12 result(s) for folk art festival in Events
Klezmer, Gipsy & Swing Melodies, Hegedűs Gyula Street Synagogue, 11 September
- 11 Sep 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
As noted on the House of Music website, Zoltán Tordai, born in 1981, began playing with the Rajkó Orchestra at the age of 11 and founded his first band at 16. The Zoltán Tordai Quintet was formed in 2010. His artistic mission is to introduce young people to traditional Hungarian popular music, Hungarian folk music, and Hungarian classical music. This philosophy will be on full display this ...
'Budapest Ritmo', Akvárium Klub, 11 -13 April
- 11 Apr 2024 2:08 PM
- contemporary
The festival offers a select line-up sanctioned by KEXP and WOMEX, leaving ample room for surprise and discovery: Afro-chansons by Gérald Toto, Welsh triple-harp by Cerys Hafana, Jelena Popržan’s artsy viola stand-up and a virtuosic ethno-jazz standoff between Béla Ágoston and Teodosii Spassov, homegrown folk, psychedelic rock and ska-punk represent the range.
Branka Básits: 'My Csép' - Record Release Concert, Festival Theatre Budapest, 21 February
- 21 Feb 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
Branka Básits is in the fortunate position of having been born in a village with a rich folk music tradition.
And the singer takes advantage of this favorable circumstance: recognising the value of the ancestral cultural heritage that nourished her, she has published her debut album Én Csépem (‘My Csép'), based on her own collections.
Branka has reshaped Szigetcsép's Serbian folk music ...
'Little Night of Horrors', Palace of Arts Budapest, 10 October
- 31 Oct 2022 8:00 PM
- contemporary
This Halloween concert is the result of a new initiative of the Budafok Dohnanyi Orchestra that they believe will prove to be a creative and joyful one for many people. Instead of attempting to evoke the commercialized American folk festival, it harkens back to the ancient Celtic tradition, lining up music that ranges from terrifying to cathartic to playful.
"Basically, we have a very strange, ...
Festival Of Folk Arts, Castle District Budapest
- 19 Aug 2022 10:00 AM
- community
Between August 19 and 21, the country's largest folk art festival, the Festival of Folk Arts, will be held for the 36th time this year.
The biggest festival of crafts in the Carpathian Basin is organized in the Buda Castle with the participation of nearly a thousand Hungarian and foreign craftsmen. The event's guest of honor this year is South Korea, and the main theme of the festival will be ...
Free Style Chamber Orchestra, Fonó Budapest, 29 October
- 29 Oct 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
When Free Style Chamber Orchestra was formed in 2004 it caused quite a stir on the Hungarian jazz scene.
It was the first ongoing professional chamber orchestra in Hungary that included the strings and winds typical of a classical chamber orchestra, along with hurdy-gurdy and a jazz combo.
Director of the ensemble is Erkel Award winning composer Nagy János Yancha. Amongst members of the ...
Romanian Jazz Days, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 27 October
- 27 Oct 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The formation borrowed its name from the Greek language, where Ξενοι or Xenoi means ‘outsiders, strangers’. The word refers to individuals who have not integrated into a particular community, only enjoyed its hospitality for an extended period of time.
At the same time, foreigners who had lost their freedom (slaves, prisoners of war) could not be members of the xenoi group, so freedom is the ...
Festival Of Folk Arts, Buda Royal Castle, 20 – 22 August
- 20 Aug 2021 5:28 PM
- contemporary
Beside to the 800 Hungarian handicraft masters for many years the Association has hosted masters from foreign countries. In this year from the Turkic speaking states will arrive participants to the festival.
The acknowledged masters of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and Uzbekistan will come and present their knowledge and handicraft heritage.
During the 3 days the attendees ...
National Hungarian Dance House Festival, Fonó Budapest, 4 July
- 4 Jul 2021 10:00 AM
- community
The National Hungarian Dance House Festival is both a showcase and meeting place for folk musicians, folk dancers and folk artists from all over the Carpathian Basin, Moldavia and anywhere else in the world where Hungarians live.
It is THE opportunity for folks who simply enjoy dance house events, professional folk performers, groups of children and/or adults, folk music schools and tradition ...
