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Hay Festival To Pollinate Ideas In Hungary
- 26 Apr 2012 11:01 AM
- community & culture
Famously described as the Woodstock of the mind by Bill Clinton, the Hay Festival is one of the world's most prestigious literature and arts festivals. Hay Budapest will feature an exciting mix of Hungarian, Central European, British and Spanish authors and thinkers. Bob Geldof, Jung Chang, Ben Okri, Hanif Kureishi, and György Dragomán are some of the distinguished guests at the first Hay ...
Invitation: Beethoven Returns To Buda, Concert Series: 4 - 8 May
- 26 Apr 2012 10:45 AM
- community & culture
Memorial concerts and chamber programs to mark the occasion of the concert given by Ludwig van Beethoven on 7th May 1800 at the Buda Castle Theater. The kick-off concert features prize winning pianist, György Vukán, who opens the celebration with a jazz improvisation session at the Buda City Hall.
Invitation: The Prodigy, Budapest Sportaréna, Saturday 28 April
- 23 Apr 2012 9:05 AM
- entertainment
"The claustrophobic confines of a west London attic hideaway. Walls, covered in heavyweight purple curtains seem to bring the dimly lit room’s parameters collapsing in as a huge computer screen’s wallpaper radiates the green glow of long hot summer. Its pastoral image of feudal tranquillity is the room’s only window on the world. Look closer and there’s a twist in this Constable painting. In the ...
The Margaret Island Budapest Water Tower Reopens
- 23 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
On May 2nd 2012 the famous landmark reopens to the public with the first Hungarian visual exhibition. The more than a 101-year-old Margaret Island Water Tower is an industrial monument of Budapest, which is situated on Margaret Island, one of the most beautiful islands of the Danube, which runs through whole Europe and flows between Buda and Pest.
Pannon Philharmonic Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 April
- 21 Apr 2012 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Hordes of music-lovers expected the young Johannes Brahms to produce a symphony, but the composer himself felt half-paralysed by the legacy of his great predecessor Beethoven. After a wait of 22, years he finally produced his Symphony No. 1 in C minor (op. 68), which was universally recognised as a masterpiece. It is said that the melody of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy can be detected in one of the ...
Hungarian Resources Minister Réthelyi Opens Book Festival In Budapest
- 20 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
National Resources Minister Miklós Réthelyi opened the 19th Budapest International Book Festival at the Millenáris Centre Thursday afternoon. In his speech Réthelyi said a book is a force which carries in itself the promise of truth and eternity.
9th International Book Festival Budapest, Millenáris, 19 - 22 April
- 19 Apr 2012 11:45 AM
- community & culture
After last year’s special Guest of Honour presence, when in honour of Hungary’s EU presidency, as the first among international book fairs, we invited the other 26 member states of the European Union besides Hungary, their belles-lettres book publishing and one author from each country, this year the Guest of Honour will not be a single country either, but the cultural region of the Scandinavian ...
Sziget Budapest Loses Main Sponsor As Vodafone Pulls Out
- 19 Apr 2012 9:03 AM
- entertainment
After two years as the main sponsor, Vodafone will not take a sponsorship role in this year’s Sziget Festival, the mobile operator confirmed, citing cost cuts. Vodafone became the main sponsor of the annual open-air summer festival in 2010. The company called the last two years a success, adding that co-operation with the organisers was good.
Invitation: Museums' Festival In The Museum Garden, Budapest, 19 -20 May
- 17 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The garden of the Hungarian National Museum bursts into bloom in May, bringing together more than 100 museums, live music, dance and theater, and hands-on crafts, to name a few... It's a two-day, free-entry celebration of museums, which as you know come in all sizes and colors: small and large, village and national, folk and historical art and functional.
Hay Festival To Pollinate Ideas In Hungary
- 26 Apr 2012 11:01 AM
- community & culture
Famously described as the Woodstock of the mind by Bill Clinton, the Hay Festival is one of the world's most prestigious literature and arts festivals. Hay Budapest will feature an exciting mix of Hungarian, Central European, British and Spanish authors and thinkers. Bob Geldof, Jung Chang, Ben Okri, Hanif Kureishi, and György Dragomán are some of the distinguished guests at the first Hay ...
Invitation: Beethoven Returns To Buda, Concert Series: 4 - 8 May
- 26 Apr 2012 10:45 AM
- community & culture
Memorial concerts and chamber programs to mark the occasion of the concert given by Ludwig van Beethoven on 7th May 1800 at the Buda Castle Theater. The kick-off concert features prize winning pianist, György Vukán, who opens the celebration with a jazz improvisation session at the Buda City Hall.
Invitation: The Prodigy, Budapest Sportaréna, Saturday 28 April
- 23 Apr 2012 9:05 AM
- entertainment
"The claustrophobic confines of a west London attic hideaway. Walls, covered in heavyweight purple curtains seem to bring the dimly lit room’s parameters collapsing in as a huge computer screen’s wallpaper radiates the green glow of long hot summer. Its pastoral image of feudal tranquillity is the room’s only window on the world. Look closer and there’s a twist in this Constable painting. In the ...
The Margaret Island Budapest Water Tower Reopens
- 23 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
On May 2nd 2012 the famous landmark reopens to the public with the first Hungarian visual exhibition. The more than a 101-year-old Margaret Island Water Tower is an industrial monument of Budapest, which is situated on Margaret Island, one of the most beautiful islands of the Danube, which runs through whole Europe and flows between Buda and Pest.
Pannon Philharmonic Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 April
- 21 Apr 2012 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Hordes of music-lovers expected the young Johannes Brahms to produce a symphony, but the composer himself felt half-paralysed by the legacy of his great predecessor Beethoven. After a wait of 22, years he finally produced his Symphony No. 1 in C minor (op. 68), which was universally recognised as a masterpiece. It is said that the melody of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy can be detected in one of the ...
Hungarian Resources Minister Réthelyi Opens Book Festival In Budapest
- 20 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
National Resources Minister Miklós Réthelyi opened the 19th Budapest International Book Festival at the Millenáris Centre Thursday afternoon. In his speech Réthelyi said a book is a force which carries in itself the promise of truth and eternity.
9th International Book Festival Budapest, Millenáris, 19 - 22 April
- 19 Apr 2012 11:45 AM
- community & culture
After last year’s special Guest of Honour presence, when in honour of Hungary’s EU presidency, as the first among international book fairs, we invited the other 26 member states of the European Union besides Hungary, their belles-lettres book publishing and one author from each country, this year the Guest of Honour will not be a single country either, but the cultural region of the Scandinavian ...
Sziget Budapest Loses Main Sponsor As Vodafone Pulls Out
- 19 Apr 2012 9:03 AM
- entertainment
After two years as the main sponsor, Vodafone will not take a sponsorship role in this year’s Sziget Festival, the mobile operator confirmed, citing cost cuts. Vodafone became the main sponsor of the annual open-air summer festival in 2010. The company called the last two years a success, adding that co-operation with the organisers was good.
Invitation: Museums' Festival In The Museum Garden, Budapest, 19 -20 May
- 17 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The garden of the Hungarian National Museum bursts into bloom in May, bringing together more than 100 museums, live music, dance and theater, and hands-on crafts, to name a few... It's a two-day, free-entry celebration of museums, which as you know come in all sizes and colors: small and large, village and national, folk and historical art and functional.