the Eurovision Young Musicians 2014 competition held in Cologne. Devich performed Allegro appassionato by Saint-Saens in the final on Saturday.
Event Report: Far East At Millenáris Park Budapest
- 6 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
On the occasion of the Chinese New Year, Far East and Hungarian artists, musicians, as well as sportsmen have greeted the Year of the Horse on February 1st, at the Millenáris. The festival awaited its visitors with kung-fu, traditional Chinese medicine, children programmes, exhibitions, calligraphy, Far East gastronomy, concerts, and movies previously unknown to the Hungarian audience. At the ...
The Fairy Queen - Opera Noir At The Hungarian State Opera
- 26 May 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
Fans of early music can hardly wait for the end of the Opera’s season each year. Little wonder, either, for true to our tradition of the last three years, we are again closing it out with a Baroque opera. The final premiere in the Shakespeare Season of the Hungarian State Opera is Henry Purcell’s semi-opera, The Fairy Queen turned into opera noir by director András Almási-Tóth.
London Globe, Monte Carlo Ballet Highlights Of Budapest Summer Festival
- 19 May 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Acts by the London Globe Theatre and the Monte Carlo Ballet will be the highlights at this year’s Budapest Summer Festival held between June 10 and August 30, the festival’s director said. Marking the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, the Globe will present the Two Gentlemen of Verona on July 1 and the Monte Carlo Ballet the classical piece Romeo and Juliet to the music of ...
Grand Chinese New Year Concert, Mupa Budapest, 4 February
- 4 Feb 2016 8:04 AM
- community & culture
The 2016 programme for Müpa Budapest's now customary and increasingly popular Chinese New Year concerts provides an introduction to different regions of the enormous country, and the traditional music of their various ethnic groups played on traditional instruments that are still used to this day, while also illustrating the ever closer points of contact between Chinese and Western music.
Richard III At Shakespeare Festival In Gyula, Hungary
- 2 Jul 2015 12:30 PM
- community & culture
Richard III performed in traditional Chinese costume will head the eleventh Shakespeare Festival in Gyula, in south-eastern Hungary. The National Theatre of China’s performance with traditional Chinese music is imbued with the concept of yin-yang, representing the dual personality of the main character, József Gedeon, director of the Gyula Castle Theatre, said.
Buddha Statue Removed From Hungarian Museum
- 23 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A Buddha statue found to contain the 900-year-old mummified remains of a monk has been withdrawn by its owner from an exhibit in the Hungarian National History Museum, the museum’s spokeswoman said. Mónika Kiss-Stefán confirmed that the owner had the statue removed, without explanation, on Friday.
Grand Chinese New Year Concert In Budapest, 26 January
- 26 Jan 2015 8:02 AM
- community & culture
After last year's Chinese New Year Concert, the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall is once again sprinkled with the exciting, scintillating musical spices of Asia. What we should not expect, however, is a musically alien Chinese production that is hard for Western ears to grasp: instead, the audience will be transported on a Far Eastern adventure full of grace and melody that is far more redolent ...
Confucius Institute Planned For Hungarian City Pécs
- 5 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A Confucius Institute will open in Pécs next spring to study and develop traditional Chinese medicine, the University of Pécs announced in a statement on Tuesday.
Hungarian Cellist Wins 3rd Prize In Eurovision Contest
- 3 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Fifteen-year-old Hungarian cellist Gergely Devich has won third prize in the Eurovision Young Musicians 2014 competition held in Cologne. Devich performed Allegro appassionato by Saint-Saens in the final on Saturday.
Event Report: Far East At Millenáris Park Budapest
- 6 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
On the occasion of the Chinese New Year, Far East and Hungarian artists, musicians, as well as sportsmen have greeted the Year of the Horse on February 1st, at the Millenáris. The festival awaited its visitors with kung-fu, traditional Chinese medicine, children programmes, exhibitions, calligraphy, Far East gastronomy, concerts, and movies previously unknown to the Hungarian audience. At the ...