37 result(s) for dictator in Community & Culture
Now On: ’Within Frames - The Art Of The Sixties In Hungary’. National Museum
- 18 Dec 2017 8:06 AM
- community & culture
Now on until 18 February. Within Frames is the first exhibition staged by the Hungarian National Gallery that presents a comprehensive picture of Hungarian art between 1958 and 1968. A significant part of the 350 or so exhibits – paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings, books, posters and works of applied art – are not included in permanent exhibitions and many of them had been concealed from ...
Legendary Hungarian Director Károly Makk Dies Aged 91
- 31 Aug 2017 8:44 AM
- community & culture
Legendary Hungarian director Károly Makk has died at the age of 91, the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts told MTI.
Ballet: 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest', 24 February
- 21 Feb 2017 11:00 AM
- community & culture
This production is a dance theatre adaptation of Ken Kesey's seminal cult novel, which both depicts the reality of life in the mental institution that serves as its setting and also has the reader confront a deeper meaning: the mechanism of how a dictatorship works: with the infinite evil and cynicism that a ruling power uses to manipulate people and makes them helpless.
Dialogues Des Carmélites By Francis Poulenc, Opera House, 15 December
- 11 Dec 2016 8:10 AM
- community & culture
The final premiere at the Hungarian State Opera in the year 2016 is a piece that has never been performed at the Budapest Opera. Dialogues des Carmélites by Francis Poulenc is put on stage by artistic director Ferenc Anger with musical direction by internationally renowned conductor Christian Badea.
Malkovich To Appear At Spring Festival
- 30 Nov 2016 8:02 AM
- community & culture
American actor John Malkovich is among the internationally known artists scheduled to perform at the 2017 Budapest Spring Festival, organising committee chairman Csaba Káel announced on Tuesday.
Events In Budapest On 23 October
- 21 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
On 23 October 1956, the revolt against Soviet occupation and Communist repression began as a demonstration of university students in Budapest. After the student demonstrations, hundreds of thousands outside the House of Parliament listened to Imre Nagy’s speech in which he promised reforms. The bloody volley shot into the unarmed crowd at the building of the Hungarian Radio resulted in the growth ...
Good Friday To Become Non-Working Holiday
- 15 Oct 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
Good Friday is to be declared a non-working holiday in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced at the 1956 memorial meeting of the synod of Hungarian Reformed Churches on Friday. Orbán said next year’s 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation in Europe would be the right time to help believers celebrate Good Friday by declaring it a non-working holiday.
Contemporary Arts Festival, Now On Until 23 October
- 14 Oct 2016 5:35 AM
- community & culture
The CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival presents some of the greatest contemporary performers from Hungary and abroad, including Yann Tiersen, Hiromi, Plaid and the Southbank Gamelan Players, Squarepusher’s project band, Shobaleader One, Krzysztof Penderecki, Yellowjackets, the FAMILIE FLÖZ and Krisztián Gergye’s Company.
Hungarian Author Sándor Csoóri Dies Aged 86
- 13 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian writer, poet and politician Sándor Csoóri has died at the age of 86 after a long illness, the Government Information Office told MTI. Born in Zámoly in central Hungary on February 3, 1930, Csoóri was a fiction writer and poet, as well as an essayist and screenwriter.
Now On: ’Within Frames - The Art Of The Sixties In Hungary’. National Museum
- 18 Dec 2017 8:06 AM
- community & culture
Now on until 18 February. Within Frames is the first exhibition staged by the Hungarian National Gallery that presents a comprehensive picture of Hungarian art between 1958 and 1968. A significant part of the 350 or so exhibits – paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings, books, posters and works of applied art – are not included in permanent exhibitions and many of them had been concealed from ...
Legendary Hungarian Director Károly Makk Dies Aged 91
- 31 Aug 2017 8:44 AM
- community & culture
Legendary Hungarian director Károly Makk has died at the age of 91, the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts told MTI.
Ballet: 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest', 24 February
- 21 Feb 2017 11:00 AM
- community & culture
This production is a dance theatre adaptation of Ken Kesey's seminal cult novel, which both depicts the reality of life in the mental institution that serves as its setting and also has the reader confront a deeper meaning: the mechanism of how a dictatorship works: with the infinite evil and cynicism that a ruling power uses to manipulate people and makes them helpless.
Dialogues Des Carmélites By Francis Poulenc, Opera House, 15 December
- 11 Dec 2016 8:10 AM
- community & culture
The final premiere at the Hungarian State Opera in the year 2016 is a piece that has never been performed at the Budapest Opera. Dialogues des Carmélites by Francis Poulenc is put on stage by artistic director Ferenc Anger with musical direction by internationally renowned conductor Christian Badea.
Malkovich To Appear At Spring Festival
- 30 Nov 2016 8:02 AM
- community & culture
American actor John Malkovich is among the internationally known artists scheduled to perform at the 2017 Budapest Spring Festival, organising committee chairman Csaba Káel announced on Tuesday.
Events In Budapest On 23 October
- 21 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
On 23 October 1956, the revolt against Soviet occupation and Communist repression began as a demonstration of university students in Budapest. After the student demonstrations, hundreds of thousands outside the House of Parliament listened to Imre Nagy’s speech in which he promised reforms. The bloody volley shot into the unarmed crowd at the building of the Hungarian Radio resulted in the growth ...
Good Friday To Become Non-Working Holiday
- 15 Oct 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
Good Friday is to be declared a non-working holiday in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced at the 1956 memorial meeting of the synod of Hungarian Reformed Churches on Friday. Orbán said next year’s 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation in Europe would be the right time to help believers celebrate Good Friday by declaring it a non-working holiday.
Contemporary Arts Festival, Now On Until 23 October
- 14 Oct 2016 5:35 AM
- community & culture
The CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival presents some of the greatest contemporary performers from Hungary and abroad, including Yann Tiersen, Hiromi, Plaid and the Southbank Gamelan Players, Squarepusher’s project band, Shobaleader One, Krzysztof Penderecki, Yellowjackets, the FAMILIE FLÖZ and Krisztián Gergye’s Company.
Hungarian Author Sándor Csoóri Dies Aged 86
- 13 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian writer, poet and politician Sándor Csoóri has died at the age of 86 after a long illness, the Government Information Office told MTI. Born in Zámoly in central Hungary on February 3, 1930, Csoóri was a fiction writer and poet, as well as an essayist and screenwriter.