960 result(s) for folk music
Invitation: Instru-Mentor - The World Makes Music, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 16 Nov
- 15 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
The stars of this series are the “tools” of music themselves: The instruments. Children will get the chance to familiarise themselves with these instruments in the context of authentic live music and with the assistance of expert musicians. In this semester, we once again return to the world at large, introducing children to the folk music and rarely seen instruments of various parts of the globe ...
Invitation: Gala Concert - 100 Member Gipsy Orchestra, Budapest, 30 Dec
- 14 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Every year on December the 30th, the day of the MUSIC-WINE Festival at the Budapest Congress Center, the audience can enjoy the grandiose concert of the world known and unique 100 Member Gipsy Orchestra. The two part show includes famous tunes by Strauss, Rossini, Khachaturian, Brahms, Bizet, Liszt and Tchaikovsky as well as folklore tunes interpreted in the special and unique instrumentation ...
Inauguration Of The Park Of Fiddler Gypsies In Józsefváros, Budapest
- 13 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The formerly unnamed public park in the 8th District of Budapest has been named after Fiddler gypsies, commemorating worldwide-known gypsy musicians. At the ceremony, monuments of eight gypsy fiddlers have been inaugurated, and also speeches were given by Deputy Mayor Miklós Csomós, Máté Kocsis, Mayor of Józsefváros district, and József Raduly, member of Budapest General Assembly, initiator of ...
Organ Stories, National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 Nov
- 6 Nov 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
For the fifth instalment of this highly successful series of concerts that has been running for ever since 2009, Pál Mácsai and László Fassang have discovered some astonishing American organ stories from the first half of the 20th century. Unusual tales, anecdotes and legends connected with pieces of music, instruments, composers and performers are spiced with curiosities from the history of the ...
Proving How Gutsy You Are Is Your Strongest Drive – Ultra Runner Says
- 28 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- sport
Szilvia Lubics of Hungary has won this year’s Spartathlon with an all time record for women. She ran 246 kilometers between Athens and Sparta in 28 hours, shaving an hour from her own record of two years before.
Invitation: Crystal Fighters (UK/ES) Concert, A38 Ship, 13 November
- 16 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
"We make fast dance music with Basque instruments, synthesizers and our voices..." states about itself very-very simply one of the most wanted European club-bands, which comes with a special set to the Ship within its huge tour for which to get tickets you need to hurry up but its truly worth the effort.
See What Went On @ 1st OctoberFest In Budapest
- 14 Oct 2013 10:00 AM
- food & drink
With the famous German words, “Oh zapft’s ...” which come from a popular German song, the yearly Octoberfest in Munich is always started. Today it is the worlds largest 'folk-festival' in the world with more than 6 million visitors yearly. These facts motivated other cities like Paris, Sydney and Edinburgh to run their own ‘Octoberfests’, and this year it took place in Budapest for the first time.
Photo Article: Pótkulcs, Budapest
- 30 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Back in the day, when Budapest was much cooler than you could ever possibly imagine, people from all over the world came to Hungary to share their unconditional love. You could rummage around under a brick or a flower pot outside anyone's house, at any time of day, find the key and let yourself in. Then, after helping yourself to a beer from the fridge, you could lie back on the nearest sofa and ...
Xploring Budapest: The Citadella
- 26 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- getting around
"The Citadella is situated in the most beautiful point of Budapest, on the top of the Gellért Hill giving a fantastic view over the city. It was erected in 1854 by the Habsburgs, after the suppression of the 1848-49 Hungarian revolution and war of independence, to keep an eye ont he the city. It is 220 meters long, 60 meters wide, the walls are 4 meters tall and the brought here 60 cannons. It ...
Invitation: Instru-Mentor - The World Makes Music, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 16 Nov
- 15 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
The stars of this series are the “tools” of music themselves: The instruments. Children will get the chance to familiarise themselves with these instruments in the context of authentic live music and with the assistance of expert musicians. In this semester, we once again return to the world at large, introducing children to the folk music and rarely seen instruments of various parts of the globe ...
Invitation: Gala Concert - 100 Member Gipsy Orchestra, Budapest, 30 Dec
- 14 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Every year on December the 30th, the day of the MUSIC-WINE Festival at the Budapest Congress Center, the audience can enjoy the grandiose concert of the world known and unique 100 Member Gipsy Orchestra. The two part show includes famous tunes by Strauss, Rossini, Khachaturian, Brahms, Bizet, Liszt and Tchaikovsky as well as folklore tunes interpreted in the special and unique instrumentation ...
Inauguration Of The Park Of Fiddler Gypsies In Józsefváros, Budapest
- 13 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The formerly unnamed public park in the 8th District of Budapest has been named after Fiddler gypsies, commemorating worldwide-known gypsy musicians. At the ceremony, monuments of eight gypsy fiddlers have been inaugurated, and also speeches were given by Deputy Mayor Miklós Csomós, Máté Kocsis, Mayor of Józsefváros district, and József Raduly, member of Budapest General Assembly, initiator of ...
Organ Stories, National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 Nov
- 6 Nov 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
For the fifth instalment of this highly successful series of concerts that has been running for ever since 2009, Pál Mácsai and László Fassang have discovered some astonishing American organ stories from the first half of the 20th century. Unusual tales, anecdotes and legends connected with pieces of music, instruments, composers and performers are spiced with curiosities from the history of the ...
Proving How Gutsy You Are Is Your Strongest Drive – Ultra Runner Says
- 28 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- sport
Szilvia Lubics of Hungary has won this year’s Spartathlon with an all time record for women. She ran 246 kilometers between Athens and Sparta in 28 hours, shaving an hour from her own record of two years before.
Invitation: Crystal Fighters (UK/ES) Concert, A38 Ship, 13 November
- 16 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
"We make fast dance music with Basque instruments, synthesizers and our voices..." states about itself very-very simply one of the most wanted European club-bands, which comes with a special set to the Ship within its huge tour for which to get tickets you need to hurry up but its truly worth the effort.
See What Went On @ 1st OctoberFest In Budapest
- 14 Oct 2013 10:00 AM
- food & drink
With the famous German words, “Oh zapft’s ...” which come from a popular German song, the yearly Octoberfest in Munich is always started. Today it is the worlds largest 'folk-festival' in the world with more than 6 million visitors yearly. These facts motivated other cities like Paris, Sydney and Edinburgh to run their own ‘Octoberfests’, and this year it took place in Budapest for the first time.
Photo Article: Pótkulcs, Budapest
- 30 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Back in the day, when Budapest was much cooler than you could ever possibly imagine, people from all over the world came to Hungary to share their unconditional love. You could rummage around under a brick or a flower pot outside anyone's house, at any time of day, find the key and let yourself in. Then, after helping yourself to a beer from the fridge, you could lie back on the nearest sofa and ...
Xploring Budapest: The Citadella
- 26 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- getting around
"The Citadella is situated in the most beautiful point of Budapest, on the top of the Gellért Hill giving a fantastic view over the city. It was erected in 1854 by the Habsburgs, after the suppression of the 1848-49 Hungarian revolution and war of independence, to keep an eye ont he the city. It is 220 meters long, 60 meters wide, the walls are 4 meters tall and the brought here 60 cannons. It ...