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Looking Back On The Liszt Year In Hungary - In A Nutshell
- 27 Mar 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"In 2011 hundreds of concerts, sereval exhibitions, publications and commemorating events were dedicated to Ferenc Liszt, born 200 years ago. Although we could not be present everywhere, we have covered most of the events in narrative or in pictures.
Reminder: International Festival, American School, 1 April
- 27 Mar 2012 7:50 AM
- community & culture
Xpats are invited on Sunday 1 April 2012, between 11am - 3pm, to a fun-filled family event at the American School in Budapest. Delicious dishes from around the world are on offer, as well as entertainment throughout the day including a Kids Zone featuring Sumo wrestling; Fencing; Face painting; and much more. A Market Place will offer a selection of products for sale, plus as always there will be ...
Invitation: Loreena McKennitt, Budapest Sportaréna, 27 March
- 25 Mar 2012 9:04 AM
- entertainment
"Internationally acclaimed Canadian singer/composer Loreena McKennitt began her musical career by busking with her harp and started running her own record label, Quinlan Road, from her kitchen table. Now, more than two decades later, Manitoba-born McKennitt has seen her “eclectic Celtic” blend of pop, folk and world music span more than a dozen recordings, three DVDs and a new collection of ...
Invitation: VinCE Budapest Wine Tasting Event, Until 25 March
- 24 Mar 2012 8:02 AM
- food & drink
"It is an essential wine event organized by VinCE Magazine. The event is the paradise for wine lovers and for professionals it is a must. Hungarian and other Central European wines can be tasted with only one Tasting Ticket for a whole day, plus the world’s most respected wine celebrities hold masterclasses for the ones who need more. In their masterclasses we can learn and have an unforgettable ...
David Guetta Returns To His Favourite - Balaton Sound Festival In Hungary
- 24 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Heineken Balaton Sound presents another group of newly confirmed acts. Amongst them superstar David Guetta, who almost counts as a resident DJ at the lakeside event and Paul Kalkbrenner, the best known representative of the Berlin techno scene. You can also meet Paul’s younger brother, Fritz Kalkbrenner, presenting an exciting live show and Sander van Doorn, the Dutch king of trance. All this ...
Spring Arrives With Fresh New Acts For Sziget Festival In Budapest
- 22 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Sziget Festival happily announces a new bunch of confirmed acts, amongst them LMFAO, aka the biggest party faces of the planet, London’s highly rated The xx, multi-platinum titan Paolo Nutini, the emotional and heroic Glasvegas, indie revelations Ting Tings, Norway’s coolest and sexiest Katzenjammer, LA underground hip-hop guru Flying Lotus, the soulful and inspiring Fink and the one and only ...
Handel: Hercules, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 March
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Even by Handel’s standards for high-speed composition, Hercules was completed in record time. Taking the story of Sophocles’s Women of Trachis and Ovid’s Metamorphoses as his basis, the composer began writing the work on 19 July 1744 and finished on 21 August. In the meantime, he sent teasing letters to Charles Jennens, the librettist of the work (and of the oratorio Belshazzar), urging him to ...
Tamás Vásáry & Henriett Tunyogi, Festival Theatre, 23 March
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"In recent years, Henriett Tunyogi and Tamás Vásáry have combined the most refined forms of music to create a very special concert format based on the mutual inspiration of the various genres. These productions exploring the mystical power of breaking through boundaries frequently elevates the audience to the heights of philosophical reflection even as it draws them into uncharted mystical ...
Invitation: 'Muses On Theatre Square', Budapest History Museum Until 2 September
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Pest German Theatre opened on what is now Vörösmarty Square on 9 February 1812, with two plays by Kotzebue, for which the music was composed by Beethoven. The idea for the establishment of the theatre arose during the reign of Josef II, as Pest was gaining in importance and the growing bourgeoisie had an increasing demand for culture.
Looking Back On The Liszt Year In Hungary - In A Nutshell
- 27 Mar 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"In 2011 hundreds of concerts, sereval exhibitions, publications and commemorating events were dedicated to Ferenc Liszt, born 200 years ago. Although we could not be present everywhere, we have covered most of the events in narrative or in pictures.
Reminder: International Festival, American School, 1 April
- 27 Mar 2012 7:50 AM
- community & culture
Xpats are invited on Sunday 1 April 2012, between 11am - 3pm, to a fun-filled family event at the American School in Budapest. Delicious dishes from around the world are on offer, as well as entertainment throughout the day including a Kids Zone featuring Sumo wrestling; Fencing; Face painting; and much more. A Market Place will offer a selection of products for sale, plus as always there will be ...
Invitation: Loreena McKennitt, Budapest Sportaréna, 27 March
- 25 Mar 2012 9:04 AM
- entertainment
"Internationally acclaimed Canadian singer/composer Loreena McKennitt began her musical career by busking with her harp and started running her own record label, Quinlan Road, from her kitchen table. Now, more than two decades later, Manitoba-born McKennitt has seen her “eclectic Celtic” blend of pop, folk and world music span more than a dozen recordings, three DVDs and a new collection of ...
Invitation: VinCE Budapest Wine Tasting Event, Until 25 March
- 24 Mar 2012 8:02 AM
- food & drink
"It is an essential wine event organized by VinCE Magazine. The event is the paradise for wine lovers and for professionals it is a must. Hungarian and other Central European wines can be tasted with only one Tasting Ticket for a whole day, plus the world’s most respected wine celebrities hold masterclasses for the ones who need more. In their masterclasses we can learn and have an unforgettable ...
David Guetta Returns To His Favourite - Balaton Sound Festival In Hungary
- 24 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Heineken Balaton Sound presents another group of newly confirmed acts. Amongst them superstar David Guetta, who almost counts as a resident DJ at the lakeside event and Paul Kalkbrenner, the best known representative of the Berlin techno scene. You can also meet Paul’s younger brother, Fritz Kalkbrenner, presenting an exciting live show and Sander van Doorn, the Dutch king of trance. All this ...
Spring Arrives With Fresh New Acts For Sziget Festival In Budapest
- 22 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Sziget Festival happily announces a new bunch of confirmed acts, amongst them LMFAO, aka the biggest party faces of the planet, London’s highly rated The xx, multi-platinum titan Paolo Nutini, the emotional and heroic Glasvegas, indie revelations Ting Tings, Norway’s coolest and sexiest Katzenjammer, LA underground hip-hop guru Flying Lotus, the soulful and inspiring Fink and the one and only ...
Handel: Hercules, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 March
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Even by Handel’s standards for high-speed composition, Hercules was completed in record time. Taking the story of Sophocles’s Women of Trachis and Ovid’s Metamorphoses as his basis, the composer began writing the work on 19 July 1744 and finished on 21 August. In the meantime, he sent teasing letters to Charles Jennens, the librettist of the work (and of the oratorio Belshazzar), urging him to ...
Tamás Vásáry & Henriett Tunyogi, Festival Theatre, 23 March
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"In recent years, Henriett Tunyogi and Tamás Vásáry have combined the most refined forms of music to create a very special concert format based on the mutual inspiration of the various genres. These productions exploring the mystical power of breaking through boundaries frequently elevates the audience to the heights of philosophical reflection even as it draws them into uncharted mystical ...
Invitation: 'Muses On Theatre Square', Budapest History Museum Until 2 September
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Pest German Theatre opened on what is now Vörösmarty Square on 9 February 1812, with two plays by Kotzebue, for which the music was composed by Beethoven. The idea for the establishment of the theatre arose during the reign of Josef II, as Pest was gaining in importance and the growing bourgeoisie had an increasing demand for culture.