Klezmer, Gipsy & Swing Melodies, Hegedűs Gyula Street Synagogue, 11 September
- 11 Sep 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
As noted on the House of Music website, Zoltán Tordai, born in 1981, began playing with the Rajkó Orchestra at the age of 11 and founded his first band at 16. The Zoltán Tordai Quintet was formed in 2010. His artistic mission is to introduce young people to traditional Hungarian popular music, Hungarian folk music, and Hungarian classical music. This philosophy will be on full display this ...
'Budapest Ritmo', Akvárium Klub, 11 -13 April
- 11 Apr 2024 2:08 PM
- contemporary
The festival offers a select line-up sanctioned by KEXP and WOMEX, leaving ample room for surprise and discovery: Afro-chansons by Gérald Toto, Welsh triple-harp by Cerys Hafana, Jelena Popržan’s artsy viola stand-up and a virtuosic ethno-jazz standoff between Béla Ágoston and Teodosii Spassov, homegrown folk, psychedelic rock and ska-punk represent the range.
Branka Básits: 'My Csép' - Record Release Concert, Festival Theatre Budapest, 21 February
- 21 Feb 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
Branka Básits is in the fortunate position of having been born in a village with a rich folk music tradition.
And the singer takes advantage of this favorable circumstance: recognising the value of the ancestral cultural heritage that nourished her, she has published her debut album Én Csépem (‘My Csép'), based on her own collections.
Branka has reshaped Szigetcsép's Serbian folk music ...
'Little Night of Horrors', Palace of Arts Budapest, 10 October
- 31 Oct 2022 8:00 PM
- contemporary
This Halloween concert is the result of a new initiative of the Budafok Dohnanyi Orchestra that they believe will prove to be a creative and joyful one for many people. Instead of attempting to evoke the commercialized American folk festival, it harkens back to the ancient Celtic tradition, lining up music that ranges from terrifying to cathartic to playful.
"Basically, we have a very strange, ...
Festival Of Folk Arts, Castle District Budapest
- 19 Aug 2022 10:00 AM
- community
Between August 19 and 21, the country's largest folk art festival, the Festival of Folk Arts, will be held for the 36th time this year.
The biggest festival of crafts in the Carpathian Basin is organized in the Buda Castle with the participation of nearly a thousand Hungarian and foreign craftsmen. The event's guest of honor this year is South Korea, and the main theme of the festival will be ...
Free Style Chamber Orchestra, Fonó Budapest, 29 October
- 29 Oct 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
When Free Style Chamber Orchestra was formed in 2004 it caused quite a stir on the Hungarian jazz scene.
It was the first ongoing professional chamber orchestra in Hungary that included the strings and winds typical of a classical chamber orchestra, along with hurdy-gurdy and a jazz combo.
Director of the ensemble is Erkel Award winning composer Nagy János Yancha. Amongst members of the ...
Romanian Jazz Days, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 27 October
- 27 Oct 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The formation borrowed its name from the Greek language, where Ξενοι or Xenoi means ‘outsiders, strangers’. The word refers to individuals who have not integrated into a particular community, only enjoyed its hospitality for an extended period of time.
At the same time, foreigners who had lost their freedom (slaves, prisoners of war) could not be members of the xenoi group, so freedom is the ...
Festival Of Folk Arts, Buda Royal Castle, 20 – 22 August
- 20 Aug 2021 5:28 PM
- contemporary
Beside to the 800 Hungarian handicraft masters for many years the Association has hosted masters from foreign countries. In this year from the Turkic speaking states will arrive participants to the festival.
The acknowledged masters of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and Uzbekistan will come and present their knowledge and handicraft heritage.
During the 3 days the attendees ...
National Hungarian Dance House Festival, Fonó Budapest, 4 July
- 4 Jul 2021 10:00 AM
- community
The National Hungarian Dance House Festival is both a showcase and meeting place for folk musicians, folk dancers and folk artists from all over the Carpathian Basin, Moldavia and anywhere else in the world where Hungarians live.
It is THE opportunity for folks who simply enjoy dance house events, professional folk performers, groups of children and/or adults, folk music schools and tradition ...